Registered Nurse Patient Care Coordinator

Brief Description

We are seeking an experienced RN with hospice and management experience to join our team. Our team does amazing work that profoundly improves the quality of life of our patients and their families.

About the role

This position involves managing resources, facilitating concepts and approaches, reviewing projects' progress and results; making management decisions. It also includes participating in the selection, hiring and termination process of staff, determining workload and delegating assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions in accordance with Agency policy and in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Manages resources, facilitates concepts and approaches, reviews projects' progress and results; makes management decisions.
• Ensures compliance with nursing care standards established by commissions, and federal and state regulatory agencies, and adherence to Agency objectives and policies pertaining to nursing administration.
• Selects, hires, and terminates staff.
• Determines workload and delegates assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions in accordance with Agency policy and in a timely manner.
• Responsible for meeting the requirements for contracted staff.
• Schedules and coordinates patient care staff.
• Acts as a resource to provide information or determine the most effective way of meeting the needs of staff, patients, or customers.
• Reviews and assures accuracy of invoices related to areas of responsibility, in a timely manner.
• Responsible for supplies and PAR levels.
• Participates in nursing leadership on call rotation schedule related to clinical issues.
• Maintains clinical documentation, assuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with licensing regulations, certification standards, and Agency's policies and procedures.
• Participates in the process for assigned areas during any federal and/or state survey process or compliance activity as needed.
• Acts as a contact for information relating to clinically assigned areas for both staff and external sources.
• Schedules and manages appropriate staffing levels in accordance with Agency productivity staffing standard.
• Coordinates and prepares for the IDT meetings.
• Assists in the development of policies and procedures as clinical practice changes.
• Maintains quality assurance, improvement and utilization of review activities.
• Develops and presents education programs for CHC and outside agencies.
• Completes documentation related to any direct/indirect patient care contact.
• Functions in the role of Case Manager as needed based on the current census or staffing vacancy.
• Participates in patient care by functioning in the role of Triage, home visits, and emergency visits.
• Coordinates and prepares for the IDT meetings.
• Accountable for Agency relationships in the LaPorte area including hospitals, ECFs, group homes, and assisted living facilities.
• Attends ECF care plan conferences.
• Accounts for state and federal regulations relating to hospice and home health.
• Affirms appropriate utilization of levels of care for each home health patient.
• Affirms and complies with HIPAA regulations.
• Committed to Agency resolution against fraud and abuse.
• Knowledgeable in hospice philosophy, LCD's, and state and federal rules and regulations.
• Arrives at work and meetings on time and ready to work.
• Respects confidentiality of patients/families and other Agency employees.
• Attends monthly nurses meeting and educational meetings/conferences for professional growth as required.
• Will participate in nursing skills validations.
• Participates in Agency infection control plan.
• Serves as a resource to provide information or determine the most effective way of meeting the needs of staff, patients, or customers.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Maintains current R.N. licensure required in Indiana.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Previous nursing experience in home health/hospice a plus.

Pay

Competitive paid time off (PTO).

Schedule

Monday–Friday, day shift; participates in nursing leadership on-call rotation as needed.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings and flexible spending account options.
• Retail retirement plan with employer contribution.
• Employer-paid life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Wellness and healthy lifestyle benefits.
• Annual anniversary/retention bonus opportunities.
• Competitive paid time off (PTO).