Job Description
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 developi