Community Home Care: Clinical Manager

The Clinical Manager is individually responsible to plan, organize and direct the Lifespark services while insuring compliance with regulatory requirements and Lifespark best practices including but not limited to starts of care, care plan development and ongoing support, client satisfaction, caregiver supervision, and engagement and on-boarding of new nurses and caregivers.

Position: Clinical Manager – for Community Home Health

Salary: $92,000 - $100,000/annually, depending on experience

Service Area: Northwest Metro (coverage area: Buffalo, Champlin, Loretto, Anoka, Osseo, Rogers, Elk River, Rogers, Ramsey, Maple Grove, Zimmerman, Albertville, Bethel & surrounding). Plus, mileage reimbursement of 72.5 cents per mile.

Schedule: 1.0 FTE, Full - Time / Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (weekend rotation: every 4-5th, holiday rotation: 2 per year)

Lifespark Benefits Include:    

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable} 
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time 
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires 
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance 
• Life Insurances 
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees 
• Referral bonuses 
• Career path to other positions within our growing company! 

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Functions and Responsibilities: 

• Complete initial start of care documentation and process.  Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates client nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as client status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.  Includes the client and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.  Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.  Provides direct patient care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act.
• Counsels the client and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the client as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the client.
• Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate client care for assigned caseload.
• Supervisory responsibilities for the RN Case Managers with focus on coaching, accountability, culture, and results.
• Make hiring decisions, on-board new employees, and provide ongoing training for caregiving staff. 
• Participate in caregiver orientation and completes competency testing/training of caregivers
• Prospectively reviews Client EMR for assessments to ensure appropriateness, completeness, and compliance with state regulations and organization policy.
• Consults with appropriate clinical staff to clarify any data integrity issues and works with clinician to make appropriate corrections per organization policy.
• Notifies organization leadership of problematic trends because of audit reviews.
• Works with RN Case Managers to address trends that affect the agency’s adherence to regulations and policies, as well as outcome and process measures noted during review.
• Participates in Quality Improvement and Corporate Compliance activities as assigned.
• Assists with other chart audit activities as assigned.
• Attends educational workshops and reviews professional publications, as needed.
• Timely completion of all documentation as it relates to the care plan
• Understands and complies with all the rules and regulations that govern the responsibilities of a registered nurse
• Completes orientation and annual training requirements as assigned