Community Living Manager - Warren

PACE Southeast Michigan; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

PACE Southeast Michigan in Warren, MI is seeking a Home Care Services Manager to supervise nursing assistants and coordinate home care operations. You will lead IDT meetings, manage care planning, and ensure service authorization aligns with participant needs.

Required qualifications include a BSN (preferred), 3+ years in long-term care with supervisory experience, CMS competencies, licensure in Michigan, and strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor required; BSN preferred.
• Three years of clinical long-term care experience, including one year with frail elderly population; two years of supervisory experience.
• Ability to lead and direct other licensed staff within scope of practice.
• Must meet CMS-approved competencies before working independently.
• Must be medically cleared for communicable diseases and up-to-date immunizations.
• Must meet Michigan state licensure requirements to practice.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; strong interpersonal abilities.
• Role model the 10 Principles of Leadership and PACE values.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates Home Care Activities at PACE Southeast Michigan (PACE SEMI).
• Facilitates Participant-Centered Planning meetings and complex Care Plan Development/Enrollment meetings with IDT to ensure consistent care planning and service authorization.
• Assists Medical Director with clinical and operational duties and special projects as required.
• Provides home care authorizations for external vendors as needed based on staffing to meet participant needs.
• Teaches, coaches and mentors schedulers and Direct Care staff.
• Communicates with the Director of Home Care regarding case management and operations.
• Facilitates administrative, quality and performance improvement requirements, including reports and statistical records.
• Provides weekly productivity reports to schedulers.
• Participates in and/or leads Quality Assurance projects and data-driven improvement efforts.
• Ensures adherence to departmental and external standards and budgetary guidelines.
• Interviews, hires, and onboard staff.

Job description

SUMMARY:

The Home Care Services Manager is responsible for operational over-site of the home care PACE nursing assistants. In addition, the Home Care Manager is responsible for facilitating specified Interdisciplinary Team meetings.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

• Supervises and coordinates Home Care Activities at PACE Southeast Michigan (PACE SEMI),
• In collaboration with the Center Manager and IDT, facilitates the Participant-Centered Planning meetings, as well as complex Care Plan Development/Enrollment meetings, to assure consistency in care planning and service authorization for participants enrolled at PACE SEMI.
• Assists the Medical Director as requested in duties related to clinical and operational issues and special projects as may be required.
• Provides home care authorizations for external vendors as needed based on staffing to ensure participant needs are met
• Teach, coach and mentor schedulers along with Direct Care staff.
• Communicates with the Director of Home Care regarding case management/homecare operations and issues.
• Facilitates administrative, quality and performance improvement requirements, such as reports and statistical records.
• Provides weekly report to schedulers regarding staff productivity.
• Participates in and/or facilitates Quality Assurance projects resulting from data results.
• Ensures adherence to departmental and external standards in the provision of quality focused care by attendance at professional meetings/committees and review of national standards of practice.
• Ensures adherence to budgetary guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Interview, hire, onboard staff.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Bachelor required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Preferred three years of clinical long-term care experience, including one year with frail elderly population, and two years of supervisory experience.
• Has ability to lead and direct other licensed staff in the delivery of care. Only acts within scope of his/her practice.
• Must meet a standardized set of competencies (approval by CMS) before working independently.
• Must be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up-to-date before engaging in direct participant contact.
• Must meet State Licensure requirements (be legally authorized to practice in Michigan, and only act within the scope of his/her authority to practice).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills necessary; must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Role model the 10 Principles of Leadership and PACE values

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Ability to work under pressure, flexible, with imagination and group leadership skills.
• Possible exposure to communicable disease.