Location: Geisinger Medical Center Hospital  

Work Schedule: Days (Northcentral Region - Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Union Counties)

Work Type: Full Time

Job Summary:

Provides clinical leadership and program direction for home and palliative based clinical services within the Geisinger at Home (GaH) care model. Develops, implements and evaluates strategic initiatives focused on home-based interventions which include, but not limited to, complex case management, acute care treatment protocols, care coordination, quality improvement, advanced illness/palliative care and social determinants focused on the highest risk populations.  Establishes an integrated approach to population management utilizing clinical and financial data in program design, implementation, and evaluation.

Establishes an integrated approach to staff development and education.

Maintains overall fiscal responsibility for the department and performs duties to support the goals and objectives of GaH. Responsible for the analysis, development and implementation related to programmatic growth and expansion of home-based clinical services, as well as palliative care services. Provides iterative and collaborative leadership to optimize the best outcomes for patients and defined populations.

Reports directly to Vice President, Operations Geisinger at Home (GaH) with a matrixed reporting relationship to Chief Medical Officer, GaH.

Competencies and Skills:

Demonstrates excellent leadership skills to facilitate conflict resolution, process improvement, program implementation, and staff development.

Demonstrates excellent written, oral communication, presentation, and active listening skills.

Demonstrates assertiveness, conflict resolution, negotiation and collaboration skills, and customer focused interpersonal skills.

Demonstrates ability to manage people effectively.

Demonstrates ability to effectively interface with physicians, administrators, regulatory bodies, consultants and customers.

Demonstrates experience designing, implementing, and managing high value population management programs and staff.

Demonstrates ability to work independently, problem solve, and make decisions.

Demonstrates the ability to influence others and work collaboratively to drive outcomes across multiple functional work teams.

Education and or Experience:

BSN, RN with Bachelor’s degree required. Master's degree in Healthcare administration, nursing, or other business management preferred and agreement to pursue.

Minimum 5 years clinical or case management experience required.

Minimum 3 years management experienced in managed care, acute care, home health, or health care system management required. Multiple site management experience preferred.

Previous experience in staff management and program development required.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

Work is typically performed in an office environment but travel to patient homes required for staff supervision/evaluation. Involves occupational exposure to disease illness including, but not limited to, HBV and HIV viruses. Frequently stands, walks, sits climbs stairs, lift/carries up to five pounds, and drives an automobile.

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.