Nurse Discharge Planner

Overview

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved. If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

As a Nurse Discharge Planner, you'll collaborate with various healthcare stakeholders including the Discharge Nurse Manager, Regional Clinical Leaders, and Facility Health Services to facilitate seamless transitions for patients returning to the community. Your role involves ensuring timely and appropriate care provision while communicating outcomes effectively. By coordinating with Re-Entry Services and Clinical Leaders, you'll ensure continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes in the community setting.

• Collaborate with DOC Re-entry services for discharge planning, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures for patients with mental health issues or serious medical illnesses.
• Review requests from external agencies regarding medical and mental health transfers back into DOC institutions, determining appropriateness of transfer and coordinating necessary services.
• Maintain relationships with community agencies and communicate with Medicaid Coordinator to ensure resumption of benefits for released patients.
• Advocate for medical necessity and continuation of prescribed medications for patients admitted to community facilities, while attending relevant meetings and participating in staff training.
• Consult with supervisory personnel and appropriate leadership regarding complex cases, identify areas of concern, and facilitate resolution while maintaining security clearance and applying critical thinking skills to varied situations.

Education

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing

Experience

• Minimum 1 year of experience of care delivery in a managed care environment.
• Computer data entry experience in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience working with care management (CM).
• Chronic care experience highly preferred.
• Understanding of care delivery in a correctional environment preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• A current nursing license in the state of employment is required.
• Must be able to attain and maintain security clearance to the facility.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness. We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Final date to receive applications to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.