[Hiring] RN Hospice Clinical Manager @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

The Hospice RN Clinical Manager provides leadership, supervision, and coordination of therapy services to ensure high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective patient care, while maintaining fiscal responsibility, facilitating patient care communication, and supporting referrals, scheduling, patient visits, and documentation as needed.

• Supports, participates and works cooperatively with the director of staffing
• Responsible for overall quality of patient care and clinical performance of nurses and aides
• Organizes clinical operations for the care center
• Reviews requests for services and determines patient eligibility/suitability for home care services
• Works with intake in coordinating patient referrals and admissions
• Oversees scheduling
• Oversees payor verification and precertification requirements
• Reviews documentation of other staff members and ensures missing, incomplete and/or untimely documentation issues are resolved
• Assists clinicians in establishing immediate and long-term patient goals, setting priorities and developing Plan of Care (POC)
• Regularly evaluates the needs of the patient and makes necessary revisions to the plan of care in collaboration with clinicians
• May provide direct patient care on an infrequent basis in times of emergency
• Participates in the on-call process
• Assists with training of staff to ensure quality care, compliance and fiscal responsibility
• Participates in the investigation and resolution of patient/family/physician concerns

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing
• 1+ year of clinical RN experience in home health or hospice
• 1+ year of RN management experience
• Current RN license, specific to the state(s) you are assigned to work
• Current CPR certification
• Driver’s License and access to reliable transportation

Requirements

• State Specific Requirements CT:
• A master’s degree from a program approved by the National League for Nursing or the American Public Health Association with a minimum of one year (1) full-time clinical experience in a home health agency or related community health program which included care of the sick at home
• A baccalaureate degree in nursing and a minimum of three (3) years of full-time clinical experience in nursing, at least (1) one of which was in a home health agency or community health program which included care of the sick at home
• A registered nurse who has been continuously employed in the position of supervisor of clinical services in a home health agency in this state since January 1, 1979
• A diploma in nursing or an associate's degree in nursing and:
• A minimum of three years of full-time or full-time equivalent clinical experience in nursing within the past five years, at least one year of which was in a home health care agency or community health program which included care of the sick at home
• Evidence of certification by the American Nurses’ Association as a community health nurse or completion of at least six credits received within two years in community health nursing theory or six credits in health care management from an accredited college or university program or school of nursing

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Company Description

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.