Hospice Clinical Team Manager

Elara Caring; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Holidays

Family & pet bereavement

Comprehensive insurance plans

Opportunities for advancement

Job summary

Elara Caring is seeking a Hospice Clinical Team Manager in Kalamazoo, MI to lead and coordinate home health services, ensuring timely, quality patient care. The role requires supervising staff, planning care, and collaborating with physicians and families.

Qualified candidates have an RN license, an associate degree, 2 years hospice experience, and 1 year supervisory experience; travel up to 50% and proficiency in common enterprise apps are needed.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a Nursing related field; Bachelor preferred.
• 2 years of home care experience in Hospice environment.
• 1 year of supervisory experience required.
• Current, unrestricted RN license valid for the state of work.
• Ability to quickly become proficient in enterprise applications such as Homecare Homebase, Workday, and have knowledge in Microsoft Office.
• Able and willing to travel up to 50% as needed to support business and patient needs.
• Ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment.
• Valid driver’s license and insurance and reliable transportation to perform job tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provides oversight of all patient care services and personnel including making patient and personnel assignments, coordinating patient care, coordinating referrals, assuring patient needs are continually assessed, and assuring the development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care.
• Plans, directs, and participates in delivery of home health services to provide diagnosis-specific patient care, including coordination of services with providers, vendors, or facilities.
• Ensures the timely start of patient care within recommended regulatory guidelines.
• Processes and coordinates physician orders, staff assignments, and communications between direct care team members, the patient and their family, and the physician and primary care physician (as appropriate).
• Reviews and approves plan of care and evaluates proposed changes to the plan of care for clinical appropriateness.
• Integrates orders from all relevant physicians involved in the plan of care and ensures the orders are approved by the responsible physician.
• Conducts regular OASIS reviews for all patients.
• Meets with all direct care team members on a regular basis providing guidance, coaching and communicating information related to specific issues or organizational changes.
• Initiates hiring requests, interviews candidates and recommends hiring of direct care staff.
• Communicates frequently with the Branch Director or Administrator on key performance metrics.
• Remains available for field work, as needed.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Communication

Education

Associate degree in Nursing or related field

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Homecare Homebase

Workday

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Elara Caring, we have a unique opportunity to play a huge role in the growth of an entire home care industry. Here, each employee has the chance to make a real difference by carrying out our mission every day. Join our elite team of healthcare professionals, providing the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place.

Hospice Clinical Team Manager Kalamazoo, MI

At Elara Caring, we care where you are and believe the best place for your care is where you live. We know there’s no place like home, and that’s why our teams continue to provide high-quality care to more than 60,000 patients each day in their preferred home setting. Wherever our patients call home and wherever they are on their journey of health, we care. Each team member has a part to play in this mission. This means you have countless ways to make a difference as a Clinical Team Manager. To continue to be an industry pioneer in delivering unparalleled care, we need a Clinical Team Manager with commitment and compassion.

Why Join the Elara Caring mission?

• Work in a collaborative environment.
• Be rewarded with a unique opportunity to make a difference.
• Competitive compensation package
• Tuition reimbursement for full-time staff and continuing education opportunities for all employees at no cost
• Opportunities for advancement
• Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401(K) with employer match
• Paid time off, paid holidays, family, and pet bereavement

What you’ll bring as Clinical Team Manager?

• Provides oversight of all patient care services and personnel including making patient and personnel assignments, coordinating patient care, coordinating referrals, assuring patient needs are continually assessed, and assuring the development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care.
• Plans, directs, and participates in delivery of home health services to provide diagnosis-specific patient care, including coordination of services with providers, vendors, or facilities.
• Ensures the timely start of patient care within recommended regulatory guidelines.
• Processes and coordinates physician orders, staff assignments, and communications between direct care team members, the patient and their family, and the physician and primary care physician (as appropriate).
• Reviews and approves plan of care and evaluates proposed changes to the plan of care for clinical appropriateness.
• Integrates orders from all relevant physicians involved in the plan of care and ensures the orders are approved by the responsible physician.
• Conducts regular OASIS reviews for all patients.
• Meets with all direct care team members on a regular basis providing guidance, coaching and communicating information related to specific issues or organizational changes.
• Initiates hiring requests, interviews candidates and recommends hiring of direct care staff.
• Communicates frequently with the Branch Director or Administrator on key performance metrics.
• Remains available for field work, as needed.

What is required?

• Associate degree in a Nursing related field, Bachelor preferred
• 2 years of home care experience in Hospice environment
• 1 year of supervisory experience required
• Current, unrestricted RN license valid for the state of work
• Ability to quickly become proficient in enterprise applications such as Homecare Homebase, Workday, and have knowledge in Microsoft Office
• Able and willing to travel up to 50% as needed to support business and patient needs.
• Ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment
• Valid driver’s license and insurance and reliable transportation to perform job tasks

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Pay & Benefit Information

Compensation for this role will be determined based on a variety of factors, including qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience. Elara offers a broad range of benefits. Learn more at https://careers.elara.com/us/en/benefits

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Our Work Experience

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.