Patient Care Coordinator Nurse Home Health

UPMC Home Health is hiring a Patient Care Coordinator RN for their Seven Fields office. This is a Monday through Friday position with one weekend shift a month.

The Patient Care Coordinator is an on-site clinical team member that assists in coordinating care for the assigned team. The Patient Care Coordinator provides care navigation through daily triage and follow up with referral sources, patients, clinicians, and clinical leaders through the management of incoming communication to the Clinical Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Participates in on-call coverage rotation for the agency.
• Oversees the ordering and approval of medical supplies to ensure that all supplies are included on the physician orders and ordered in the appropriate quantity.
• Monitors lab results, following up with physicians and team members.
• Covers from other Patient Care Coordinators when needed.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences as needed.
• Performs medication reconciliation on all therapy only cases as needed
• Monitors admissions, discharges and re-hospitalizations and communicates with the appropriate clinical liaison(s) or facilities to facilitate continuity of care between settings.
• Aids clinical staff in follow up communication with MD offices and referral sources as applicable.
• Coordinates all incoming orders associated with census to ensure appropriateness and accuracy and timeliness of care, enters into Medical Record, and coordinates with scheduling as appropriate.
• Assists in document control processes, including but not limited to, review of Face-to-Face documentation and physician orders for home health. Reports problems immediately to the Clinical Manager.
• Triages and directors all incoming communications during workday hours for the current census assigned and follows up to facilitate appropriate service delivery.

• Current Registered Nurse license in Pennsylvania.
• One year of recent home health experience is preferred.
• Must have requisite knowledge of current Home Health Medicare, Medicaid, State and Federal regulations, and Joint Commission accreditation standards.
• Provides own transportation and auto insurance and abides by all laws, rules, and recommendations for safe driving while on duty. Maintains a valid driver's license.
• Must be able to travel to assigned geographical locations as needed.
  
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• Automotive Insurance
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver's License
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Act 33
• Act 34
• OAPSA

*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran