Patient Care Manager

Patient Care Manager

SouthernCare New Beacon, part of the Gentiva family of hospice, home health, palliative, and community care providers, focuses on clinical excellence with compassion and dignity. Our company culture centers around humility, servant leadership, empathy, and innovation while we serve as a leader in the home care industry. Our people and our patient care allow us to make a difference when life matters most. We are passionate about what we do because our care matters.

We're looking for a Patient Care Manager to assist in leading our team in Northport/Jasper! $5,000 Sign On Bonus!

You will report directly to the Executive Director, Administrator, or Senior Patient Care Manager. You will be responsible for the day to day operations of your assigned hospice site, administering the clinical aspects of the hospice program and for ensuring the provision or quality of care to patients.

• Managing the site in the absence of the Executive Director, Administrator, or Senior/Executive Patient Care Manager.
• Managing and overseeing clinical and administrative and recordkeeping functions
• Responding to phone referral/inquiries in a timely, professional, and compassionate manner
• Participate in on-call nursing schedule and providing direct skilled bedside nursing care in patients homes

• Bachelor degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing. Unless superseded by requirements listed in the state-specific section
• Minimum two years full-time clinical experience under qualified supervision, one of which shall be in a health care institution and one of which shall be in a hospice or home health care agency or a related community health program. Unless superseded by requirements listed in the state-specific section
• Must be able to effectively operate nursing assessment tools and office equipment to include, computer and or tablet
• Sensitivity to feeling of the terminally ill and their families before and after a patient's death
• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families along with an understanding of the hospice concept

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Health Insurance, 401k Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, PTO
• Opportunity to Participate In a Fleet Program
• Competitive Salaries
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Professional Growth and Development Opportunities

• This is a safety-sensitive position
• Employee must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits
• Where applicable, employee must meet state specific requirements
• We are proud to be an EEO employer
• We maintain a drug-free workplace