RN Hospice Weekend Clinical Manager

About the role

Masonicare Home Health & Hospice seeks a dedicated and experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive care to clients in Wallingford, CT. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in home health care and a commitment to providing quality, compassionate care.

Responsibilities

• Accepts appropriate referrals to the agency.
• Sets up qualified professional personnel to meet the needs of clients.
• In collaboration with clinical staff, creates on-call schedules and assigns daily tasks.
• Supervises hospice and palliative nursing personnel, ensuring they deliver high-quality care.
• Assigns work to subordinate staff, provides guidance, and reviews their work.
• Coordinates and manages all professional services provided by agency staff.
• Maintains a balanced caseload and organizes work flow, utilizing clinical staff as needed.
• Performs periodic home visits to model behavior, solve problems, supervise, and evaluate performance.
• Participates in the professional development of assigned staff through orientation, skill development, and mentoring activities.
• Maintains an office environment that supports the professional growth of assigned staff.
• Assists in staff recruitment, selection, and discipline/termination of employment.
• Conducts clinical record reviews to assess the appropriateness of care plans, service utilization, and documentation.
• Engages in program planning and evaluation activities related to clinical services.
• Timely and accurately enters patient/job information into the system to support the development of the OASIS data set, hospice item sets, orders for service, time sheets, and other required documents and reports.
• Participates in administrative call on a rotating basis with other members of the management team.
• Communicates effectively and tactfully with clients, recognizing their age, cultural diversity, needs, abilities, and physical condition.

Qualifications

• Education: A Baccalaureate Degree from an NLN accredited School of Nursing or a Diploma in nursing plus a minimum of three years of full-time or full-time equivalent clinical experience in a home health agency or community health program, with at least one year in a home health setting.
• Experience: Knowledge of State Regulations, Medicare and Medicaid standards as related to Hospice services.
• Certifications/Licenses: Current Connecticut Registered Nurse License.

Benefits

Our company offers competitive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

The pay rate for this position is $X per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This position works 24 hours per week and is compensated at a rate of 32 hours per week.