Clinical Manager - Hospice

Job Profile Summary This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Home Care Nurse duties:
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed. Provides professional nursing care to patients. Requires a nursing license. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.

The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education. A role that supervises all levels of employees. Responsibilities that typically include:
Setting goals and objectives for team members for achievement of operational results, problems faced may be difficult but typically are not complex, and ensures policies, practices and procedures are understood and followed by direct reports, customers and stakeholders.

Job Overview This position implements and oversees the Home Health Foundation Palliative Care Team and Hospice team. Assumes a leadership role with clinical staff to ensure that best practices are followed. Works cooperatively with VNA, palliative care, and hospice teams, as well as physicians, referral sources and the referral department so that patients meeting established criteria are identified for palliative care services, goals of care conversations, health coaching or a transition to hospice, ensuring that patients are receiving the right level of care at the right time.

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).2. Candidates must hold an active RN license in the state where services are provided and may not work in states where they are not licensed. If additional state licensure is required, it must be obtained within sixty (60) days
3. Five (5) years of palliative, hospice, complex care experience.
4. Home care experience.

Hours:

Full-Time, 40hrs/week

Location:

Lowell, MA

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
1. Monitors and evaluates palliative care and hospice patient population census, trends, processes and outcomes.
2. Develops, implements and monitors clinical protocols to achieve desired outcomes promoting palliative care and hospice philosophy, holding staff accountable to current clinical standards of palliative and hospice practice and policies and procedures.
3. Promotes and maintains full implementation of the palliative care and hospice programs. Develops/revises program-specific policies and procedures as needed.
4. Communicates with appropriate individuals regarding the palliative care and hospice programs, i.e. Medical Directors, hospital personnel, vendors, director, managers and staff to ensure optimal care.
5. Ensures staff are aware of the palliative care and hospice programs by actively promoting and training staff through ongoing activities such as individual outreach, care management activities, attendance at team meetings, etc.
6. Develops and implements Standards of Practice in collaboration with the Director of Hospice and Palliative Care.
7. Develops and updates weekly, monthly and program reports. Utilizes data to manage costs and outcomes.
8. Works cooperatively and collaboratively with team members to address individual…