Home Care Director Job Description
Home care director
provides accurate, timely advice, consultation and interpretation of governmental regulations applicable to home health and hospice services and activities.
Home Care Director Duties & Responsibilities
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Develops and implements policies and procedures across the UR Medicine home care pharmacy programs to ensure compliance with State and Federal Regulations, accreditation standards and third party payer requirements for the purpose of minimizing risk and exposure.This includes accreditation and licensing requirements and formal professional standards pertaining to drug, infusion and DME distribution, utilization and control
Ensure adherence to New York City Department of Home Health Care Regulations, and Safety Codes, and federal regulations for licensed home care agency, all Agency Policies and Procedures
Positively represent the Company to the customer
Identify prospective, high volume clients in target groups for assigned area
Develop appropriate Service Plan to meet client’s needs while ensuring safety and support client independence
Instructs staff regarding client’s needs and Service Plan
Recruit, schedule and supervise staff
Act as the Agency on call nurse for at least a seven (7) day duration each month
Assures highly reliable, safe pharmacy operations at all UR Medicine home care pharmacies, including the safe and effective implementation and utilization of technology and automation as appropriate
Reviews and manages all safety concerns identified relative to home care pharmacy services using a just culture approach in collaboration with institutional quality management professionals
Home Care Director Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Home Care Director
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Education for Home Care Director
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the home care director job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Nursing, Education, Business, Science, Health Care, Department of Education, Business/Administration, Health, Management, Graduate
Skills for Home Care Director
Desired skills for home care director include:
Microsoft Office Suite
Business management
Governmental regulations and Joint Commission standards
Basic first aid
Applicable legislation
Federal
Unionized settings and labour contracts
Dementia care
Relevant regulations and services
PC based software office products
Desired experience for home care director includes:
Coordinate and deliver in-home services
Be responsible for the internal sales process, including managing the inquiry process and conducting family consultations
Establish sales goals and a budget and is responsible for attaining goals and managing a cost effective department
Hiring, directing, disciplining, and firing in house large number of field staff (PRN) employees
Home Medical Equipment/Durable Medical Equipment experience strongly preferred
Establishes and maintains a culture of responsibility and accountability for results at the level of the organization closest to the patient and clients
Home Care Director Examples
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Home Care Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of home care director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for home care director
- Monitors volumes/revenue and expenses to ensure compliance with approved budgetary constraints
- Assesses market potential for assigned areas and develops annual business plans
- Assure that tactics and strategies defined in the strategic plan and system strategic priorities are implemented and evaluated
- Keeps abreast of industry trends and regulatory requirements by participating on the state and national level
- Oversee all Home Health Care development and the scrum teams of developers and QA
- Work with the Development Managers and team leads reporting to him/her to ensure that the teams have appropriate product specifications, directions and resources to deliver on projects
- Work with the Product Management team to plan and implement projects to be on time, on quality and on target
- Ensure their teams collaborate with Product Management in product vision and roadmap
- Create software development plans that meets the current and future needs
- Ensure operational excellence and work with the architecture and core services teams on the existing software application’s design and architecture
Qualifications for home care director
- Coordinate the release and sprint planning across their teams and the other development teams
- Monitor and manage execution against sprint and release plans across multiple concurrent development initiatives in conjunction with the product team
- Provide leadership and guidance to coach, motivate and lead teams to their optimum performance levels and career development
- Support the teams in the resolution of technical and people issues
- 5+ years in Health Care product development with preference in Long Term Post Acute Care and Home Health Care
- Knowledge of mobile solution and deployment
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Home Care Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of home care director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for home care director
- Keep abreast of and communicates competitor activities, including pricing, products, strategies, Assist in the gathering and assessment of market intelligence such as end-use market, competitive and customer information for application in NAFTA regional strategy development
- The strategic development of their accounts, managing all elements of the sales, commercial and technical relationships with the customer
- With the customer, establish the frequency and channels for communication and deliver to it
- Organize regular account reviews with the customer (and with the AFA management team if appropriate) and within AFA
- Interpersonal Savy
- Responsible for supervision of the day-to-day operations, which includes for the coordination of all activities
