RN Assistant Director of Nursing

Overview

Position
: RN Assistant Director of Nursing

Pay
: $75,000 - $81,000 Yearly Depending on Experience

• Assist with coordination of the patient care aspects of the Hospice Program and the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT).
• Ensure referral/admission process is completed within Caris Health Care’s customer service standards.
• Assist with assignment of patient care staff. Monitor scheduling of patient care staff.
• Assist with supervision of periodic reviews of patient medical records, employee visits, and daily activity reports to assure conformance with agency standards, licensure requirements, and professional community health nursing standards. Check documentation for accuracy and consistency with payor requirements and company policy.
• Assist with arrangement of hospice and supportive services.
• Assist with recruitment, hires, and directing the training of field staff.
• Responsible for compliance with Caris safety and disaster plans.
• Ensure employees are trained on occupational exposure.
• Assist in handling staff, physicians, patient, inter-departmental complaints, and problems, providing accurate and timely follow-up, and document problems and complaints per company policy.

• Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of operation.
• One (1) year experience in patient care skills in hospice or palliative care, oncology or home health preferred.
• A working knowledge of the objectives, framework, organization, and function of a hospice program as well as programs offered by different payors including Medicare, Medicaid, Private Insurance, is preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge/skill

Required

Associates

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Caris Health Care is an affiliate of NHC. EOE