Head of Homecare Services

Description

Responsible for planning, directing and managing the overall operations of home health services. Directs the development and start-up of new home health services. Monitors the financial performance and the quality of services provided. Ensures services comply with all regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. Typically reports to the President and Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.