What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Manager position at Ohio s Hospice Inc?
Title: Case Manager
Pure Healthcare offers the opportunity to work for a meaningful mission while contributing and making a difference in the lives of our patients and families every day. Those who join our team are committed to providing superior care and service, so our patients and their families can celebrate life.
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How You Support Our Mission:
The Pure Healthcare Care Manager will develop comprehensive person-centered care plans for every member, with a focus on assuring timely and appropriate access to care and the skillful coordination of broad array of medical and social services. This position affords the opportunity to work with individuals, providers and multidisciplinary team members to assess, facilitate, plan and coordinate an integrated delivery of care from acute care across the continuum. The Care Manager is the key to ensuring a collaborative and proactive approach to support the individual and caregiver in the management chronic medical conditions.
Job Summary/Purpose: The Pure Healthcare Care Manager will develop comprehensive, person-centered care plans for every member, with a focus on ensuring timely and appropriate access to care and the skillful coordination of a broad array of medical and social services. This position offers the opportunity to work with patients, providers, and multidisciplinary team members to assess, facilitate, plan, and coordinate the integrated delivery of care across the continuum, from acute care to the broader healthcare system. The Care Manager is the key to ensuring a collaborative and proactive approach to support the patient and caregiver in the management of chronic medical conditions.
What you need to know about the Care Manager role:
- This position is full-time, 8am-5pm, competing in person visits in South Eastern Ohio.
Care Manager Responsibilities:
- Assists individuals and their families with personal or environmental needs through care coordination, navigating care systems, planning for care transitions, or discharge to next level of care.
- Ensures and facilitates access to community resources, such as transportation, insurance/supplemental income sources, care giving, food, etc.
- Facilitates individual and family meetings for the purposes of goal setting, advance care planning, coordination of community supports, and plan of care development, based on the individual's needs, values and preferences.
- Collaborates with other PHC and Ohio’s Hospice divisions as appropriate to improve communication of needs; if to outpatient support center, coordinates plan of care for follow up and instructions on AVS; if hospice care is desired, initiates referral process.
- Coordinates plan of care between settings (home, hospital/inpatient, outpatient services, etc) to ensure continuity of care and ability to obtain necessary medical treatment, equipment, and physical/emotional needs.
- Documents assessment, plan and interactions with individual, family, community resources, hospital or facility staff, and physicians and establishes/builds account in electronic medical record.
- Participates in the development of processes to improve the clinical experience for referral sources, individuals/families, care management teams, etc. across the continuum of care.
- Regularly attends IDT meetings or other multidisciplinary team meetings based on Individual/family needs or organizational needs.
- Fosters collaborative working relationships within division, organization, hospitals, and community facilities and/or with groups with whom we are engaged.
- Attendance at division meetings 80%; accountability for 100% of information provided via minutes.
- Annual education completed by deadline to ensure staff has the information and tools to complete their job satisfactorily and meet regulatory compliance.
- Adheres to all applicable federal and state regulations, including HIPAA, compliance, and employment regulations.
- Maintains strong knowledge of and adherence to NCQA standards for Complex Care Management
Care Manager Qualifications:
- Active Registered Nurse license in the State of Ohio without any board actions.
- Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
- Three to Five years clinical experience in Case Management, Care Coordination, Discharge Planning, Medicaid and/or Medicare managed care, LTC experience and/or community health. Mental Health Experience is a plus.
- CM certification preferred.
- Notary designation or intention to complete within six months of hire.
- CPR Certified preferred, required in orientation at hire.
- Computer skills sufficient to properly document services and care.
- Ability to drive during daytime, nighttime, or inclement weather. This position requires travel to different work locations and within the counties we serve.
- Valid Driver's License with Safe Driving Record with successful clearance of a driving record check
- Successful clearance of a criminal background check
- State minimum automobile insurance coverage.
Benefits & Perks: your health and happiness matters! We offer:
- Competitive Pay
- Competitive Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401k with 5% employer match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Preparation for certification and pay incentive on Hospice certification achievement
- Scrubs provided at initial onboarding
- Mileage reimbursement
- Organizational preceptor to assist with orientation and ongoing education
- Educational programs geared toward career advancement
- Career growth
As a member of our team, you will have a chance to impact many lives. You may find a deeper meaning in your work or rediscover why you chose your profession in the first place. The passion you may have been missing in previous workplaces can be found at Pure Healthcare!
Pure Healthcare complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
Pure Healthcare is proud to be platinum-certified through SAGECare, which provides training and consulting on LGBT aging issues to service providers. Pure Healthcare welcomes those in the LGBT community to join our team.
