Discharge Planner
Reid Health
- Richmond, IN
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Works collaboratively with the Case Manager and interdisciplinary team to identify and establish patient transition plans, and coordinates a timely safe patient discharge/transfer.
- Coordinates post-hospitalization services for patients as identified by the interdisciplinary team.
- Understands the patient’s planned course of treatment to the degree necessary in order to anticipate “transition readiness” and coordinate a timely discharge/transfer.
- Start referrals timely so payer authorization process can begin early to avoid delays, as applicable.
- Collaborates with the patient/ family in the selection and making of post-hospitalization care arrangements; Offers patients a choice of vendors;. Discloses which vendors have a financial relationship with the hospital; Documents both; Follows Transition Management Policy
- Keeps the patient/ family, Case Manager, and healthcare team well informed.
- Communicates the relevant information to the agency/facility that will assume responsibility for continuing care after the patient’s release and documents as such.
- Documents all transition coordination activity and interventions in medical record.
- Makes referrals to other department services as applicable to the patient’s needs in order to expedite a safe and timely discharge.
- Trends, analyzes, and reports outcomes, clinical process and variance data to appropriate audiences.
- Participates in process and outcome improvement activities and helps facilitate approved practice changes.
- For assigned population attends appropriate physician and Nurse leader meetings to report on trends, outcomes and statistics. Receives and acts on feedback from physicians and nursing management related to Discharge Planning.
- Participates in all appropriate and/or required hospital-wide progress, activities and efforts.
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