Assistant Clinical Manager RN

Job DetailsJob Location: Canyon Arizona Home Care and Hospice - Gilbert - Gilbert, AZ 85295Position Type: Full TimeJOB SUMMARY

The Assistant Clinical Manager assists the Clinical Manager and the Administrator with the supervision of home care services to patients in their place of residence and strives to provide the highest quality of care. The Assistant Clinical Manager is available at all times during operating hours and participates in all activities relevant to the professional services furnished when the Clinical Manager is not available.
QualificationsQUALIFICATIONS

1. Must meet all qualifying standards of the Clinical Manager.

1. Must be a licensed registered nurse.

1. Acceptance of philosophy and goals of Agency.

1. Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.

1. Ability to work with individuals to enlist cooperation of many people to perform/achieve a common goal.

LINE OF AUTHORITY

Reports to the Clinical Manager / Administrator

OVERSIGHT MUST INCLUDE

1. Making patient and personnel assignments.

1. Coordinating patient care.

1. Coordinating referrals.

1. Assuring that patient needs are continually assessed.

1. Assuring the development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care, which would entail

communication with all physicians involved in the plan of care and integration of orders from all physicians involved in

the plan of care including those orders related to medications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Understands and adheres to all applicable regulations, standards, and federal, state, and local laws and established

Agency policies and procedures.

1. Participates in the development of standards which ensure safe and therapeutically effective service to patient/family.

1. Ability to supervise, guide and develop patient care personnel skills and performances.

1. Consults with the Clinical Manager/Administrator in determining a staffing pattern which will accomplish stated objectives

and promote a maximum level of utilization of patient care personnel.

1. Assists the Clinical Manager/Administrator with the recruiting, hiring, evaluating and terminating of personnel. Assists in

instituting, interpreting and documenting disciplinary action.