Registered Nurse (RN) | Patient Care Coordinator PRN

About the role

Accountable for the coordination of the patient's clinical services between hospital setting and the home setting. Promotes, educates and coordinates services when the patient is transferred from the hospital to care transitions, home healthcare or hospice services.

Responsibilities

• Serves as home care expert and resource to referral sources and/or agency staff regarding patient care, treatments and services that can be provided in the home/hospice setting including skilled and nonskilled services or other programs.
• Provides clinical assessment and assists referral sources with identification of appropriate services in the post-acute home care setting including education regarding admission criteria.
• Obtains physician orders, face to face, for home care/hospice services prior to each patient’s admission to home care.
• Clinically assesses and coordinates the home care/hospice plan as ordered by the physician.
• Documents each patient’s home care plan and coordination activities according to standards established by Avera.
• Facilitates communication between entities and assigned hospital/agency staff, identifying and reporting processes in the system where communication and/or continuity of care can be improved.
• Maintains knowledge of Federal and State regulations as well as Agency policies and procedures.

Requirements

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
• Active license in the state of practice
• 1-3 years home health/hospice related experience

Skills

• Knowledge of Federal and State regulations as well as Agency policies and procedures
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds

Benefits

Actual pay rate dependent upon experience. Pay range for this position is $32.50 - $48.50.

Pay

Actual pay rate dependent upon experience. Pay range for this position is $32.50 - $48.50.

Schedule

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays.