About this role
The Assistant Manager Clinical Services (Hospice) is a full-time position with Atlantic Visiting Nurse’s (AVN), supporting the Hospice Department and provides executive support to the Hospice Director and Hospice Medical Director.
Qualifications/Experience:
- Minimum of associate degree/or relevant experience
- Strong Computer Skills (especially competent in Windows Suite/Excel)
- Creative approach to agency document formatting and design
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides oversight to the Hospice Clerical Staff.
- Orients and trains clerical staff
- Organizes and delegates clerical team functions
- Holds clerical team accountable to designated tasks
- Supervises day-to-day functions.
- Performance manages and completes annual performance evaluations.
- Supports the Operations of the Hospice Department:
- Maintains & communicates Hospice Daily Census reports/data.
Referral tracking
- Admission tracking –
Communicating to disciplines
- Entering NOE information
- Death/discharge/Revocation tracking- communicating to team,
- Assists with Consent & DNR process.
Utilizes DocuSign to obtain signatures.
- Uploads in On-Base
- Manages/tracks consents.
- Tracks/follow-up DNRs
- Coordinates services for hospice patients as indicated.
Transportation
- Transfer to home care
- Assists in onboarding of new staff.
Enter clinicians into Dragonfly database.
- Coordinates schedules as needed.
- Assists in the preparation of IDT meetings on a weekly basis.
Coordinates agendas
- Coordinates attendees and schedules
- Communicate Hospice patient information including admission and imminent death information.
Billing/finance
- Interdisciplinary team members
- Answering Service
- Coordinates booking of meeting rooms and sending of invites.
- Collaborates & follows up with billing & CAC department on resolutions of errors.
Registration errors
- Incorrect death dates
- Medicaid status
- Generates, reviews, and follows- up on required reports.
Mileage reports
- Authorization reports
- HOPE discharge report.
- Additional reports as required.
- Completes end of month reporting inclusive of
CAHPS report
- Dragonfly & At Home Medical reports
- Accruals
- Room & Board
- Additional data as needed.
- Maintains forms/educational materials.
Tracks inventory.
- Creation and formatting of new materials
- Utilizes the AHS ordering system to obtain materials from print shop.
- Assists/supports Hospice Physicians
Time sheets
- F2F scheduling
- Coverage schedule/calendar
- Oversees Bereavement Coordinator support
- Coordinates/completes the end of day follow-up on prescriptions to Hospice MDs
Ensure signatures and receipts from Dragonfly for delivery.
- Coordinates/communicates statuses with Care XM (answering service)
Daily calendars/schedules
- Imminent death information
- Weekend On-Call schedule
- Participate in agency survey preparation and support.
- Collaborate with Hospice Scheduler, Asst. Mgrs., and clinicians in the scheduling of visits adhering to regulatory requirements.
- Contract coordination
- Liaison for Medicaid Room & Board contracts for Nursing Homes & other Hospice related contracts
- Liaison for Respite contracts for facilities
- Administrative duties to assist & support Executive Director Home Care & Hospice, Hospice Director, and Hospice Medical Director & Hospice Leadership team:
- Maintain calendars Medical Director, Hospice MD, On-Call, Time off.
- Book rooms and coordinates meetings for all Hospice leadership including room set up.
- Arranges for refreshments if required.
- Maintains meeting minutes for all Manager/Leadership level meetings.
- Assists & coordinates agency contract preparation and maintenance.
- Maintains and updates corporate records as needed.
- Submit reimbursements.
- Other Duties as Assigned.
Required:
1. Bachelor's degree in health discipline or related field or
2. 2 years of experience in health discipline or relevant area.
Preferred:
1. Master's degree in health discipline or related field.
2. EPIC training preferred