CLINICAL ASSISTANT

The Clinical Assistant is responsible for ensuring that patient care is coordinated and managed appropriately.  The Clinical Assistant is responsible for ensuring that care and services are delivered appropriately and for the supervision of clinical personnel.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• As needed, develops and initiates the plan of care and assumes responsibility for the ongoing interdisciplinary assessment and development of the individualized plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver(s). Also Initiates proper preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures and provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care;
• Ensures a Clinical Assistant is available during all operating hours.
• Responsible for assuring the development, implementation, and updates of the individualized plan of care, which would entail communication with all physicians involved in the plan of care and integration of orders, including medication orders, from all physicians involved in the plan of care.
• Receives case referrals and accepts those who the agency is capable of providing services for.
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• Reviews available patient information related to case, including home visits, to determine home health and hospice care needs.  Assigns appropriate home care personnel to case as needed. 
• Conferences with Attending Physician regarding any questions about an individual's eligibility for services.
• Reviews and evaluates each case by reviewing the services provided by clinicians, conferences, record review, discusses and verifies impressions, instructs and guides clinicians to promote more effective performance and delivery of quality home care services, and is available at all times during operating hours to assist clinicians as appropriate.