RN Hospice Clinical Team Lead — Home Care 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

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.