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Job Description – Director of Nursing - Hospice
Hospice Promise is committed to building community relationships through support and education. Our mission is to provide compassionate end of life care and make a positive difference in the lives of our patients, their families, and our community. This nurse owned and run hospice provides a culture of autonomy and philosophy that recognizes the individual needs of our patients and caregivers. We bring holistic nursing to a whole new level. This Registered Nurse will have the ability to plan, organize and direct patient care and is experienced in nursing with the emphasis on community health education/experience. Looking for Hospice Clinical Manager, nurse manager, manager of hospice, hospice clinical director manager. This professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
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The Hospice Clinical Director BSN RN is responsible for the overall direction of hospice clinical services. The Clinical Director establishes, implements and evaluates goals and objectives for hospice services that meet and promote the standards of quality and contribute to the total organization and philosophy.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities
- Coordinates and oversees all direct and indirect patient services provided by clinical organization personnel.
- Provides guidance and counseling to coordinators and Patient Care Managers to assist them in continually improving all aspects of hospice care services, provided through organization personnel.
- Assists Patient Care Managers in managing clinical teams and planning.
- Provides help in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient and family/caregiver care to all clinical personnel as indicated.
- Assists the Executive Director/Administrator in the preparation and administration of the organization's budget.
- Interprets operational indicators to detect census changes and increases or decreases in volume that could impact staffing levels, revenues or expenses.
- Evaluates performance of Patient Care Managers.
- Assists Clinical Supervisors to develop skills and techniques in evaluating the performance of clinicians.
- Hires, evaluates, and terminates organization personnel.
- Conducts annual evaluations on clinicians, or more frequently if indicated.
- Oversees the maintenance of patient clinical records, statistics, reports and records for purposes of evaluation and reporting of organization activities.
- Assures proper maintenance of clinical records in compliance with local, state and federal laws.
- Responsible for the maintenance of adequate and appropriate inventory supplies and equipment for the provision of patient services.
- Develops, implements and evaluates the orientation program for new organization personnel. Responsible for orientation of new organization personnel, directly or delegated.
Clinical Director will~
- Plan and implement in-service and continuing education programs to meet education and training needs of organization personnel.
- Assists with the evaluation of organization performance via quality assessment performance improvement program, productivity, quarterly and annual reviews. Assures for the quality and safe delivery of hospice services provided through the Organization.
- Assists in the development of organization goals. Develops, recommends, and administers Organization policies and procedures.
- Assures compliance with all local, state and federal laws regarding licensure and certification of organization personnel and, maintains compliance to the Joint Commission Home Care standards.
- Stays informed about changes in the field of nursing and hospice care; shares information with appropriate organization personnel.
- Promotes hospice referrals in the health care community.
- In the absence of the Executive Director/Administrator, the Clinical Director will become the acting Executive Director/Administrator and will be vested with authority to act in behalf of the Executive Director/Administrator.
- Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director/Administrator.
Requirements~
- Registered nurse in the State with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the State.
- Bachelors degree in Nursing from an accredited program by the National League for Nursing. Master's degree in hospice preferred.
- Demonstrates ability to supervise and direct professional and administrative personnel
- Must be licensed to drive with insurance in accordance with state and/or Organizational requirements and is in good working order.
- Has an excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of business management, governmental regulations and CHAP standards
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