LPN Care Coordinator

The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education•Clarks Summit, PA

About The Position

The Wright Center for Community Health is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Care Coordinator to support community health in a mission-driven outpatient care setting. The position is primarily desk-oriented and involves care coordination by telephone with patients, healthcare facilities, external agencies, and the Primary Care Provider-Team. The coordinator supports patients transitioning from healthcare facilities and manages care for at least 30 high-risk and rising-risk patients using risk-stratification tools and registries. The role includes arranging follow-up visits, managing patient information about symptoms, medications, and support, responding to patient calls, creating orders, communicating test results by telephone, processing medication refills, and scheduling appointments and specialty care. Clinical tasks include drawing up medications for clinicians to administer and monitoring devices such as Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, and Retinavue for diabetic patients. The employee must maintain HIPAA confidentiality and participate in ongoing professional development. The position follows a rotation schedule that includes one late evening shift per week from 12 PM to 8 PM, either one Saturday or Sunday per month (with a weekday off when the weekend is worked), and one to two holidays per year. The starting rate is $30.00 per hour, with an additional $1.50 per hour shift differential for work during weekends and holidays.

Requirements

Hold an active Pennsylvania Practical Nursing license.
Have Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Graduate from an accredited LPN program.
Meet The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated Enterprise entities’ EOS People Analyzer Tool.
Demonstrate a mission-oriented approach and represent the enterprise professionally with organizational pride.
Be able to work as part of a care team.
Have excellent communication skills.
Demonstrate commitment to process improvement and quality.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the EOS® model; strongly preferred.
Previous experience in a health center setting.
Experience with an electronic health record; Medent experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care for patients transitioning from healthcare facilities, including follow-up calls and coordination with the Primary Care Provider-Team.
Coordinate care for at least 30 high-risk and rising-risk patients using risk-stratification tools and registries.
Arrange follow-up visits and manage patient data concerning symptoms, medications, and support.
Draw up medications for clinicians to administer.
Monitor Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, and Retinavue devices for diabetic patients.
Maintain HIPAA confidentiality and pursue ongoing professional development.
Handle incoming patient phone calls, create orders, and deliver test results by telephone.
Process medication refills and schedule appointments.
Contact outside medical facilities to schedule specialty appointments and manage test orders.
Participate in the required evening, weekend, and holiday rotation schedule.