- Professional
- Optionales Büro in New York
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for the clinical management and scheduling of services for an assigned
group of patients. Responsible for overseeing the operations and management or nurses and if applicable a home health license in the region.
REQUIREMENTS
- Education:
- A registered professional nurse licensed and currently registered in the state and in good standing with the Board of Nursing.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Experience
- 2 years of experience in home care or home infusion therapy with management experience within the past 3 years.
- Knowledge of ACHC standards and accreditation process.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements for home care.
- Good communication skills, detailed oriented and organized.
- Excellent computer skills to include Excel and Word.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Able to manage multiple tasks.
- Fulltime Employment:
- 40hrs per week. Work week is Monday thru Friday
RESPONSIBILITIES
Patient Care Management
- Coordinate all patient care services for an assigned group of patients with other members of the health care team.
- Coordinate patient discharge/start of care with referral source/discharge planner.
- The Nursing Supervisor/Administrator will assure that the patient’s plan of care is implemented as written.
- The Nursing Supervisor/Administrator will assure that patient needs are reassessed by a licensed health care professional when there is a significant change in the patient’s condition, when requested by the patient’s physician and after discharge from the hospital.
- Assure that all IVIG patients are contacted 24 to 48 hours after each infusion to complete an IVIG survey regarding our services and identify immediately any care issues.
- Assure that a discharge summary at the completion of the patient’s prescribed therapy.
Clinical
- Provide clinical support to the patient, office staff, field staff and pharmacy staff.
- Based on the initial telephonic assessment and in conjunction with pharmacy, determine the appropriate administration method for prescribed therapy.
- Participate in case conferences to discuss pending referrals, current patients and clinical issues.
Patient Care Direct:
- Administers prescribed therapy to patients in the infusion suite or field according to policy.
Operational
- The Nursing Supervisor must be available to the agency at all times either in person or by telecommunication.
- Review nursing documentation in pharmacy operating system to assure accurate and thorough information.
- Track nursing visits by patient and obtain authorization for additional visits through case management.
- Participate in the company’ after hours on call system.
- Oversee the company’s Quality Assurance Program for nursing
- Audit patient medical records for assigned group of patients to assure complete and accurate documentation.
- Any other responsibility as designated by the employee’s supervisor.
- Support continuing education program for nursing staff.
- Assure compliance with ACHC standards.
Human Resources:
- Interview, hire and train new employees for the Nursing Department.
- Perform or facilitate field competency visits for new and existing nursing field employees.
- Complete annual performance evaluations on Nursing team in the office staff and the field staff.
Quality Assessment and Improvement:
- Responsible for coordinating and managing the Quality Assurance program for nursing in conjunction with the QA Chairperson.
- Responsible for reporting quarterly results to the QA Chairperson for inclusion in quarterly summary reports to the governing body.
- Responsible for reviewing all patient complaints and adverse events and evaluating trends within the office that affect patient care.
Home Health Agency Responsibilities:
- Organize and direct and oversee all functions of the home health agency.
- Assuring that the patient care documentation for services provided is accurate and timely.
- Employ a sufficient number of staff who are competent and qualified personnel in order to meet the patients’ needs.
- Ensure that the employees of the agency receive sufficient education and training necessary to perform their job responsibilities.
- Ensure that all employees of the agency are evaluated at a minimum on an annual basis.
- Ensure that information provided to the public and to the patients is accurate.
- Implement and monitor an annual operating budget for the agency to assure available funds necessary for continued patient care.
- Review all patient satisfaction surveys received.
