Home Health Director of Clinical Services
Compassus
- Neenah, WI
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supports corporate policies, goals and objectives.
- Establishes departmental goals consistent with corporate goals and objectives.
- Promotes a positive working relationship between corporate and agency personnel.
- Facilitates appropriate upward and downward communication.
- Communicates identified needs and potential solutions to appropriate administrator.
- Promotes staff development and professionalism.
- Implements corporate policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Oversees Case Managers’ direction of patient care activities.
- Conducts interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Oversees the Case Manager’s development of the plan of care in accordance with home health philosophy.
- Supervises patient and family care as specified by the plan of care, assessing appropriateness, continuity, service, and quality of care.
- Oversees the Case Manager’s consultation with the medical director regarding attending physician orders and patient needs, as related to the plan of care.
- Oversees to ensure that patient’s re-certifications are discussed and completed in a timely manner.
- Manages all members of the IDT: scheduling, productivity, mentoring and monitoring, 1x1’s, pay practices and timekeeping, and expense reports.
- Communicates patient status information to the business office.
- Oversees that Case Manager orders the correct equipment, supplies, and medications and that the program is billed appropriately.
- Oversees the communication of patient information (admissions, deaths, respites, changes in level of care, etc.) via CareVoyant/EMR.
- Promotes positive working relationship with family, physician, and other facilities.
- Oversees the communication with the attending physician to ensure continuity and quality of care.
- Oversees and ensures that Case Manager or discipline notifies all appropriate parties (IDT, physician, pharmacy, DME, etc.) of condition change.
- Oversee the management of medication changes.
- Makes marketing visits and provides in-services to all referral sources, as appropriate.
- May have RN Case Manager responsibilities.
- Participates in on-call duty as needed or as back up to on-call nurse, performs patient admissions and visits as needed.
- May carry caseload due to patient census ebb and flow.
- Regular attendance is an essential function.
- Make or delegate post-admissions calls.
- Other duties as assigned or performed.
- Leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, to include some evenings and weekends
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
- Licensure as RN, PT, OT, or SW is required:
- Registered Nurse in the State and be a graduate of an approved school of professional nursing; or
- Physical Therapist in the State; or
- Occupational Therapist in the State; or
- Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and Social Worker licensure in the State.
- One (1) year of home health care experience.
- One (1) year of supervisory experience preferred.