Provides excellent patient care by assisting in collaboration development implementation revision and reporting of the case management program. Acts as a liaison between the patient family nurse physicians multidisciplinary team and patients healthcare benefactor to optimize outcomes. Serves as a consultant to the healthcare team on specific patient items.
- Leads the coordination of patient care with other disciplines within the care team monitoring the appropriateness and timeliness of care.
- Ensures the interdisciplinary care plan is consistent with the patient s clinical course continuing care needs and covered services by monitoring diagnostic testing treatments and procedures and other aspects of patient care as appropriate for acute care.
- Discusses with physicians the appropriateness of resource utilization consultations treatment plan estimated length of stay and discharge plan.
- Focuses on complex patients frequent emergency department utilizers chronic pain and substance abuse patients and homeless patients.
- Collaborates with acute care case managers to ensure appropriateness on ongoing care.
- Coordinates the transfer of patients to tertiary centers including the transfer of patient information required for continuity of ongoing treatment and services.
- Provides oversight and collects data required for regulatory/accreditation compliance.
- Manages frequent emergency department visitors by conducting a focus study review of the previous and current admissions.
Requirement description :
- 2 year Nursing experience REQUIRED
- 6 months of Home Health experience REQUIRED
- Travel experience REQUIRED
- Active and clear drivers license and car insurance REQUIRED
- Hawaii license REQUIRED
- Homecare Home Base and OASIS REQUIRED
- COVID and FLU vaccine REQUIRED. Will not take declinations!
- Bachelors degree preferred
- Case Manager experience preferred
- Mileage reimbursed at .43 cents per mile (lower than IRS established rate)
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
ADDITIONAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS :
Weekend Requirements : Rotating Weekends as needed (23 per month)
On Call Requirements : No Call