Clinical Laboratory Technologist Molecular Microbiology

I BELIEVE THAT BETTER CARE BEGINS AT HOME.

Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence – that’s what our patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services.

Kindred at Home, and its affiliates,delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families.

The CLINICAL MANAGER coordinates and oversees all direct care patient services provided by clinical personnel.

• Develops, plans, implements, analyzes and organizes clinical operations for specific location managed.
• Conducts/delegates the assessment and reassessment of patients, including updating of care plans and interpreting patient needs, while adhering to Company, physician, and/or health facility procedures/policies.
• Manages the assignment of caregivers.
• Responsible for and oversees the delivery of care to all patients served by the location. Receives case referrals. Reviews available patient information related to case, including disciplines required, to determine home health or hospice needs. Accountable to ensure patients meet admission criteria and makes the decision to admit patients to service. Assigns appropriate clinicians to case, as needed.
• Instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services, and is available at all times during operating hours to assist clinicians as appropriate.
• Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term therapeutic goals, in setting priorities and in developing patient Plan of Care (POC).
• Monitors cases to ensure documentation is in compliance with regulatory agencies and requirements of third party payers. Insures final audits/billing are completed timely and in compliance with Medicare regulations.
• Coordinates communication between team members/attending physicians/caregivers to ensure the appropriateness of care and outcome planning.
• Works in conjunction with the Branch Director and Company Finance Department to establish location’s revenue and budget goals.
• Participates in sales and marketing initiatives.
• Supervises all clinical employees assigned to specific location. Responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of the location. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Company policies and procedures.
• Handles necessary employee corrective action and discipline issues fairly and objectively, in consultation with the Human Resources Department and the Executive Director/Director of Operations.
• Participates in the interviewing, hiring, training and development of direct care clinicians. Evaluates their performance relative to job goals and requirements. Coaches staff and recommends in-service education programs, when needed. Ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.
• Assess staff education needs based on own review of clinical documentation in addition to feedback and recommendations by Utilization Review staff. Upon completion of assessment, creates and conducts regular staff education as needed.
• Analyzes situations, identifies problems, identifies and evaluates alternative courses of action through utilization of Performance Improvement principles.
• Responsible for review of appropriate number of Case Managers and clinical staff documentation to include starts-of-care, resumption-of-cares and re-certifications, for appropriateness of care, delivery and documentation requirements.
• Responsible for the QA/PI activities. Works with Utilization Review staff relative to data tracking for performance review and outcomes of care analysis to determine efficiency, efficacy of case management system as well as any other systems and process. Competently performs patient care assignments and staff management activities.
• Provides direct patient…