IRF PAI Assistant

Lifepoint Health • Houston, TX

4h • Onsite

About The Position

At Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. The Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center – McNair Campus in Houston is a newly relaunched 30-bed inpatient rehab center designed to support patients recovering from serious conditions like stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, complex neurological disorders, amputation, and orthopedic injury. The ARU offers specialized inpatient rehab focused on restoring function and independence after major illness or injury, is expertly managed by Lifepoint Rehabilitation (the largest manager of hospital-based acute rehab units in the U.S.), and provides 24/7 access ensuring continuous care and support. As an IRF-PAI Assistant joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve. The IRF-PAI Assistant provides support to the IRF-PAI Coordinator and/or Program Director/ Designee for oversight and coordination of the timely and accurate completion of the Patient Assessment Instrument for each rehabilitation inpatient. This individual gathers, enters and edits the information contained in the PAI for each patient with review by a clinician to assure accuracy in the scoring of functional status and reflection of the patient’s care needs. In addition, this position may assist in the ongoing monitoring of identified benchmarks for the inpatient population. The Patient Assessment Instrument Assistant has access to confidential patient information and maintains confidentiality of all information.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working in inpatient rehabilitation is preferred

Responsibilities

• Support in coordination of the IRF-PAI completion with the interdisciplinary team.
• Gathering and input of data, transmission of data to Medicare.
• Assists with education of staff regarding PPS and FIMS/Quality Indicators (QIs).
• Assists with monitoring and management of CMS compliance.
• Routine internal contacts include all clinical members of the interdisciplinary team.
• External contacts are employees of the client facility.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED