RN Patient Care Manager

We are hiring a Patient Care Manager with Home Care experience, for the Lexington KY area!

Travel to local counties is required.

As a Patient Care Manager, you can expect:

• Opportunities to get closer to patients and provide quality support to your patient-facing teams
• To be valued and respected by patients and their families
• A sense of security, incredible team support, and flexibility for true work-life balance
• Leadership development opportunities

At Commonwealth Community Based Services, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve-it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.

Our Patient Care Manager role might be a great opportunity if you believe in putting the patient at the center of everything. Apply today!

• Manages, supervises and ensures high quality cost-effective patient care and services. This includes overseeing: referral coordination, assuring that patient needs are continually assessed and coordinated, and assuring the development, implementation, adherence and updates of the patient's individualized plan of care.
• Ensures coordination with physician, family, and other clinicians involved in care as appropriate.
• Communicates effectively with staff to ensure they are informed and educated through staff orientation, case conferences, mandatory in-services, including but not limited to monthly staff/safety meetings.
• Ensures that only qualified personnel are hired and competent to perform all services and tasks assigned, including ensure licensure and certification requirements are met.
• Provides in home visits as needed.
• Provides oversight and ensures accurate completion of clinical medical record documentation, including electronic visit verification.
• Assists with complaint investigation, resolution, and follow-up as assigned.
• Provides oversight to the agency's infection control plan and practice.
• Serves as the Emergency Management Coordinator in the absence of the Executive Director.
• Participates in the organization's Performance Improvement and Compliance Programs including adherence to policy and procedures and the development, implementation, and completion of action plans.
• All other duties assigned.

• Must be a Registered Nurse licensed in the state of practice.
• Minimum of one (1) year of Home Care related experience preferred. Supervisory or management experience preferred.
• Current CPR
• Current Driver's License and vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.