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Dialysis Program Manager Registered Nurse - RN
Fresenius GroupUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Oct 2024
About the role
- Job Description SummaryJob Description SummaryLevel Description
‘Management’ Leveling Guide consists of jobs with the responsibility, accountability, and decision-making authority to develop and implement strategies, initiatives, policies, and programs. The labels of Supervisor, Manager, Director, etc., are not limited to a distinct level (i.e., not all Senior Managers are level XX)– these are rough guidelines/indicators and not strictly assigned to a level.
Market Summary
Develops operating budgets and standards of performance and ensures clinical department operates within budget and in accordance with performance standards. Assists with implementation of policies and procedures for the clinical staff.
Impact
• Management of professionals and support staff. Responsible for setting objectives for team members and ensuring achievement of operational results.
• Implements policies and strategies for short-term results (1 year or less) to support the execution of relevant area of business.
Communication
• Networks, influences, and persuades internal and external stakeholders.
• Escalates or influences problems and issues needing decisions where processes and policies need to be questioned, changed, or improved.
Innovation
• Identifies and implements new ideas, and affects change and improvements to business processes.
• Problems are difficult to moderately complex.
Knowledge
• Advanced level of knowledge of one area of clinical area, specialization, and/ or technology, business and / or broad knowledge of several areas – typically acquired over many years within professional discipline or sector.
• Typically requires a bachelor's degree and 6+ years of overall experience, including at least 3 years of supervisory experience. - Job DescriptionJob Description
PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
Manages patient care in home therapies programs while maintaining cost-effective clinical operations. Provides direction and guidance to the interdisciplinary team providing care to the Home Therapies patients to ensure that the highest standard of care is provided. Collaborates with the Business Unit management team to grow the assigned Home Therapies programs.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manages the operations of multiple Home Therapies programs with direct responsibility for results, including growth, patient retention, program costs, operational methods, scheduling, and staffing.
- Directs activities related to the area’s strategic plans, goals and objectives ensuring alignment with those of the region, division, and company. Implements quality goals and action plans to achieve quality standards.
- Collaborates with operations leaders, market development, in-center leadership and patient education and quality teams to promote home therapies growth in assigned programs.
- Responsible for profit and loss management of the assigned program including optimal performance of program operations to achieve or exceed budgets and key performance indicators.
- Directs and manages all aspects of patient care for Home Therapies patients in assigned programs from admission through discharge of the patient. Provides direction, guidance, and support to staff members to ensure the safe and effective delivery of home therapy support care to patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD).
- Oversees patient and caregiver readiness and ability to perform dialysis treatments at home and assesses environment for suitability in the ongoing delivery of home dialysis therapy, including training patients and caregivers on the safe and effective operation and preventative maintenance of equipment.
- Manages patient experience efforts by supporting company patient satisfaction initiatives, embodying the company values and patient experience drivers while encouraging others to do the same.
- Ensures competency of staff in the operation of all home dialysis therapy-related equipment, including the ability to troubleshoot equipment problems with the patient via telephone, maintaining appropriate staff licensures and CPR certifications.
- Responsible for management of program supplies, equipment tracking, ensures that orders are replenished in a consistent and timely manner.
- Directs activities related to the Continuous Quality Assurance Improvement, patient retention and Clinical Algorithm Adoption, patient access management and patient training success.
- Directs data entry related activities such as patient admission, regulatory reporting, billing, physician orders, lab results, vital signs, patient stat
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