HOME CARE ADMINISTRATOR/CLINICAL MANAGER

Liberty Home Care offers home health services that support patients during recovery from illness, trauma, or surgery, improving patient outcomes by enabling recovery at home. HOME CARE ADMINISTRATOR/CLINICAL MANAGER Job Description Supervise and manage operational processes of the sub-unit/branch offices/programs assigned. Facilitate delivery of home health services by acting as a resource for staff, physicians, referral sources, patients and other internal and external customers. Monitor clinical processes, documentation and financial data to ensure services are provided efficiently and effectively with appropriate resource utilization. Provide coordination and oversee case management of all patient services. Ensure appropriate documentation for both patient care and staff performance. Perform record review audits, i.e., Start of Care (admissions) and recertifications. Ensure accurate coding of patient medical records in accordance with diagnoses. Supervise all direct care staff as well as schedulers, OSTs and Homecare Liaisons. Provide direct patient care as necessary, assign clinical staff as appropriate to case manage patients and ensure efficient, effective utilization of staffing resources. Participate in orientation, competency evaluation and education/training activities appropriate to identified learning needs of staff. Perform human resources functions per agency policy and procedure to ensure compliance with regulatory, OSHA and CDC guidelines and accepted infection control principles. Perform additional duties as assigned. Job Requirements Requires current RN licensure within the state of branch location, and successful completion of nursing education from an approved school of nursing; BSN preferred. Requires five (5) years of clinical nursing experience encompassing a variety of clinical settings. Three (3) years of home health experience preferred. Requires in-depth knowledge of homecare regulations and home health operational and clinical processes. Understanding of the prospective payment system and financial management of home health service delivery. Ability to analyze financial and statistical data. Current knowledge of Medicare coverage and documentation guidelines and standards of medical record keeping. Knowledgeable of applicable state and federal rules and regulations governing the provision of home health services. High level problem solving and reasoning skills. Strong communication (oral and written) skills and literacy in English. Good clinical nursing skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact and communicate in a professional and tactful manner with all internal and external customers. Background checks/drug-free workplace. EOE. #J-18808-Ljbffr