VP Clinical Practice

Responsible for the oversight of safety practices, quality outcomes and outstanding patient experience for the assigned region in coordination with other regional clinical leaders ensuring national care standards and evidence-based practices.

1. Develops, implements and evaluates safety, quality and experience improvement initiatives to achieve highest STAR ratings and best VBP outcomes.
2. Assures an effective performance improvement program is in place and clinicians benefit from learning.
3. Implements, analyzes, and consults on clinical education programs to ensure high performing clinicians are recruited and retained.
4. Provides input for clinician selection and use of established selection criteria; ensure effective new hire orientation, in-service training, continuing education, and ongoing competency validation practices.
5. Focus on home healthcare basics to include admission processes, OASIS, orders, re-certifications, post hospital admission, wound care, IV therapy, case management, and coordination of care.
6. Assists the region in establishing safety practices, oversees that occurrences are reported and tracks trends. Supports the region in established enterprise service recovery practices.
7. Understands changes and impacts on clinical operations of new and or changes in state regulatory/policies and assist the clinicians understanding the new changes.
8. Provides education, best practice sharing and data analysis for regional leadership to help drive and improve regional corporate integrity performance.
9. Ensures the highest level of compliance across the region by managing all audit related findings/action plans.
10. Recommends changes to enterprise clinical policies and procedures as necessary.
11. Provides input to Business Development on marketing materials to support and educate our referral sources on our clinical distinction focus. Assist in identifying key referral partnerships.
12. Assists Area Vice President and/or Director of Operations in developing action plans to ensure programs being implemented meet specific identified objectives for support activities and responds to negative trends in performance metrics to resolve local issues.
13. Monitors and evaluates employee performance. Holds employees accountable for the attainment of defined goals and objectives. Executes effective performance redirection when needed. Develops employees through coaching, mentoring, and formal/on the job training and development opportunities.
14. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Ten (10+) years' experience in home health/hospice operations, or equivalent experience.
• Current and unencumbered license to practice as a Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, & Physical Therapist in state assigned to work.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.

• Master's degree preferred.
• Management or supervisor experience.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Nurse Practitioner
• National certification in area of expertise.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.