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RN / Hospice Job in Columbus, Ohio |
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Description I believe that the care we give can make every moment count. Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence – that’s how our Hospice improves quality of life in the final stages of life. By delivering palliative care by hospice professionals, our patients can spend their remaining days in comfort and peace. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services. Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, including Gentiva, delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families. We believe that every moment matters. We believe in compassionate care. Most of all, we believe in dignity and respect for each patient we serve. As a Hospice Director of Clinical Operations, you will: Organize nursing and clinical team members in accordance with administrative and nursing service guidelines; ensure compliance with legal, organizational, and medical staff standards. Consult with area/regional/divisional, staff and operational delivery/business contacts to identify solutions to program, area and region needs and concerns. Assist with planning and development of budgets, revenue, capital and operational expenses, sufficient number of staff, and any other plans for allocation of fiscal or other resources according to the scope of services provided. Manage resources wisely and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and performance. Develop nursing and clinical staff goals, objectives and standards of performance in coordination with the RVP-C. Recommend changes or revisions to policies and procedures as necessary. Assist site in developing and ensuring that programs have implemented appropriate support plans to meet specific, identified objectives for support activities and respond to negative trends in performance metrics (clinical outcomes, field audit results, etc.) by assisting location managers in the development of action plans to resolve local issues. Understanding of billing and ADR (Additional Documentation Request) process to ensure compliance with the Conditions of Participation and all TJC (where applicable) state and federal regulatory body surveys. Provide for orientation, in-service training, continuing education, and input for annual performance and competency reviews of clinical team members to ensure staff is competent to provide services and optimal patient care. Recommend and determine the sufficient number of staff to provide services and defines qualifications, performance expectations and competence of each person. Qualifications: Associate’s degree in nursing or the equivalent Minimum of eight years clinical experience including two years in a managerial role in a hospice environment Current RN licensure in the state of practice Comprehensive knowledge of state/federal regulations and industry standards required Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing Certification (CHPN) required within two (2) years of date of hire Computer proficiency and a working knowledge of Microsoft programs required Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 LatentStyleCount="267"> * Some information such as the email and phone number are hidden unless you are registered and logged-in
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