Patient Care Manager

We're looking for a Patient Care Manager to join our team. You will report directly to the Executive Director, Administrator, or Senior Patient Care Manager. You will be responsible for maintaining a high performing hospice program including managing, overseeing, and directing patient care activities to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. This role is responsible for teaching, evaluating, and developing associates and ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures and compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and regulatory agencies.

• Overseeing and managing rescheduled, declined, missed, and reassigned visit requests, including making decisions as to priority and staffing based on clinical judgment.
• Responding to phone referrals/inquiries in a timely, professional, and compassionate manner, including triage of medical concerns within scope of practice.
• Preparing for, serving on, and facilitating the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG), as assigned, including presiding over IDG, presentation of patients for review, coordination of minutes, review of patient charts to note and address any changes to patient condition and/or the plan of care, and soliciting input from various care team members

• At least three years’ experience of direct patient care and two years’ experience in hospice or home-based care setting
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing; bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
• Current Registered Nurse licensure in state of residence and requested employment
• Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with accepted hospice principles and practice, including industry standards, regulations, and best practices (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, JCAHO, ACHC), company policies/procedures, and understanding of terminally ill patients and their families
• Ability to apply knowledge of the unique needs of hospice patient and families from various socioeconomic backgrounds to provide appropriate advocacy and oversight