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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Santa Rosa, CA
Santa Rosa, California

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Description: Manages activities of the home/health/hospice agency. Monitors quality, service and utilization standards. Supervises the day-to-day clinical operational activities. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Essential Functions:

Manages the day-to-day clinical operations of the agency, including practice standards, staffing, payroll, budgets, fiscal management, and quality improvement.

Supervises agency and employee safety programs and risk management.

Responsible for overall supervision of hospice and home health nurses and aides, includes interviewing, hiring, monitoring assignments and evaluating personnel.

Develops and implements action plans to improve staff development.

Acts as resource to staff as clinical expert.

Ensures individualized care goals are met.

Ensures the highest quality of care is provided and is in compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and established departmental policies and procedures.

Monitors the quality of service and utilization standards and assumes specific responsibility for patient care at the agency level.

Researches, identifies, and implements best practice models of other agencies.

Participates in program management, including licensing, budgeting, utilization and quality assessment/improvement activities.

Ensures coordinated plans of treatment, customer focused care, and cost effective utilization of services.

Monitors the allocation and utilization of personnel based on continual changes in patient population/needs and provides the best level of patient care while identifying savings opportunities.

Works with health care providers outside of the agency to achieve optimal patient care across the continuum.

Coordinates with appropriate team members or contract services for the clinical care hospice and home health patients and families.

Reviews all visits made by contract services for adherence to hospice and home health policies.

Ensures patients receive quality care by reviewing documentation, making visits with staff, reviewing care plans, conducting/participating in multidisciplinary team conferences, and reviewing patient satisfaction reports. Investigates and resolves patient/family member concerns regarding patient care.

Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to reevaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

Minimum four (4) years nursing experience, two (2) of which are in the last five (5) years as a Registered Nurse in a HH agency, primary care clinic, or health facility.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.

License, Certification, Registration

Current California RN license required.

Current BLS certification required.

Current valid California Driver's license required.

Additional Requirements:

Demonstrated supervisory or lead experience.

Demonstrated knowledge of quality improvement, clinical care delivery processes, staffing, and budgeting.

Knowledge of Nursing Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.

Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in nursing or health care related field preferred.

PHN certificate preferred.

Primary Location: California,Santa Rosa,Santa Rosa Fountaingrove - 50 3550 Roundbarn Rd. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri; Includes rotating weekend/holiday admin on call. Working Hours Start: 8:30 AM Working Hours End: 5:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: Salaried, Non-Union, Exempt Job Level: Team Leader/Supervisor Job Category: Nursing Licensed Specialty: Continuing Care (Home Health / Hospice / SNF) Department: Home Health Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

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