Role: Administrator

Location: West Bend, WI

Fulltime

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Enforce State and Federal home health/hospice agency rules, regulations and codes (i.e. HSS 133 and hospice) and responsible for State/Federal surveys.
• Assure compliance with Federal, State and local laws and regulations as well as accrediting organizations standards pertaining to the home health and hospice, including: individual licensure of staff, state licensure of agency, Medicare and Medicaid certification, Food & Drug Administration regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, and Department of Transportation regulations.
• Implement and regularly evaluate policies and procedures for the management and operation of the home health agency and hospice, with evaluation of the overall performance of the home health agency.
• Ensure team members are oriented to the pertinent programs and their responsibilities, appropriately trained, and their performance evaluated.
• Assure appropriate staffing for program compliance.
• Assure competency of team members by annual skills evaluations.
• Maintain written service agreements with approved providers.
• Monitor the quality and appropriateness of services, evaluating the programs using measurable outcomes.
• Serve as the liaison between the Benevolent Corporation Cedar Community medical/nursing staff and all department heads through meetings and periodic reports.
• Oversee, assist and evaluate the Director of Nursing, Social Services, Nursing, Therapists, and Nursing staff of Home Based Services Department
• Maintain billing system and all statistical, financial, and other records necessary for the operation and evaluation of home health services.
• Develop and maintain a Risk Management Program to ensure adherence to the rules and regulations relating to operation of a federally licensed entity.
• Develop, market, and supervise supportive services program.
• Attend meetings as assigned by Director of Clinical Operations.
• Attend meetings of the Benevolent Corporation Board of Directors when requested, to give required reports and to act as a resource person regarding policy implications concerning the operations of Home Based/Hospice Services
• Create and assure positive relationships between clients, families, staff, volunteers and the general community.
• Work with marketing to promote agency programs to the greater Washington county area including physicians and hospital discharge planners.
• Assist with decision regarding admissions into the program, placements, transfer and discharges.
• Attend regularly, special events and activities held on the Cedar Lake Campus which are sponsored by the Corporation and other campus special events.
• Provide leadership for formulating and promoting the philosophy and objectives of the Cedar Community Home Health Agency and Hospice, including promoting the understanding of the organizational structure of the inter-departmental and intra-departmental relationship for the Total Team Concept.
• Responsible for the implementation of meetings required by Medicare, Quality Assurance, Risk Management and other meetings assigned by Clinical Operations.
• Prepare and is accountable for the Home Health Agency and Hospice Agency budget and staffing.
• Serve on-call rotation with other agency personnel.
• Keep abreast of the regulatory changes and economic conditions/situations affecting Home Health and Hospice.
• Maintain confidentiality of all patient and corporate information.
• Lead the Quality Assurance and Risk Management program of the agency conducting program audits and conducting monthly QA meetings.
• Work with financial services to assure correct billing practices and periodically audits records for accuracy.
• Other duties as assigned