You haven't searched anything yet.
Patient Care Coordinator
Reports To: Program Manager
OVERVIEW:
McCook Clinic has an opening in Nursing for a Patient Care Coordinator position.
The Care Manager’s primary responsibility is to manage care for the patients of the primary care practice to promote effective education, self-management support, and timely health care delivery. This will include developing and monitoring care management processes and support primary clinical teams with these efforts. It will also include identifying the high acuity patient population and working to ensure care coordination for this patient population. The position may involve some patient triage.
The Care Manager behaves in a professional manner, and consistently demonstrates and promotes the values of McCook Clinic’s vision. The Care Manager will work with the Program Manager and Medical Staff of the practice to develop this position to best serve the needs of the patient panel and the primary care teams. The Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse will demonstrate performance consistent with professional standards of practice, care, and the Nurse Practice Act.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Care Management
1. Work with all clinical teams as a resource on care management of all patients of the practice, this would include the following:
2. Provides follow up contact with patients as indicated to ensure compliance with recommendations – medications, lab/X-Ray, specialists visits, primary care visits, dieticians, CDE, etc.
3. Responsible for being available to provide telephone advice per protocol, handle urgent calls and emergent calls.
4. Anticipates the needs of this patient population, seeing that necessary documentation and pre-visit planning is completed or requested before patient visit.
5. Promotes patient self-management and empowers patients/families to achieve maximum levels of wellness and independence.
6. Responsible for working with patient and patient’s care team to coordinate change readiness, needs assessment and develop an individualized treatment care plan.
7. Collaborates with the patient, physician, and other care team members in assessing the patient’s progress toward individual health care goals.
8. Assesses barriers when patient has not met treatments goals, is not following treatment plan of care, or has not kept important appointments.
9. Oversees the development, procurement, and adoption of patient self-management educational resources used by the primary clinical teams.
10. Participates in regular team meetings and peer review activities. Participates in departmental and organizational committees as applicable.
11. Promotes collaboration of teamwork; able to work with peers in a team situation.
12. Develops a list of medical supply and community resources available to patients and maintains collegial relationships with the entities used most frequently.
13. Works with IT staff member(s) or department to coordinate the following:
14. Performs any additional tasks requested by Practice Administrator, Program Manager, or Physicians.
SKILLS:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $19.00 - $22.50 per hour
Benefits:
Weekly schedule:
Experience:
Work Location: In person
Full Time
$96k-126k (estimate)
05/04/2024
05/15/2024