Rehabilitation Department Case Manager

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Regular Full Time Clerical CIHA, CHEROKEE, NC, US

2 days ago Requisition

The Rehabilitation Department Case Manager performs duties established by the Rehabilitation Department Manager and the PTA Supervisor, and is a direct report to the PTA Supervisor. Responsibilities include facilitating patient flow including triaging patients for scheduling and/or treatment maintaining inventory and stocking of clinic supplies, cleaning, patient care, supporting clerical and clinical staff and performing miscellaneous tasks to assist with workflow of the Rehabilitation Department.

Ensures department standards are met and kept up to date with Joint Commission Standards. Coordinates clerical office duties between rehabilitation clerical staff and clinical staff. The Rehabilitation Department Case Manager provides medical assistance to the Podiatry Clinic providers and Orthopedic providers in the absence of the Ortho Technician.

• Initiates orders with outside vendors to maintain department specific supplies and equipment in conjunction with Supply Department
• Receives supplies and restocks clean supply room
• Assists with fracture management including applying casts in the Ortho clinic setting under direct supervision of the Ortho provider
• Assists with fracture management including applying casts in the Podiatry clinic setting under the direct supervision of the Podiatrist
• Assures Joint Commission standards are maintained with daily and monthly temperature logs, humidity logs, equipment check lists, daily maintenance of Nail Care equipment, ensures expiration dates on departmental supplies are in acceptable date range and overall departmental standards are within compliance
• Responsible for Department compliance with Infection Control requirements; completes necessary surveys and paperwork and submits to IC
• Assists in maintaining clean treatment areas and equipment.; restocks linen; responsibility for overall neatness of department
• Stocks medications used in Physical Therapy, Wound Care, Podiatry treatment. Stocks medications for ortho clinic as needed.
• Inventories and stocks supplies in clinician treatment rooms daily
• Ensures Joint Commission compliance with procedures for equipment sterilization process
• Performs biweekly cleaning of hydro collators. Performs cleaning of freezer and paraffin units as needed. Performs semi-annual cleaning of fluido-therapy machine
• Performs Case Management by entering referrals and pushing all required medical records to outside providers for Rehabilitation Clinical staff as needed.
• Performs Case Management by entering referrals and pushing all required medical records to outside providers for Podiatry Clinic and Orthopedic Clinic as needed
• Schedules Podiatry patient appointments with outside providers
• Schedules Orthopedic patient appointments with outside providers as needed
• Chart review and case management for Shoe Clinic as needed
• Requests and obtains outside medical records from referral sources
• Performs chart reviews in Ortho clinic to ensure timely follow up for injections and fracture care as needed
• Performs chart review and ensures timely follow up for treatment for Podiatry patients
• Performs chart reviews for referrals to rehabilitation clinical providers and triages patients to the appropriate provider to ensure timely appointments for patient flow.
• Assists in the treatment of complex wound care including dressing removal and application and wound cleaning
• Fills in for Orthopedic Clinic and Rehabilitation Department front desk Clerks as needed
• Assists clinicians with transfers and treatments within the Hospital
• Transports patients to other departments within the hospital as needed for patient care.
• Assists with the treatment of complex in-patients as needed for safety precautions
• Transports specimens to lab
• Receives incoming phone calls
• Schedules clinic appointments for all clinicians in the Rehabilitation Department and responsible for understanding the complexities of…