What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Manager position at Care at Home?
Care at Home is a proud member of Tufts Medicine, a health system that is rethinking how academic and community centers, local and national businesses, and technology and service innovators can all work together. So that clinicians can deliver expert care where it’s needed most. And, so that we can bring wellness back to health care, one person at a time.
Direct, coordinate and evaluate the delivery of home health services. Ensures compliance and consistency with agency policy, State and federal home health regulations. Responsible for the management of cost effective, efficient care to home health patients ensuring the delivery of outcome based to meet the individual needs of patients. Acts as a role model and mentor professionally and clinically for the implementation of the organization’s Mission and Core Value statements.
Essential Functions
- Provides direct clinical supervision, performance evaluations. Evaluates and ensures that competency requirements are met for all staff.
- Performs in home supervisory visits with assigned team members at least annually.
- Collaborates with HR in aspects of personnel management such as interviewing and hiring of employee candidates and disciplinary action of employees
- Communicates regularly with supervisors and staff.
- Promotes efficient utilization of resources to achieve desired clinical outcomes and within episode reimbursement.
- Provide effective guidance to professional staff regarding: justification for appropriate home health service utilization in terms of frequency, duration, and type of service; rationale for clinical interventions based on patient condition, family, and community resources and the POC.
- Conducts individual caseload reviews, at the SOC and ongoing, and team meetings on a regularly scheduled basis according to the agency’s standards. Case conferences with staff as needed to meet the needs of challenging clients.
- Takes a proactive approach in identifying high utilization and problem prone cases; takes appropriate action.
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the states of MA and NH.
- In depth understanding of Medicare Conditions of Participation and PPS, and case management.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
AAP/EEO Statement
Home Health Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to the goal of building a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the patient population in which we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Home Health Foundation is especially interested in candidates who, through their service, training and experience, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our health care community.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.