Manager Care Coordination - Truckee, United States - Tahoe Forest Health

Description

Bargaining Unit: Non Represented - Manager

Rate of Pay: $149,032 annually + DOE

Summary

The Care Coordinator Nurse Manager is responsible for overseeing the operations for the Clinical Coordination Department. Oversees all administrative issues, concerns, and communications; facilitates problem solving and personnel issues. Responsible for coverage of department in time of need.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and ensures compliance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Assures quality care as defined by clinical outcomes.
• Acts as a clinical resource
• Ensures that confidentiality of hospital and patient information policies and guidelines are observed.
• Develops operational budget recommendations for submission to the CNO
• Responsible for time-care payroll adjustments, variance logs.
• Supports patient self-management of disease and behavior modifications interventions.
• Assures home monitoring and patient knowledge that is consistent with treatment plan.
• Coordinates continuity of patient care with internal and external healthcare providers.
• Coordinates continuity of patient care with patients and families following hospital admission, discharge, follow up calls and ER visits.
• Conducts home visits as indicated to monitor patient progress and assess needs.
• Manages high risk patient care, including management of patients with multiple co-morbidities or high risk for readmission to a hospital setting.
• Conducts comprehensive, preventive screening for patients and/or assists all support staff in daily patient interactions a needed.
• Promotes clear communication amongst a care team and treating clinicians by ensuring awareness regarding patient care plans..
• Participates on a team for data collection, health outcomes reporting, and clinical audits.
• Evaluates clinical care, utilization of resources, and development of new clinical tools, forms, and procedures.
• Assists in the development of plan of care in collaboration with the health care team.
• Oversees Health Promotora to assist with patient and family treatment care planning.
• Demonstrates System Values in performance and behavior.
• Other duties may be assigned

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities
Carries out supervisory responsibility in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, training, assigning, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; administering scheduling systems; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; enforcing policies and procedures.

Minimum Education/Experience
Bachelor's Degree Degree from college or vocational school from a National League of Nursing (NLN), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or equivalent accredited school of nursing. The nurse shall have completed a nursing education program that included clinical experiences with actual patients under the supervision of qualified faculty.

2-3 years relevant experience

Required Licenses/Certifications
California Registered Nurse (RN) - Upon hire

Nevada Registered Nurse (RN) - Within 6 months of hire into job

BLS: Employee will be enrolled in the Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) Basic Life Support (BLS) Entry or Prep Curriculum (depending on their previous BLS certification). - Within 3 months of hire into job

Other Experience/Qualifications

Required:

• Self-disciplined, energetic, passionate, and innovative.
• A team player that can follow a system and protocol to achieve a common goal.
• Highly organized and well-developed oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Able to maintain confidentiality with all aspects of information in accordance with practice, State and Federal regulations.
• Confidence to communicate and outreach to other community health care organizations and is aware of community resources.