Hospice House Manager

Description

POSITION TITLE: Hospice House Manager

REPORTS TO: Hospice House Director

Additional 3% added to base rate for BSN or MSN

Additional pay for Hospice certification

Manages, leads, and coordinates skilled, quality patient care and services for up to 25 Hospice House patients by an interdisciplinary team.

• Flexible work schedule, including evenings and weekends.
• Will encounter patients, families, and staff in high emotional states.
• Coordinate several tasks at one time with frequent interruptions.
• Deal with sensitive and confidential issues concerning staff, patients, and families

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with professionalism and mutual respect for all.
• The requirements in this job description are representative of knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required:

• Associate's degree in nursing
• Minimum of 5 years RN experience
• Minimum of 2 years Hospice RN experience

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• 1 year of supervisory experience

Required:

• GA RN license or multi-state RN license in good standing
• CPR Certification
• Valid state Driver’s License
• Car Insurance per Columbus Hospice policy
• Influenza vaccine during influenza season required (November – March)

Preferred:

• Hospice and Palliative Care CHPN certification or
• Attain within 1 year of employment required

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from families, patients, peers, groups of managers, clients, customers, and the community.
• Ability to communicate well orally and in writing, with strong interpersonal skills to provide effective leadership to interdisciplinary team members.

Provide individualized patient care to include the following:

• Daily management of the Hospice House staff and operations, to include communication with staff regarding patient care and documentation, and overall management of staff.
• Coordination of patient care to hospice patients in the various levels of care, and monitoring for eligibility and documentation of those levels of care.
• Knowledgeable of Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospice & Inpatient Hospice, Medicaid Regulations, Joint Commission standards, Georgia State Hospice regulations, Alabama State Hospice regulations (including Medicaid), and Columbus Hospice Policies & Procedures.
• Understanding of and ability to guide others in the provision of aggressive symptom management, as well as comfort care.
• Able to work with diverse individuals and personalities, to include patients, families, physicians, other community health care providers, and Columbus Hospice staff.
• Familiarity with Columbus Hospice House physical facility and equipment, including oxygen system, emergency power generator, patient bathing system, electrical systems (call lights, etc.) and other facility specifics.
• Responsibility for staffing and other personnel issues for Hospice…