Overview
Primary Purpose: Ensures the highest standard of clinical care is provided to home health or hospice patients in the most cost-effective manner. Monitors and analyzes service and quality indicators to develop performance improvement plans to meet the branch's quality and service goals. Monitors and analyzes operational processes/reports that support cost effective and appropriate clinical practice in collaboration with leadership. Serves as the branch infection control leader ensuring infection control and safety practices are maintained in the home setting. In the absence of the Branch Director, serves as the designated administrator, assuming the same responsibilities and obligations as the administrator.
Major Responsibilities
- Participates in the hiring, orientation, and ongoing supervision of clinical team members to provide excellent patient experiences and reduce employee turnover.
- Supervises and supports the CSS/CSC in ensuring the provision of the highest level of patient care and service excellence.
- Provides oversight of the clinical documentation process to ensure timely workflow processes and supports EMR standardization.
- Ensures completion of annual supervisory visits for all field clinicians to fulfill compliance with service line and regulatory requirements. Supports State Survey readiness and process.
- As Infection Control leader, monitors compliance with IC policies and procedures.
- Works collaboratively with other departments, using data from a variety of sources, to develop, implement and maintain initiatives to meet branch quality and service goals, particularly as it relates to hospital readmissions.
- Leads performance improvement initiatives to meet specific goals.
- Ensures clinical team members receive annual competencies, annual education modules and satisfy regulatory requirements.
- Monitors key operational metrics aligned with clinical practice through assigned administrative reports. Analyzes and identifies trends or barriers to the branch's operational and financial success. Participates in initiatives and action plans to address issues.
- Manages, reviews, and approves documentation prior to billing per service line process.
- Approves non-formulary medical supply requests and ensures service line formulary utilized consistently and effectively. Identifies opportunities for cost savings and/or product revision based on evidence-based practice.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech Language Pathology required. RN candidates for external hire or internal promotion without BSN must be enrolled in a BSN program within one year of Hire/Transfer date and must complete program within 3 years of enrollment in the program.
- Certification / License:
- Current state driver’s license and auto insurance is required. State driver’s license and insurance must be maintained while employed in this role.
- Current license (or temporary license as allowed by profession) to practice as a Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Pathology, or Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina/South Carolina and/or compact licensure (if appropriate) in the state of residence required.
- Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider status according to American Heart Association required.
- Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the leadership.
- Work Experience: Three years clinical experience required. Must have successful experience in orienting training, and supporting new team members either as a peer, preceptor, or supervisor.
- Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
- Interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all levels of internal and external customers are required.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Outstanding customer service skills and a passion for patient care.
- Ability to effectively communicate with professionals from diverse clinical and professional disciplines.
- Proficient in computer, EMR, Microsoft Office applications and other software programs necessary to perform job duties.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
May carry, stoop, climb or otherwise be physically active in the course of job duties. May have extended periods of sitting and/or computer work. Periodically drives to and from patient homes or to regional meetings in varied weather and traffic conditions.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Experience: Two years leadership experience preferred.
DISCLAIMER
All responsibilities and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by an employee occupying this job or position. Employees must follow any other job-related instructions and perform any other job-related duties requested by their leaders.
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