RN Clinical Manager - Full Time | Elite Home Health & Hospice

Pennant Group•Clarkston, WA

1d•$95,000 - $110,000

About The Position

The Clinical Manager ensures that patient care is appropriately coordinated and managed, services are delivered appropriately, and clinical personnel are supervised. The position oversees day-to-day clinical needs during all office hours and provides direct oversight of nurses, aides, social workers, and chaplains performing field work. The Clinical Manager coordinates clinical staff education and orientation, reviews referrals and patient records, and helps ensure appropriate staffing and individualized plans of care. The role works with physicians, intake staff, clinicians, and other organization personnel to coordinate services, support therapeutic goals, and address patient eligibility and care needs. It also supports quality improvement, infection control, record reviews, hiring, and continuing education.

Requirements

Registered nurse with current licensure to practice in both Washington and Idaho.
Previous experience in a home care or hospice setting.
Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
Compliance with accepted professional standards and practice.
Excellent observation skills, good nursing judgment, and communication skills.
Licensed driver with an automobile insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and in good working order.
Maintain current CPR certification.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Two years of management or supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Be available during all office hours to manage the agency's day-to-day clinical needs.
Coordinate and conduct education and training for new clinical staff, excluding therapy staff, and oversee their ongoing orientation plans.
Provide direct oversight of nurses, aides, social workers, and chaplains performing field work.
Ensure development, implementation, and updating of individualized plans of care, including communication with involved physicians and integration of their orders, including medication orders.
Ensure the on-call schedule is complete and on-call services are available when needed.
Conduct clinical review of new patient referrals and coordinate with intake to accept referrals the agency can serve.
Consult with intake on clinical appropriateness of cases, including through home visits when needed, determine home health care needs, and ensure appropriate personnel are assigned.
Confer with attending physicians regarding questions about an individual's eligibility for services.
Review patients' medical diagnoses, procedures, medications, and clinical courses.
Assist clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, setting priorities, and developing plans of care.
Attend, run, and document case conference meetings with organization personnel to facilitate coordination of care.
Participate in quarterly record reviews and communicate findings and recommendations to the Director of Nursing and appropriate personnel.
Assist in screening and interviewing new organization personnel and make employment recommendations.
Plan, implement, and evaluate in-service and continuing education programs in conjunction with the Director of Nursing.
Comply with accepted professional standards and principles.
Actively participate in the quality assessment performance improvement program.
Ensure infection control standards are implemented and followed in accordance with state and federal guidelines.
Perform other duties and activities delegated by the Director of Nursing and/or Executive Director, including other job-related tasks.