Adventist Health
Manager, Home Health (Home Health)
Adventist Health, Simi Valley, California, United States, 93065
Job Title
Manages patient discharges with patient, patient families, and health care team. Develops home care plan for patient's post-hospital needs. Serves as resource and liaison with hospitals, skilled nursing homes, board and care homes, outpatient discharge planning services and physician offices. Arranges for home delivery of medical equipment and supplies. Assists in processing patient discharges. Provides support to department leadership for recruitment and selection of new staff, delivering training sessions, staff scheduling and performance management. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgement. Job Requirements
Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required Master's Degree: Preferred Five years' home care nursing experience: Preferred One year's leadership experience: Preferred One year's hospital case management (including discharge planning) experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT) licensure in the state of practice: Required Public Health Nurse licensure in state of practice: Preferred Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Preferred Valid Driver's License (DL) and must be at least 21 years of age or older: Required Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT): Required Essential Functions
Participates in discharge planning discussions with patient, patient care team and patient families. Consults with other health care personnel within the hospital and community agencies to develop continuity of care plan for patients being discharged from hospital. Makes referrals and provides information to home care service agencies. Conducts daily rounds on nursing units to review home care discharge plan needs and complete progress notes on patient charts. Monitors admissions on a daily basis to evaluate and identify a patient's need for assistance in discharge planning as it relates to home care. Meets clinical supervisor on a regular basis to review patient referrals. Compiles monthly statistics. Provides information for field charts for each discipline with medical record information for Home Health and hospice standards of care. Reports patient assessment and evaluation to physician/Team Leader/Manager of Clinical Services. Assists with orientation of new employees and/or registry personnel. Provides in-service education to hospital and medical staff. Assesses Home Health and Hospice referrals and continuation of services from community for intake support. Assists and advises in developing and implementing marketing, business and strategic plans for home care program. Evaluates need for medical supplies and equipment required for patient's home care. Orders and arranges delivery for patient post-hospital equipment and supply needs. Participates in recruitment and selection processes for department staff. Identifies staff training needs and arranges in-service sessions as needed. Trains new employees job duties and assignments. Addresses complaints made by supervised staff including training needs, work assignments and overtime scheduling. Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised. Coaches and counsels staff not meeting performance expectations issuing formal oral and written reprimands. Attends appropriate hospital committees meetings. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Organizational Requirements
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit
https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/
for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.
Manages patient discharges with patient, patient families, and health care team. Develops home care plan for patient's post-hospital needs. Serves as resource and liaison with hospitals, skilled nursing homes, board and care homes, outpatient discharge planning services and physician offices. Arranges for home delivery of medical equipment and supplies. Assists in processing patient discharges. Provides support to department leadership for recruitment and selection of new staff, delivering training sessions, staff scheduling and performance management. Supervises and directs the activities of various levels of assigned personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgement. Job Requirements
Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required Master's Degree: Preferred Five years' home care nursing experience: Preferred One year's leadership experience: Preferred One year's hospital case management (including discharge planning) experience: Preferred Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT) licensure in the state of practice: Required Public Health Nurse licensure in state of practice: Preferred Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Preferred Valid Driver's License (DL) and must be at least 21 years of age or older: Required Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT): Required Essential Functions
Participates in discharge planning discussions with patient, patient care team and patient families. Consults with other health care personnel within the hospital and community agencies to develop continuity of care plan for patients being discharged from hospital. Makes referrals and provides information to home care service agencies. Conducts daily rounds on nursing units to review home care discharge plan needs and complete progress notes on patient charts. Monitors admissions on a daily basis to evaluate and identify a patient's need for assistance in discharge planning as it relates to home care. Meets clinical supervisor on a regular basis to review patient referrals. Compiles monthly statistics. Provides information for field charts for each discipline with medical record information for Home Health and hospice standards of care. Reports patient assessment and evaluation to physician/Team Leader/Manager of Clinical Services. Assists with orientation of new employees and/or registry personnel. Provides in-service education to hospital and medical staff. Assesses Home Health and Hospice referrals and continuation of services from community for intake support. Assists and advises in developing and implementing marketing, business and strategic plans for home care program. Evaluates need for medical supplies and equipment required for patient's home care. Orders and arranges delivery for patient post-hospital equipment and supply needs. Participates in recruitment and selection processes for department staff. Identifies staff training needs and arranges in-service sessions as needed. Trains new employees job duties and assignments. Addresses complaints made by supervised staff including training needs, work assignments and overtime scheduling. Completes periodic evaluations of personnel supervised. Coaches and counsels staff not meeting performance expectations issuing formal oral and written reprimands. Attends appropriate hospital committees meetings. Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Organizational Requirements
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. Visit
https://adventisthealth.org/careers/everify/
for more information about E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.