Ringnisha Matic

• Conduct in person patient interviews and OASIS comprehensive physical assessments
• Oversee the implementation and ongoing assessment of the patient’s plan of care through management of home health aides, LPN, RN’s, and other caregivers
• Ensure an accurate evaluation and work to develop and implement a comprehensive care plan that addresses patient needs
• Communicate patient conditions and collaborate with appropriate providers to deliver care when patient needs evolve
• Provide education to patients and families on proper home health care procedures. Ie. wound care, IV administration, medication management, etc.
• Work to decrease readmissions by promoting preventative care and ensuring continuity of care

Takes responsibility for managing, counseling and supervising to ensure patients are provided with the best care. The Clinical Supervisor highlights certain core common duties such as – overseeing the management of other clinicians; overseeing casework files, reviewing and assessing client’s treatment plans, reviewing clinical records, evaluating patient care level, solving problems of patients and implementing interventions among employees; promoting counselling skills and techniques through assessment and evaluation modules; and addressing legal and ethical issues.

Ensures excellent counseling skills, good understanding and experience in record-keeping and administrative duties, supervisory skills, and a thorough knowledge of psychology and social work.

Triaging patient utilizing the nursing process to provide care advice to patients/caregivers by conducting focused assessments. Educating the patients on the seriousness of the symptoms and direct the patients with the correct disposition to be delivered at the patient’s home or in a more appropriate clinical setting. Functions independently utilizing nursing processes. Ability to prioritize and perform effectively under stress. Ability to identify urgent patients based on patient complaint and take those calls promptly. Use sound professional judgment and clinical decision-making skills. Respond to calls in a professional and timely manner. Consults with supervisor and others in overcoming barriers in meeting goals and objectives, presents cases at case conferences for multidisciplinary focus to benefit overall claim management.

Utilizes case management processes in compliance with regulatory and company policies and procedures.

Ensure that the client’s plan of care is individualized and appropriate, executed as written and reassessed by the appropriate health care professional when there is a significant health status change in the client’s condition, at the physician’s request and after hospital discharge. Hold weekly Case Conferences to discuss client issues. Determine if clients that are planned for discharge meet the requirements for Management and Evaluation or any other skilled service. Evaluate performance relative to job goals/requirements; coach staff and recommends in-service education programs and ensure adherence to internal policies/standards. Promote quality and participate in care coordination to ensure proper communication between caregivers, patients, referral sources and payers. Have oversight of clinical integrity of appropriate documentation, quality of care provided, visits utilization, appropriate contacts with physicians, adherence to the care plan and evidence of care coordination between disciplines. Provide oversight of communication between team members/attending physicians/caregivers to ensure the appropriateness of care and outcome planning and ensure compliance through review of documentation and care coordination activities. Be responsible for continual survey readiness. Assist Director with managing timeliness and responding to ADRs and other external requests. Be competent with the State and Federal Survey process and ensure that the agency as a whole and all the agency staff are prepared for on-site surveys and other external audits. Function in the capacity of staff nurse when necessary. Participate in community awareness and education programs. Take administrative on-call as a support to the on-call nurse and to provide software management related to processing intakes, reviewing evaluation packets, and scheduling, moving, reassigning visits to ensure the smooth function of the Agency during off hours.

Manage the policies and procedures as related to the care that is provided to the patients admitted for home health services. Responsible for the application of guidelines and standards in accordance with current practices Patient care activities include: prioritizing work by preparing daily visitation lists. Have knowledge of and understand current Medicare guidelines for the clinical aspects of the department. Promote teamwork with clinicians and all members of the inter-disciplinary team. Assist in departmental and community in-service/education when assigned, actively participates in Performance Improvement, assigned meetings and lead the weekly case conference meetings to discuss patient care needs as well as address staff concerns. Uphold professional standards of performance and conduct. Provides direct patient care when needed. Have knowledge base and understanding of Medicare and HIPPA guidelines. Attend in-services and training as required by the Texas Department of Human Services to maintain eligibility in the alternate administrator role. Perform visits as needed. Participate in administrative on call rotation.

IN THE ABSENCE OF THE ADMDINISTRATOR:

Organize and direct the department’s ongoing functions in compliance with all applicable state and federal rules/regulations. Assisting in meeting and exceeding the expectations of COPs, TACH and agency policies. Work closely with HR department relating to recruitment, hiring, orientation and ongoing training of the office and field staff. Work with management to assure quality patient care with fiscal responsibility. Actively support and promote company values, mission and goals with community and staff.

Provide planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation.

Develop a nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary staff as necessary.

This nurse will communicate changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate.

Participates in discharge planning process.

Provide triage, care for patients suffering from trauma, acute chest pain, respiratory failure/complaints, drug overdoses, acute alcohol ingestion, and gastrointestinal bleeds. Acquire and record patient information. Prepare patients for surgical and radiological procedures, initiate and maintain intravenous therapy, and medication administration. Perform 12-leak EKG, and monitor telemetry. Organize and manage referrals to clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, cardiology, pulmonology, and podiatry professions. Create, manage and maintain patient medical and health records. Selected to serve as a member on the Infection Control team, maintaining tuberculosis and hepatitis standards, and conducting screenings and preventative activities. Organizing and facilitating meetings with security managers to ensure infections-control policy compliance.

Provide triage, care for patients suffering from trauma, acute chest pain, respiratory failure/complaints, drug overdoses, acute alcohol ingestion, and gastrointestinal bleeds. Acquire and record patient information. Prepare patients for surgical and radiological procedures, initiate and maintain intravenous therapy, and medication administration. Perform 12-leak EKG, and monitor telemetry. Organize and manage referrals to clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, cardiology, pulmonology, and podiatry professions. Create, manage and maintain patient medical and health records. Selected to serve as a member on the Infection Control team, maintaining tuberculosis and hepatitis standards, and conducting screenings and preventative activities. Organizing and facilitating meetings with security managers to ensure infections-control policy compliance.

Provide triage, care for patients suffering from trauma, acute chest pain, respiratory failure/complaints, drug overdoses, acute alcohol ingestion, and gastrointestinal bleeds. Acquire and record patient information. Prepare patients for surgical and radiological procedures, initiate and maintain intravenous therapy, and medication administration. Perform 12-leak EKG, and monitor telemetry. Organize and manage referrals to clinics involving external physicians, including ophthalmology, ENT, Med/Surg, orthopedics, cardiology, pulmonology, and podiatry professions. Create, manage and maintain patient medical and health records. Selected to serve as a member on the Infection Control team, maintaining tuberculosis and hepatitis standards, and conducting screenings and preventative activities. Organizing and facilitating meetings with security managers to ensure infections-control policy compliance.