RN Patient Care Manager

Summary

We are hiring a RN Patient Care Manager with a $5000 sign-on!

At Northwest Home Healthcare, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve-it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.

As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect:

• to be valued and respected by your team
• a sense of security, incredible team support, and flexibility for true work-life balance
• career development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Receives referrals and ensures appropriate clinician and/or therapist(s) assignments for timely patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting start of care (SOC) visits.

• Coordinates determination of patient home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance approvals.

• Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.

• Oversees and assures development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care, as appropriate.

• Manages and documents phone calls from physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and communicates patient updates/new orders to clinicians. Uses coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate.

• Reviews assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.

Education and Experience

• Current RN licensure in state of Arizona

• Current CPR certification required

• Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle

• Prior Home Health experience