Job Description
Job Description
About Uni Care:
Uni Care provides quality home care services including Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice and At Home care. Our service area includes southern California as well as Yuma, Arizona.
Why Work for Us:
Uni Care has a positive workplace environment, diversity, and strong collaboration with team members to help our clients/patients. Uni Care also offers opportunities for professional growth and an exceptional benefit package for our full-time employees. Starting full-time salary range is $90,000 to $100,000.
Description
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 of patients, including updating care plans and interpreting patient needs, while adhering to Company, physician, and/or health facility procedures/policies.
Reviews case referrals and available patient information related to case, including disciplines required to determine home health needs.
Identifies patients who may benefit from Palliative Care services and directs the admission to staff members trained in Palliative Care services.
Accountable to ensure patients meet admission criteria and make the final decision to admit patients to service.
Coordinates with and supervises the Palliative Care RN to complete an initial assessment of patient and family to determine Palliative Care needs.
Regularly re-evaluates Palliative Care team needs and works toward development of improved initial training and ongoing educational opportunities for all personnel.
Accountable to ensure patients meet admission criteria and make the final decision to admit patients to service.
Supervises the assignment of appropriate clinicians to case and oversees the delivery of care to all patients in service area.
Instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services, and it 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. Ensures final audits/billing are completed in a timely manner and in compliance with Medicare regulations.
Supervision of RN's, LVN's, MSQ's, and HHA's who provide direct care. The supervision is provided both from the office and in the patient's residence.
Coaches staff and recommends in-service education programs, when needed. Ensures adherence to internal policies and standards.
Provides direct patient care on an infrequent basis and only in times of emergency.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.
All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.
Uni Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).