Director of Hospice
SSM Health
Clinical Manager, Home and Community Based Services - Full Time Day
Sanford Health
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Arizona
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JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Schedules nursing staff to specific shifts, taking into account past utilization trends.
- Measures employee performance.
- Assists in the training of new staff members and the development of existing staff members.
- Manages workflow volumes, including monitoring and processing of work queues.
- Applies key aspects of continuous improvement processes and evaluates impact on quality.
- Monitors patient/resident care areas and other facilities for cleanliness and readiness.
- Provides nursing care to patients/residents on an as needed basis.
- Opportunities to assist and manage special projects as assigned by leadership, championing enterprise scope and initiatives.
- Directs nurse and other staff activities for patients/residents receiving home health and/or hospice services in the assigned service area.
- Ensures effectiveness and efficiency of home health and/or hospice services.
- Delegates responsibilities to clinical and professional staff within home care and/or hospice.
- Provides direction on nursing practice and home care and/or hospice regulations to staff.
- Provides input for planning and budgeting.
- Coordinates inter-disciplinary communication and collaboration among team members.
- Works in collaboration with the communities we serve and is an internal liaison and to outside agencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
- Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including CCNE, ACEN, NLN CNEA.
- For Rural Health Network facilities and Good Samaritan Society (GSS) only, employees who do not possess a Bachelor’s degree in the required field, leadership may consider an educational plan with proven continuous action toward achieving a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing within five years of hire into position.
- Thorough knowledge of the nursing practice act and standards of nursing care, and a working knowledge of administrative and management techniques.
- Two years of nursing clinical experience in caring for patients, residents, or clients preferred.
- Two years' experience in management duties is preferred.
- Currently holds an unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
- Depending on location, a valid drivers license may be required.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) may be required for frequent patient contact and providing patient care.
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) desirable.
- Certificate for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) preferred.
