Job Summary
Coordinates patient care through the integrating functions of case management, utilization review and management, discharge, and transition planning. Ensures quality, cost-effective utilization of resources consistent with the hospital mission, department goals and priorities. Directs the daily and short-range goal setting and planning for the assigned case type. Provides ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and overall evaluation of individual patient needs. Overall goal of this position is to enhance the quality of patient management and satisfaction, to promote continuity of care and cost effectiveness.
Essential Functions
- Case Management and Patient Care Evaluation: Serves as a liaison for health care team members in progressing the patient through the health care delivery system through facilitation, communication, and follow-up. Evaluates the patients' progress in achieving expected outcomes utilizing the Plan of Care/Routine Orders/Evidence based care standards. Evaluates patient's plan of care for assigned case type upon referral and throughout hospital stay and informs health care team of any deficiency.
- Patient Screening: Screens/identifies patients requiring case management in designed specialty/assigned UM units using available resources through established case finding mechanisms.
- Physiological and Psychosocial Assessment: Assesses and identifies patient's physiological and psychosocial status and responses upon referral and throughout hospital stay. Completes assessment according to CM and hospital guidelines. Gathers relevant, comprehensive information and data through interviews with the patient/family, physician, and other members of the interdisciplinary team. Pro-actively identifies patients/families with complex psychosocial/discharge planning needs.
- Care Planning and Patient & Family Education: Involves the patient and family in plan of care and discharge preparation upon referral and throughout hospital stay; Implements appropriate interventions based on the patient and family cultural, religious, and ethnic beliefs. Plans, organizes, develops care alternatives, facilitates, and monitors implementation of discharge plan and discharge teaching.
- Care Coordination: Participates in daily Communication and Patient Planning (CAPP) meetings with physicians and the interdisciplinary team. Escalates to the appropriate member of the leadership team, clinical practice issues resulting in barriers to discharge. Communicates with the Utilization Manager to maintain up to date information about patient level of care status and to manage level of care transitions and discharge plans.
- Intervention: Maintains and assures adherence to applicable evidenced based clinical standard, practices, tools, and protocols to improve care progression and reduces LOS and resource consumption.
- Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking: Effectively communicates (verbal and written) with patient, family, interdisciplinary team, and third-party payor regarding treatment goals, care coordination, and discharge planning needs. Collaborates with peers and interdisciplinary team members to assure effective outcomes.
- Outcomes: Monitors appropriate outcome metrics such as length of stay, re-admissions, and avoidable days. Pro-actively develops strategies to improve outcomes related to pathway development, education programs, process improvements, etc.
- Chart Review and Documentation: Documents pertinent patient data in medical record and reviews documentation to ensure compliance with Professional Review Organization requirements.
- Communication and Timely Reporting: Communicates pertinent patient data in medical record and reviews documentation to ensure compliance with CMS, CCME, and Utilization Review Plan.
- Teamwork: Collaborates with health care team in addressing complex patient/family needs. Maintains positive working relationship with members of health care team.
- Cost Effectiveness: Participates in evaluating and utilizing patient care products, equipment and resources in a cost effective, efficient and productive manner.
- Professionalism: Upholds a professional working relationship at all times and adheres to department rules.
- Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned by management.
Education
- Bachelors Nursing Required
- Masters Nursing Preferred
- Effective October 1, 2012, must complete BSN within four years from date of hire.
Experience
- 3+ Clinical Nursing Preferred
- 2+ Specialty Area Experience Preferred
Certifications, Licenses and Registrations
- Registered Nurse Required
- BLS required per policy guidelines
- Certification in specialty preferred
Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- This position requires the successful completion of a pre-employment physical demands test.
- Successful completion of General Hospital Orientation provided by TCU and specific orientation to the Clinical Integration Coordinator role.
- Demonstrates competency in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care including patient/family education and discharge planning for patients within assigned specialty.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate team or group activities.
- Demonstrates leadership qualities including professional verbal and written communication skills.
Physical Requirements
- Lifting 40 pounds from floor to waist
- Holding 12 pounds and lifting 6 pounds from waist to crown
- Lifting or carrying 55 pounds horizontally for 2 feet
- Pushing 80 pounds
- Pulling 100 pounds
- Front carrying 25 pounds a distance of 150 feet
- Dynamic push of 40 pounds minimum force over a distance of 160 feet
- Low work positioning at an occasional frequency
- Gripping 50 pounds with each hand
- Forward bending in standing for 5 minutes
- Rotation in standing
- Repetitive squatting
- Standing for 5 minutes
- Walking frequently
- Visual acuity required for accurately reading and documenting patient charts and observing patients
- Sense of smell required for safety issues
- Sense of touch is required to evaluate patient’s vital signs
- Ability to speak and hear is required to effectively communicate with patients, family members, physicians, and staff
- Manual finger dexterity for writing, equipment operation (maneuvering wheelchairs/beds), and positioning and moving patients
- Ability to effectively manage a high stress environment resulting from patient volume
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