Registered Nurse Patient Care Coordinator

• Location 501 Comfort Place,Mishawaka, IN, 46545,United States
• Employee Type Full Time

Job Type: Full-time, Exempt
Schedule: Monday–Friday, day shift; participates in nursing leadership on-call rotation as needed

We are seeking an experienced RN with hospice and management experience to join our team. Our team does amazing work that profoundly improves the quality of life of our patients and their families. Rediscover your passion for healthcare and the rewarding one-to-one patient connections that inspired you to enter healthcare to begin with.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending account options
• Retirement plan with employer contribution
• Employer-paid life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellness and healthy lifestyle benefits
• Employee peer recognition program
• Annual anniversary/retention bonus opportunities
• Competitive paid time off (PTO)

Full details of benefits and specific eligibility (including any minimum scheduled hours for certain benefits) are provided during the interview and onboarding process.

• Manages resources, facilitates concepts and approaches, reviews projects' progress and results; makes management decisions.
• Ensures compliance with nursing care standards established by commissions, and federal and state regulatory agencies, and adherence to Agency objectives and policies pertaining to nursing administration.
• Participates in the selection, hiring and termination process of staff
• Determines workload and delegates assignments, training, monitoring and evaluating performance, and initiating corrective or disciplinary actions in accordance with Agency policy and in a timely manner.
• Responsible for meeting the requirements for contracted staff.
• Responsible for the scheduling and coordination of patient care staff.
• Acts as a resource to provide information or determine the most effective way of meeting the needs of staff, patients, or customers.
• Reviews and assures accuracy of invoices related to areas of responsibility, in a timely manner.
• Responsible for supplies and PAR levels.
• Participates in nursing leadership on call rotation schedule related to clinical issues.

• Monitors clinical documentation, assuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with licensing regulations, certification standards, and Agency's policies and procedures, including but not limited to Comprehensive Assessment, Patient Medications, and Patient/Family Plan of Care
• Participates in the process for assigned areas during any federal and /or state survey process or compliance activity as needed.
• Acts as a contact for information relating to clinically assigned areas for both staff and external sources
• Ensures appropriate scheduling for areas of responsibility and monitors and manages appropriate staffing levels in accordance with Agency productivity staffing standard.
• Participate in the pre-assessment and admissions process.
• Participates in and is responsible for quality assurance, improvement and utilization of review activities.
• Assists in coordination of IDG supervisory meetings.
• Responsible for meeting the requirements of Hos/MCare/MCaid certifications and recertifications
• Monitors and ensures appropriate utilization of patient related DME, supplies and biomedicals.
• Develops and presents education programs for CHC and outside agencies
• Completes documentation related to any direct/indirect patient care contact.
• Functions in the role of Case Manager as needed based on the current census or staffing vacancy.
• Participates in patient care by functioning in the role of Triage, home visits, and emergency visits
• Coordinates and prepares for the IDT meetings.
• Accountable for Agency relationships in the LaPorte area including hospitals, ECFs, group homes, and assisted living facilities.

• Accountable for state and federal regulations relating to hospice and home health.
• Ensures appropriate utilization of levels of care for each home health patient.
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