Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Director of Nursing
LHC Group
Springfield, MO

***Please note that the salary will be commensurate with experience. 

LHC Group, a leader in post-acute care for our communities throughout the US, is hiring a Home Care Director in Springfield MO.

More hospitals, physicians and families choose LHC Group Home and Community Bases Services, because we are united by a single, shared purpose:

"It's all about helping people."

As the Home Care Director you will,

• Exceed client family expectations, providing exemplary home-based care
• Ensure all staff are oriented/supported to be successful in their job performance
• Liaison between, staff, patients, medical community, and referral sources
• Operates agency to increase financial performance by meeting the growing home-based care needs in our local communities.

If you are looking to make a difference in the day to day lives of those in our local communities that need us, we want to hear from you!

Join us in helping people within our teams and our communities!

• Responsible for continual compliance with all federal and state regulations, laws, and policies and procedures applicable to the services provided and licensure and/or certification of the agency. Maintains personal knowledge of up-to-date federal, state, and accreditation requirements.
• Ensures that only qualified personnel are hired and appropriately trained and that there are adequate staff to meet the client’s needs. Operates the location within the Company staffing model. Verifies licensure, certification, background checks and credentialing as required by law and policy prior to employment and annually thereafter. On an on-going basis, ensures that employees meet all in-service and educational requirements annually and ensure maintenance of records to support education and competency of all personnel.
• Ensures the compliance, maintenance, confidentiality, and security of all employee and client records.
• Ensures the compliance with electronic visit verification as required.
• Acts as a liaison between staff, patients, the community, referral sources, physicians, agency managers/supervisors and home office departments.
• Performs staff case conferences as needed and mandatory in-services including but not limited to monthly staff/safety meetings.
• Directs daily agency activities to ensure that effective and efficient operations are in place to provide quality service and accurate reimbursement of services. Assists agency personnel as needed, including timely answering of phones, customer service and timely acceptance and admission of clients.
• Directs the operational processes to ensure agency fiscal performance meets budget and supports growth strategies including review of weekly and metrics, productivity and agency financial statements to ensure the organization is on target with budgeted goals. Follows up, addresses issues, and implements action plans as appropriate to meet goals.
• Ensures compliance with authorization, billing, and payroll process and timelines.
• Is accessible and available during all hours in which services are being provided to clients
• All other duties as assigned.

Executive Director serves as the administrator of the provider and must meet the following requirements:

• One Year of Home and Community-Based Services management experience preferred
• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
• Licensed Registered Nurse preferred.

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