Clinical Manager

Company: Breeze Hospice
Location: Belleville
Posted on: February 17, 2021

Job Description:

Breeze Hospice is adding a Clinical Manager, RN to its team. This position provides care to assigned patients in a caring, safe and efficient manner and provides leadership to staff and is responsible to perform the following according to location standards, procedures and individualized patient plans of care.Responsibilities* Defines the unit of care (family and patient).* Demonstrates knowledge of hospice palliative care; hospice philosophy and scope of services; importance of coordinating services and continuity of care.* Recognizes different cultural attitudes and values towards death and dying. Identifies the five stages of the grieving process; anticipatory grief; normal vs. abnormal grief and impact of grief on patients family.* Provides care according to plan of care and evaluates patients need for additional services.* Involves patient and family in creation of plan of care* Coordinates with interdisciplinary team as needed.* Completes required documentation in appropriate time frames.* Explains advance directives; clinical requirements and interdisciplinary services available through agency.* Works independently with minimal supervision and seeks guidance as needed.* Performs initial patient assessment and ongoing assessments of the patients status.* Participates in creation of the plan of care.* Ensures the plan of care is implemented by the interdisciplinary group.* Processes physician services/orders.* Completes quality assurance audits as assigned.* Participates in agency in services; educational opportunities; team meetings and committees.* Assists with customer experience/marketing activities to expand community reach.* Assesses and formulates a plan of care for patients in their homes that include social, emotional, and physical needs.* Provides nursing care to patients according to physician orders and regulations.* Assures physicians orders are processed and physicians are notified in a timely manner.* Provides teaching and training to patient / family / caregiver as appropriate.Qualifications* Graduate of accredited school of nursing* Registered Nurse in state of employment* Minimum of one year of clinical experience is strongly preferred* Previous home health or hospice experience is strongly preferred

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