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Job Details: <b><u>Patient Care Manager</b></u>

 
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Description: At Odyssey HealthCare, we improve the quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses and provide support for their loved ones.
At Odyssey HealthCare, we improve the quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses and provide support for their loved ones. We've been meeting this need since 1996. Today, Odyssey is one of the largest hospice providers in the country, offering end-of-life care and support to thousands of patients and their families across the country each day.

Our team of caregivers consist of registered nurses, physicians, home healthcare aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement counselors and trained volunteers. Patients typically receive our services in their own homes or in nursing homes or assisted living facilities. But we also serve patients in hospitals and, in Odyssey's own freestanding hospice facilities.

Patient Care Manager
Responsible for the overall direction of clinical services. Establish, implement and evaluate goals and objectives for home health services that meet and promote Odyssey standards of quality and contribute to the total organization and philosophy. Hire, train, orient, supervise and evaluate qualified Hospice interdisciplinary team personnel. Provide daily direction to the team, including all scheduling, care planning, documentation, productivity and all other patient care operations. Manage all patient care expenditures including but not limited to labor, pharmacy, DME, medical supplies and patient care mileage. Assure regulatory compliance including achieving and maintaining Hospice Medicare certification. Respond to customer complaints regarding patient care and assure all complaints are handled in accordance with Company policies and procedures and/or legal compliance requirements.

The commitment and spirit of Odyssey team members who provide care and support 24 hours a day/seven days a week is embodied in a simple phrase team members wear on their collars:

"YCCOM: You Can Count on Me."
Odyssey's Ideal Candidate will have the following qualifications:
• Minimum age requirement of 18.

• Registered Nurse licensed in the state.

• Bachelor's degree and C.H.P.N. certification preferred.

• Minimum of two years clinical management experience, including the supervision of nursing staff preferred.

• Minimum of three years Hospice, home health or related organization experience preferred.

• Compliance with accepted professional standards and practices.

• Physical exam in accordance with state law requirements.

• Valid driver's license and an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or Odyssey requirements and is in good working order.

• Satisfactory references from employers and/or professional peers.

• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary setting.

• Satisfactory criminal background check.

• Demonstrate excellent observation and communication skills.

• Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision.

• Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling all obligations.

Odyssey offers employees a total rewards package including a competitive salary, flexible schedules for many positions, the opportunity to work one-on-one with patients, and excellent benefits including:

PPO or HMO medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Short-term disability plan
401(k) with a company match
Tuition reimbursement
Employee referral bonus
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) plus selected holidays
Employee recognition programs and an enjoyable work environment.
www.odsyhealth.com trutigliano@odsyhealth.com
Posting Date: Apr 25 08

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