- Developing and building a dynamic team from the ground up, dedicated to providing the highest levels of client care and customer service
- Marketing and Business Development for a new territory
- Assure compliance with applicable laws and regulation
- You will monitor the quality and appropriateness of all services provided by your staff to ensure compliance and client satisfaction while ensuring adequate staff education, training and evaluation
Qualifications for home care director
- Experience in Agile development methodologies and multi-site development
- SaaS or cloud software experience
- 7+ years of experience managing and mentoring development teams
- Ability to build and lead strong teams that achieve high standards of performance
- Ability to organize and prioritize work demands in a fast-paced envrionment
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or a related field and two (2) years of experience with business office functions
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Home Care Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of home care director. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for home care director
- You will mentor and support your team, and grow your office by keeping abreast of industry and community trends and referral opportunities
- Supervise, develop, and schedule the client services staff according to agency policies, procedures and standards with the support of the Agency Staffing coordinator
- Perform assessments, reassessments and re-visits to determine client needs
- Complete weekly Quality Enhancement reviews to ascertain if the agency is meeting state regulations and agency policies in multiple assigned locations
- Act as a consultant and resource for issues related to client care within the assigned territory
- Support assigned territory in recruiting, and scheduling
- Supervise assigned area private duty staff
- Be available to cover staffing when needed
- Work as “Manager on Duty” MOD at least one weekend per month, or as needed
- Maintains medical records, complete paperwork and ARC in compliance with regulations and agency policy
Qualifications for home care director
- Registered Nurse with license to practice in states served
- A minimum of two years' experience in telehealth, telemonitoring, or virtual care
- Demonstrated ability to operationalize complex programming
- Experience with clinical information systems and business systems preferred
- Demonstrated problem-solving and organizational skills required
- Demonstrated understanding of Medicare/Medicaid and accreditation standards compliance
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Home Care Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a home care director. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for home care director
- Fosters an authentic learning environment through coaching and modeling of effective dementia care practices (Refer to IM.03.01.01, EP 5 and HR.01.05.03, EP 24)
- Establishes and implements policies and procedures for rehabilitation
- Monitors staffing levels and capacity
- Recommends, plans and implements new patient care services to keep the agency market competitive and produce positive clinical outcomes
- Supports development of staff members to fullest potential by effective coaching, counseling and mentoring
- Contributes to the annual Home Health Operational plan
- Manages and controls financial outcomes of department by effective use of resources, both human and material
- Participates as a key member of the Home Health Operations committee
- Keep ED informed of serious patient care and personnel issues
- Check and respond timely to emails and voice mail
Qualifications for home care director
- Ability to consistently demonstrate commitment to the mission and Business Code of Ethics and adhere to the Organizational Integrity Program
- Master's in Healthcare Administration or Business Administration or equivalent discipline required
- Understanding of and performance related to expertise in customer service
- Demonstrated ability to oversee and set-up call center services
- Experience in triage on-call direction required
- Problem-solving and organizational skills required
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Home Care Director Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of home care director. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for home care director
- Marketing and Business Development in the Harrisburg, PA area
- Acts as a liaison or representative to various institutions or organizations that may jointly serve the Companies patients to assure that cooperative, effective relationships are developed
- Manages and administers the Home Care Operations
- Directs and supervises the hospice program and services including nursing, home health aide, social service, chaplain, volunteer and bereavement and the provision of DME, oxygen, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies
- Perform assessments, reassessments and monthly re-visits to determine client needs
- Cover entire agency as “On call nurse” at least monthly, or as needed for a 7 day duration 5pm to 9am weekdays, and 24 hours on weekends
- Over-see the monthly financial reporting and variance processes for the department
- Prepare, review and analyze the department’s financial statements
- Plans and projects departmental expenses
- Accountable for annual budget and current year projections including department and division P&L projections in a manner to project sufficient detail
Qualifications for home care director
- Effective and appropriate interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
- Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid and CHAP standards compliance
- Experience with clinical information and business systems preferred
- Registered Nurse with license to practice in the State of Michigan
- Five years or more of successful nursing leadership in a Homecare/Hospice environment as a nurse executive or corporate nurse consultant for a multi-office Homecare/Hospice corporation or an integrated health system
- Experience in care system analysis and strategic thinking