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Job description
Clinical Patient Care Manager (RN)
VITAS Healthcare
Salary Range: $130,000–140,000 annually
The Team Manager is the leader of the Patient Care Team that ensures that patients and families receive continuity and quality of care from admission to discharge or transfer to bereavement.
Patient Care Services
Directs all patient care services for the team, including volunteer and bereavement, and ensures that services are rendered as integrated components of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
Collaborates with both the team physician and the attending physician as needed and acts as the clinical resource for the interdisciplinary team.
Participates in all potential alive discharges to ensure effective discharge planning.
Oversees the team schedule and coordination of services to insur(e) coverage for all patients on the team.
Fills in and provides patient care within their scope of practice during times of need.
Staff Supervision and Management
Interviews, selects, trains, supervises, evaluates and dismisses team staff in conjunction with the Patient Care Administrator.
Assures staff competence and performance levels through field visits, evaluating documentation and providing team-based services on VITAS values, hospice principles and practices and specific team growth needs.
Acts as a resource and mentor for staff on clinical issues, documentation, inter- and intra- team problem solving and appropriate customer service behavior.
Oversees staff and volunteer schedules, territory assignments to assure equitable workload and all staff are able to meet overall productivity expectations.
Reviews and approves payroll, assuring that employees have documented accurate time, mileage and additional expenses.
Participates in on-call rotation.
Quality Improvement / Regulatory Compliance
Monitors clinical records and all team activities to ensure that they are accurate, complete and meet required standards in accordance with VITAS policy and all regulatory bodies.
Participates in performance improvement activities to respond to service issues, challenges and documentation issues.
Participates in and complies with QAPI program.
Assists as requested by program senior management team with surveys and requests from regulatory bodies and intermediaries.
Performs required chart reviews to ensure quality care is being delivered.
Customer Service / Sales / Marketing
Assures that service issues with patients/families or internal customers are resolved promptly and satisfactorily.
Analyzes customer service issues on team to identify causes and works with individual team members as well as the entire team to improve performance.
Actively participates in potential revocations or service concerns.
Regularly visits LTC and contract bed facilities to assure care plan integration, customer satisfaction and to discuss criteria for determining appropriateness.
Participates in professional, voluntary or community service organizations.
Cost Containment
Verifies treatments, staffing and supplies.
Monitors resources and utilization of clinical operations, including labor, pharmacy, medical supplies, equipment and mileage.
Approves all bills/invoices related to patient care services.
Oversees staff and volunteer schedules, territory assignments to assure equitable workload and productivity expectations.
Professional Development
Attends in-services, educational seminars and workshops.
Develops and achieves professional growth goals and objectives.
Participates as a mentor of newly hired Team Managers.
Qualifications
Reliable transportation with appropriate license and insurance coverage.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of primary medical and nursing care, with at least a working knowledge of oncologic nursing and palliative care.
Basic understanding of the interpersonal dynamics operative within the working relationships of an interdisciplinary health care team, and knowledge of the process of dying and bereavement.
Working knowledge of VITAS information system (Vx) and the ability to utilize management reports.
Two years of successful supervisory experience or equivalent in a health care organization.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field from an accredited college or university or the international equivalent preferred.
Current and valid RN license to practice in the state where the VITAS program is located.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V.
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Worksite address
san jose, CA, 95199, US
Who can apply
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