Description :

1. Charged with providing excellent care coordination to 50+ intensive care management clients, creating individual care plans and funding requests to Magellan, as well as monthly outreach to determine problems, progress, and emerging issues.
2. Maintained progress notes and conducted annual assessment for each client.
3. Operated as valued member of multi-disciplinary teams of mental health and medical professionals in consulting and problem solving issues and concerns at client-centered meetings.
4. Contributed subject matter expertise and coordination capabilities to system planning and execution, as part of 5-member team for new Integrated Health Program for Johnson, Iowa and Cedar County.
5. Achieved distinction as having least amount of clients hospitalized due to provision of individual care and quality time spent with each client.
6. Played critical role in creation of new electronic filing system essential in maximizing records management efficiency; presented and taught new system to entire Integrated Health team.
7. Strengthened organization's reputation and brand in community by establishing positive and productive relationships with over five social service agencies in Iowa City and surrounding area.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Social Work

Description :

1. Direct, supervise and evaluate work activities of medical, nursing, technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel.
2. Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning.
3. Plan, implement and administer programs and services in a health care or medical facility, including personnel administration, training, and coordination of medical, nursing and physical plant staff.
4. Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring and training of personnel.
5. Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space and equipment availability.
6. Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
7. Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
8. Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

LPN In Nursing

Description :

1. Fully managed the health care department, to include nurses, aides, residents, and their doctors.
2. Family conferences to discuss their ongoing assessments with increasing level care and related increase in financial responsibility.
3. Effective communication with the Resident Director, admission director, and the regional team.
4. Public relations to include participating in facility sponsored events as well as community outreach events.
5. Experienced Health Care Coordinator / LPN with a deficiency-free survey at both current and previous facilities.
6. Assisted with medical care Administered medications Handled bathing, hygiene, and dressing of patient Prepared meals daily Fed patient for each meal.
7. Clinical supervisor for the nursing/med passing team, scheduled employees, ongoing training of teammates, assessing potential residents for placement and level of care, monitoring care of residents and documentation to meet State guidelines.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Provided case management and utilization review services to military members and their families residing in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.
2. Review of all inpatient admissions to acute care, acute rehabilitation, long term acute care and skilled nursing facilities utilizing InterQual criteria and TRICARE policy manual for first-level review medical necessity determinations.
3. Utilized Autocoder software to validate the principal and secondary diagnoses and to assign the appropriate DRG.
4. Admissions that did not meet first-level review criteria were referred to Second Level Review for a physician determination.
5. Concurrent review of inpatient admissions for ongoing medical necessity based upon the intensity of services that were rendered.
6. Assisted the facility discharge planners with discharge planning needs.
7. Medical necessity reviews were also performed for outpatient/ambulatory surgery procedures, physical therapy, MRI's.
8. Used InterQual criteria as a screening tool for these outpatient services.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Certification

Description :

1. Ensuring that daily patient care and client services as well as related office activities are conducted in accordance with applicable law and regulation.
2. Ensuring patient care and professional services are provided in accordance with acceptable standards of care and performance standards.
3. Ensuring that policies and procedures are implemented and consistently followed.
4. Ensuring the respectful treatment of patients and clients and family members.
5. Providing leadership to the staff in the compassionate care of the patient/ family unit.
6. Developing and motivating the clinical and professional team.
7. Ensuring recruitment and retention of qualified caregivers as well as the ongoing assessment of their performance, and ensuring that these individuals are appropriately oriented, trained, supervised and evaluated, as well as competent to meet the needs of the population being served.
8. Ensuring access to appropriately qualified support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Supervise the delivery of nursing care to the residents of the Assisted Living Unit and to support the families of the residents.
2. Scheduling nurses, monitoring the nursing staff and medication care managers who deliver the medicine to the residents is also an important part of this position.
3. Overseeing and teaching the medication program, and assessing the staff for proper delivery of medications.
4. Working with several home health agencies and with physicians to ensure the resident receives the physical and emotional care they require.
5. Evaluating wounds for medical care and progress.
6. Physical assessments of new residents in the house and at other facilities for admission.
7. Monthly reports and evaluations of services is another part of this position.
8. Being on call at all times to meet staffing needs and support the various concerns that arise.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Provide overall leadership and management of the health and well being of the residents within the community.
2. Responsible for overall leadership including engagement, performance management and evaluations.
3. Assist in the recruiting, hiring and training of clinical team members.
4. Responsible for the accurate documentation followed by medicine administration and reporting any medical problem or error.
5. Make sure that primary health care and communicable disease control activities are implemented in accordance with Georgia state policy and internationally recognized standards.
6. Evaluates policies as required to improve the quality as well as quantity of service delivery, provides technical support to all primary health care team members, in fulfillment of their duties according to facility objectives.
7. Develops and administers programs which contribute to improved health and prevention of illness in the facility.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Graduate Certificate

Description :

1. Overseen the delivery of all medical services for Progress Industries.
2. Provided education of staff relating to medical policies and procedures.
3. Coordinated scheduling of all medical and dental appointments for Progress Industries clients.
4. Coordinated and administered all staff and client Tb tests, flu and Hepatitis B injections.
5. Coordinated with Occupational Medicine for appointments, lab work, and follow up appointments after work injuries or exposures.
6. Assisted with scheduling of medication aides and direct care staff scheduling.
7. Worked closely with doctors and developed a good working relationship to aid in providing the clients of Progress Industries with the care that was needed.
8. Worked closely with the parents/guardians of the clients providing the parents/guardians a resource for information regarding their child or significant other.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

Associate

Description :

1. Include scheduling all doctor appointments, tests, and procedures.
2. Attending all appointments and keeping doctors, guardians, and our staff up to date on all health care needs, concerns, and protocols.
3. Making sure to present the proper paperwork, medical authorization, health insurance cards, ID, and guardianship papers at each visit and admission.
4. Documenting the needs and concerns of our residents for upcoming appointments.
5. Scanning, faxing, and documenting appointment needs and outcomes for each individual.
6. Maintaining a professional and consistent relationship with nurses, doctors, specialists, pharmacist, guardians, and staff.
7. Attending and contributing to yearly plan meetings for each individual.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Placed the appropriate staff members with clients in need of personal assistance.
2. Placed staff members in difficult to service areas and/or difficult to service clients.
3. Responsible for field staff HHA/PCA's payroll.
4. Performed Data Entry and heavy phone usage.
5. Assisted the nursing staff with the quarterly In-services.
6. Trained new office employee's using the HHA Exchange computerized system.
7. Made daily log calls to ensure attendance and shift changes.
8. Supervisor for all boroughs including outer branches, 24 hours 7 days a week in all weather conditions and natural disasters.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Medical Assisting

Description :

1. Managed the health care and safety needs of 96 residents.
2. Completed daily assessments of residents in need.
3. Assessed new potential residents in need of personal care.
4. Worked closely with physicians and support services.
5. Educating staff members as per state regulations.
6. Supervised Wellness Nurses and Medication Care Managers.
7. Complied to policy and procedures according to DPW.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Vocational