"Clinical manager"

[metalRN]

Hello all,

In our office we have an LVN who is the Clinical Manager. I'm working on revamping some things in this agency, and I was just wondering: does your agency have a clinical manager and what exactly does he/she do? I appreciate any help you very knowledgable people can give me. :)

Thanks!

[Isabelle49]

Our Clinical Manager has always been an RN. I'm not sure what she does, but she is always busy.

[caliotter3]

Once worked in an agency that had an LVN in this position. The only thing I saw this person do was to run herd on the business manager and push the other employees, both internal and external, around. They had an overly high opinion of their own self worth from what I observed. You would do well to place an RN in this position. Perhaps some meaningful work would be accomplished and at least there would be some level of implied respect.

[KateRN1]

Our clinical managers are RNs, BSN preferred. The clinical manager is the direct supervisor of the field staff, including nurses, therapists, home health aides, and schedulers. They are responsible for all aspects of the care team, from OASIS review and validation to staffing appropriately, managing HHRG scores and therapy utilization, and signing and sending the plan of care. They also follow up on labs, PT/INRs, orders, DME, and a hundred other things. It is easily the busiest position in the agency. I don't believe that it is within the scope of practice of an LPN as it is a position that supervises RNs and is responsible for OASIS reveiw.

[metalRN]

Thanks for the replies. Kate, that's quite a job description and is not what is happening in my agency. Thanks for the info!