VNAcare, a not-for-profit leader in home care, is looking for dedicated healthcare professionals to join one our team.
Join our team and provide compassionate care to patients in your community! We are a leader in Hospice services that offers the best programs available in San Bernardino, Riverside and Eastern Los Angeles counties. Come on board with us as a Hospice Admissions Manager!!!
With offices throughout Southern California, you can become part of the team who continues to be a leader in providing professional and comprehensive care to critically, chronically or terminally ill patients in our community.
Our clinicians enjoy flexible schedules including limited weekends/after-hours/on-call which promotes a healthy work-life balance.
We offer competitive salaries, mileage reimbursement and a generous benefits package for this position.
Benefits include:
· Comprehensive orientation/on-the-job training program
· Medical, Dental and Vision
· Life / AD&D
· Short-Term/Long-Term Disability
· Retirement Plan with employer match
· Flexible Spending Accounts
· Employee Assistance Program
· Educational Assistance / Continuing Education
· Sick, Vacation, Holiday Pay
The Hospice Admissions Manager position is open in our Ontario location and surrounding areas. This is a Full-time position.
Requirements of the Hospice Admissions Manager:
· A minimum of 2 years Hospice clinical experience.
· Current Registered Nursing license in the State of California.
· Strong leadership abilities.
· Excellent communication skills.
Hospice Admissions Manager Duties Include:
· Demonstrate support and fulfillment of the agency's mission, vision, values.
· Implements and monitors agency initiatives to achieve strategic goals.
· Communicates, collaborates and coordinates in a positive and professional manner with all peers, leaders and staff. Cooperates with all departments by sharing information as requested or needed in a timely manner.
· Supports a healthy work environment by promoting effective communication, collaboration, cooperation, and conflict resolution with all departments and all levels of staff.
Maintains ongoing public relations and communication with physicians, hospital and facility staff, and referral sources regarding patient care and all available agency services.
Works cooperatively with the acute hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and medical groups in the community to plan and coordinate Hospice services for referred patients.
Provides ongoing supervision to admission department staff to maintain quality care. Stays current with staff evaluations and supervisory visits.
Provides for, motivates and encourages staff development and growth.
Conducts counseling, teaching and guiding of Hospice personnel.
Oversees planning and implementing orientation of new personnel and students.
Coordinates and conducts regular department meetings.
Participates with other departments to ensure that patients are informed of their hospice benefits and admitted to the hospice program when appropriate.
Serves as a consultant to staff and outside agencies. Recommends and/or assists with problem solving.
Provides direct supervision to the after-hours clinical staff.
Reviews clinical documentation on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance with eligibility requirements and maintenance of quality care and documentation standards.
Oversees the para-professionals involved in the referral process:
Scheduling appropriately and timely
Arranging transportation, delivery or DME and medications
Appropriate communication with the patient, family and referral source as needed
Responds to all referrals with a sense of urgency
Monitors the timeline of referral to admission
Oversee the professionals involved in the admission process:
Evaluation and admission is done timely utilizing appropriate triage skills
Referrals are responded to with a sense of urgency to provide care
Patients and families are informed of hospice services and the benefit of these services to them
Monitors the conversion rate of referrals to admission status of individual RN's and Social Workers
Referrals are discussed with the admission staff while they are with the patient if RN/SW feels patient does not meet eligibility requirements or the patient is receiving treatments that are not usually covered by the hospice benefit.
Evaluates, recommends and assists with the development of hospice policy and procedures.
Is motivated and takes initiative with regards to the development of the Hospice Admission department and remains current in understanding of Medicare/Medi-Cal Hospice Regulations.
Participates in Performance Improvement Program.
Participates in agency goals and objectives.
Maintains professional accountability; manages time effectively.
Communicates effectively with public, co-workers, subordinates and superiors. Understands proper channels of communication within the agency.
Maintains patient/family confidentiality as per HIPAA regulations.
For assistance in applying for a position with VNAcare, please contact the Human Resources Dept. at (909) 447-7282 or recruiter@vnacare.com.
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