Nurse Liaison - Post Acute Care - Bangor, ME Sign on Bonus
CareCentrix
- Bangor, ME
- $80,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Determine the optimal site of care for patients post hospital discharge in collaboration with hospital discharge planners, case managers and hospitalist.
- Manage and influence the transition of assigned Post-Acute Care patients from acute care setting to the SNF, IRF, LTACH or home setting utilizing face to face and/or telephonic outreach.
- Facilitate home health physician orders for home care upon a patient’s discharge to home.
- Contact referral sources to advise and relay updates to the appropriate individuals.
- Partner closely with the PAC Medical Director in reviewing discharge plans and length of stay status to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Communicate customer service/provider issues to supervisor for logging and resolution.
- Engage and coach the patients/caregivers for performing standard assessments, patient care plans, and document progress in the HomeBridge platform.
- Act as a clinical resource for unlicensed staff, to provide clinical expertise and help with referral source directives, clinical questions and issues.
- Participate and contribute to ongoing quality assessment/improvement activities, performance, data collection, analysis, operational process activities and prepares reports.
- Assist team in implementing and maintaining standardized operational processes to ensure compliance to company policies, legal requirements and regulatory mandates.
- Participate in implementing / maintaining operational processes to ensure compliance to company policies, legal requirements and regulatory mandates.
- Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
- You are willing to travel 75% of the time to hospitals, SNF, IRF, LTACH and physician offices within assigned geography locations.
- You can work independently, utilizing sound clinical judgment and critical thinking skills under minimal supervision.
- You have a strong commitment to quality and standards.
- You hold a current and unrestricted Registered Nurse license. (Required)
- You have a minimum of five years RN experience (Required- preferably with a geriatric population).
- You are an expert in Utilization Management and have knowledge of URAC & NCQA standards.
- You have a broad knowledge of health care delivery/managed care regulations, contract terms/stipulations, prior utilization management/case management experience, and governmental home health agency regulations. (Required)
- You possess negotiation, communication, influencing, problem solving and decision making skills. (Required.)
- You possess a high level clinical knowledge, communication, customer service and problem solving skills, as well as, the ability to effectively interact with all levels of management and a highly diverse clientele.
- You have excellent communication, organizational, interpersonal skills and are able to effectively manage and prioritize tasks.
- You are willing to travel 75% of the time to hospitals, SNF, IRF, LTACH and physician offices within assigned geography locations.