Assistant Clinical Director

Responsibilities

• Assists with supervising all activities to promote efficient processes, safe and compassionate nursing care, and patient satisfaction.
• Participate in initial assessments, start of care recerts, etc.
• Assists with oversight, management, and support of all field staff trainings and orientations.
• Analyzes problems to ensure agency policies, procedures, and regulations are followed.
• Provides direct case management services to a specific case load.
• Responsible for the management of skilled services.
• Works closely with all staff to ensure patient and staffing needs are being met.
• Coordination of the clinical team to include scheduling, training, and coaching.
• Facilitate staff education on skills, medications, and general patient care.
• Availability in person or by phone during agency operating hours.
• Assist the nursing team with accountability, efficiency, and time management.
• Partner with outside providers, including pharmacies, physicians, other care facilities, etc.
• Represent client issues with line staff, nursing, management, and client managers, and other health care providers.
• Makes sure the education hours for registered nurses and Certified Nursing Aides (CNA) are monitored.
• Assists with completion of chart clearing and other payroll approval requirements for assigned staff.
• Promotes staff education regarding all payroll charting aspects, including differential entries, non-billable entries and mileage.
• Accessible to staff for emergencies after hours.
• Ensures an initial assessment/evaluation is made to provide a data base to plan and initiate care of the patient.
• Maintains thorough knowledge and compliance with all state and agency standards including Accreditation Commission for Health Care standards.
• Makes sure the illness log, grievance log, incident reports, under or over-scheduled patient reports, RN utilization reports, skilled intervention, comprehensive assessments, and renewal appointments are monitored.
• Provides information to the administrator and requests guidance as necessary to carry out assigned duties.
• Responsible for own designated case load to include providing in home skilled nursing visits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, preferred.
• Registered nurse with a current Registered Nurse License in good standing for the state of NEVADA.
• Case management or other progressive management experience in the health-care field preferred.