RN Intake Coordinator-Home Care

Overview

$7,500 Sign on Bonus Available!!!

$2,500 Relocation Bonus Available (greater than 50 miles) (external candidates only)

The RN Intake Coordinator interprets and applies established admission criteria for Carle Home Health Services product lines to prospective patient referrals. Ensures the timely and efficient transmission of referrals to appropriate operational area and ensures behaviors that promote customer satisfaction. Hours may vary depending upon census and program need.

• Certifications:
  
  Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR);
  Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA).
• Education:
  
  College Diploma in Nursing (Required).
• Work Experience:
  
  1 year of nursing experience.

• Collect demographic and clinical data to support admission into home health programs and complete entry of information, orders, etc. in the computer system.
• Communicate and coordinate with other team members, sharing information to enable the most complete possible assessment of needs and requirements for both patient and organization.
• Complete benchmarking data for all programs as assigned.
• Develop fundamental knowledge of diagnosis coding and make accurate recommendations to field staff for new admissions.
• Identify patient situations and conditions that may limit or preclude successful admission to the home health program; work with referral sources and department management to facilitate and resolve.
• Perform basic scheduling functions, if requested, during periods of staffing shortages.
• Prioritize work and coordinate with scheduler to arrange timely admission into Home Health programs.
• Work with referral source to establish medical necessity, skilled need, diagnosis, physician to order/follow patient; viable funding sources, etc. and document in EMR.
• Ability to work comfortably between EPIC and Remote Client to ensure timely and accurate documentation with each new referral.
• Study information provided in the new referral to ensure that patient meets guidelines mandated by Medicare for skilled need and home bound status.
• Monitor insurance coverage to determine what, if any co‑pays patient will need to be informed of and to ensure that CHC is in‑network with patient’s insurance coverage.
• Verify that patient has an MD willing to sign home care orders and to ensure patient is current with this MD to ensure compliance with F2F completion.
• Complete patient referral thoroughly and accurately following established home care referral templates.
• Monitor daily status of all home care patients that have been transferred to inpatient status, fax transfer forms to inpatient facility and update referral with new resumption of care orders once patient is discharged.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in eight hospitals, physician groups, and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle Bro Menn, Carle Foundation, Carle Health Methodist, Carle Proctor, Carle Pekin, and Carle Hoopeston Regional hold Magnet® designations. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, and Health Alliance™.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or any federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E‑Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization.

Compensation range: $33.62 per hour to $57.83 per hour.

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more, visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.