We are hiring a Patient Care Manager-RN.
At Home Healthcare, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.
As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect:
* flexibility for true work-life balance
* opportunities for career growth
* the ability to build trusted nurse-patient relationships
* employee-focused wellness and support programs
If you love nursing and want to strengthen your experience, this is a great opportunity for you.
* Receives referrals and ensures appropriate clinician and/or therapist(s) assignments for timely patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting start of care (SOC) visits.
* Coordinates determination of patient home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance approvals.
* Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.
* Oversees and assures development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care, as appropriate.
* Manages and documents phone calls from physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and communicates patient updates/new orders to clinicians. Uses coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate.
* Reviews assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.
* Coordinates all aspects of care with all disciplines, physicians, durable medical equipment providers, caregivers/family members, transferring facilities, and any other applicable healthcare providers.
* Follows-up on lab and other clinical diagnostic test, physician contact, and significant changes in the patient condition to ensure adequate physician notification, follow-up, and needed plan of care modifications and communicates such to clinicians.
* Schedules, prepares for, facilitates, and documents case conference/SOC reports and facilitates effective exchange of information across disciplines especially with adverse findings, changes in patient condition, daily and urgent updates, as necessary.
* Assists clinicians in coordinating the transfer and discharge of patients from agency services as indicated by the physician.
* Receives report from field clinicians prior to scheduled days off on patient status and ongoing needs.
Education & Experience
* Current RN licensure in state of Arizona
* Current CPR certification required
* Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle
* One year prior professional home health nursing experience.