Director of Nursing for Medicare Home Health Company - CONFIDENTIAL

*CONFIDENTIAL – 

Highlights:

· Role: Director of Nursing for Medicare Home Health Company

· Registered Nurse

· Medicare Home Health experience required

· Two locations oversight Miami and Broward

· Responsible for oversight of two offices

· Hours: 8:30-5pm Monday through Friday

· On-call: on-call rotation requirement

· Responsibility Scope: Assisting the administrator running the clinical part of the office. Overseeing field staff and supporting staff in areas such as managing clients.

· Salary: $100,000 Base salary

· Benefits: full benefits including health, dental vision, life etc. after 60 days

· Retirement: 401k with up to 3% match

· PTO/Vacation: First two years 80 hours, year 3 is 3 weeks

· Experience: Minimum 1 year experience in Medicare Home Health Agency

· Agreement: DON will sign offer letter and restrictive covenants

·Bilingual a plus

Notes:

DIRECTOR OF NURSING- BROWARD COUNTY and MIAMI - MEDICARE HOME HEALTH EXPERIENCE

IN OFFICE- BROWARD COUNTY and MIAMI, 8:30-5 (CAN BE FLEX), $100k salary

· Managing Clinical Staff

· Field Clinicians who are all Per Diem

· Workflows

· Processes

· Plans of Care

We are seeking someone to supervise all personnel who deliver direct patient services. Assist with recruiting, hiring, orienting and ongoing in-servcie education of the nursing staff. 

· Maintains and adheres to agency procedures and patient care policy.

· Establish services policies and procedures in compliance with state health statutes and administrative rules to include CDC guidelines, OSHA guidelines for employee safety, universal precautions, and infections control procedures.

· Assure compliance with company policy and all federal, state, and local regulatory bodies.. .

· Remain informed of home health regulations and standards as well as management issues.

· Accountable for all clinical issues.

· Provide guidance and support for supervisory, field and office staff.

JD

Medicare Home Health Agency

Director of Nursing

DEFINITION:

The Director of Nursing is a qualified leader appointed by the Administrator with approval of the Governing Body to direct and coordinate the clinical activities of the Agency. The Director of Nursing may be a direct employee of the agency or a related business entity.

LINE OF AUTHORITY:

The Director of Nursing reports directly to the Administrator.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

· Supervise all personnel (professional, personal care aides) who deliver direct patient services.

· Participates in all activities relative to the provision of professional services.

· Ensures that all staff providing care maintains professional standards of community nurse practice.

· Maintains and adheres to agency procedures and patient care policy.

· Establishes services policies and procedures in compliance with state health statutes and administrative rules to include CDC guidelines, OSHA guidelines for employee safety, universal precautions, and infections control procedures.

· Assure compliance with company policy and all federal, state, and local regulatory bodies.

· Supervise all clinical activities and staff related to nursing. Communicates and interacts with the Administrator. 

· Assist with recruiting, hiring, orienting and ongoing in-service education of all nursing staff.

· Remain informed of home health regulations and standards as well as management issues.

· Accountable for all clinical issues.

· Provide guidance and support for supervisory, field and office staff.

· Conduct employee performance evaluations. Assists with development of new job standards as needed.

· Counsel staff appropriately and in a timely manner concerning areas of deficiency as well as areas of excellence and quality improvement.

· Ensure coordination of care by all disciplines.

· Assure that a reassessment of a client’s needs is performed by the appropriate health care professional (i.e. when there is a significant health status change in the client’s condition at the physician’s request or after hospital discharge.)

· Ensure compliance with The Conditions of Participation.

· Participate in review, analysis and appraisal of the effectiveness of the total agency program.

· Participate in short- and long-range planning for the agency and implement specific measures for agency growth. Increase market share through education of physicians and other community and referral sources.

· Participate in the evaluation of agency programs.

· Participate in state, local and national organizations, meetings, seminars, workshops and activities relating to the home health profession and health care services.

· Assure service satisfaction through client visits and other measures, as appropriate. Investigate and resolve agency complaints.

· Ensure care delivery meets the needs of the patients and follows professional practice standards.

· Develop, implement, review and revise policies and procedures to guide care delivery.

· Monitor compliance with applicable Federal, State and Local laws, Professional Standards and principles, established policies and procedures and the plan of care.

· Is available at all times during business hours or designates in writing a qualified alternate registered nurse to service in her/his absence