CLINICAL CARE COORD
Employment Type : Full-Time
What You Will Do:
Reporting to the Manager, Care Management the Clinical Care Coordinator assesses, develops, implements, coordinates and monitors care plans for selected population facilitating patient movement throughout the continuum of care to include patient admissions and discharges both within the treatment facility and in the community. Assumes a leadership role within multi-disciplinary teams to achieve quality, clinical and financial outcomes.
Principal Duties:
- Assesses needs of the patient and identifies, arranges and coordinates the appropriate care/treatment and discharge plan for patients.
- Performs a clinical assessment and discharge screening for all of patients in assigned case load.
- Collaborates, as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, in the development, implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive plan of care for assigned patients.
- Obtains ongoing certification of continued stay for clients as well as organization in collaboration with physicians and support staff.
- Reviews and monitors assigned cases daily for appropriate admission, appropriate use of resources, quality of care based on severity of illness/intensity of service indexes and length of stay per diagnosis and/or prognosis.
- Supports business operations by processing all benefits, enrollments, applications and re-certifications as needed to ensure continual funding.
- Develops innovative and creative discharge planning activities.
- Evaluates the appropriateness and quality of care by utilizing clinical pathways and/or protocols.
- Collaborates in continuous quality improvement initiatives including referral of appropriate cases to Quality Improvement Department.
- Identifies and supports initiatives to improve the care system’s length of stay, quality of care and appropriate use of resources .
- Participates in collaborative clinical pathway development, application and revision.
- Provides on-going community awareness to services including distributing information to feeder agencies and at public events.
- Performs departmental administrative duties.
- Attends management team meetings as required.
- Completes information for monitoring quarterly and annual utilization review and other reports.
- Does related work as assigned
What You Need to Be Successful:
Current Maryland Registered Nurse License. Basic Life Support – Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP). Requires 1 year of clinical experience providing care and/or care management services to patients in a medical facility. Prefer three years of providing patient care in a medical facility including at least one year in medical case management experience. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
Possesses the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to all patients in assigned case load.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.