Nurse, Individualized Care

Cardinal Health

7d•Remote

About The Position

Cardinal Health Sonexus™ Access and Patient Support helps specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers remove barriers to care so that patients can access, afford and remain on the therapy they need for a better quality of life. Our diverse expertise in pharma, payer and hub services allows us to deliver best-in-class solutions—driving brand and patient markers of success. We’re continuously integrating advanced and emerging technologies to streamline patient onboarding, qualification and adherence. Our non-commercial specialty pharmacy is centralized at our custom-designed facility outside of Dallas, Texas, empowering manufacturers to rethink the reach and impact of their products. Together, we can get life-changing therapies to patients who need them—faster. What Individualized Care contributes to Cardinal Health Clinical Operations is responsible for providing clinical specialties support and expertise in the areas of advice and consulting, research and patient care to internal business units and external customers. Individualized Care provides care that is planned to meet the particular needs of an individual patient. Job Summary The Nurse, Individualized Care promotes high-quality patient care and treatment through patient education. The Nurse Care Manager (NCM) will play a critical role in supporting identified cohorts of oncology patients across their continuum of care. This role coordinates comprehensive care, proactively monitors patient progress, and delivers continuous, personalized support between provider visits within a virtual environment. Focusing on management of side effects where applicable and improving the quality of care for cancer patients, the NCM drives patient engagement in their health and wellness through remote care planning and management. Utilizing telehealth platforms, the NCM may also facilitate transitions from acute care to home, ensuring continuity of care and optimal resource utilization through close collaboration with the interdisciplinary oncology team.

Requirements

Registered Nurse with a current, unrestricted California license required
5 years’ experience-hospital or clinical, involving patients with complex chronic disease states preferred
Strong working knowledge and basic medical management of chronic disease states
Experience with Microsoft Office products
Basic computer skills including previous work with an electronic health record (EHR) and Excel spreadsheets
Superior communication skills to include verbal and written
Must be able to work collaboratively; team focused
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with the onsite clinical team/staff and remote care management team to support discharge planning, care transitions and ongoing care coordination interventions.
Must be highly motivated, result-oriented with strong skills in presenting, communicating, multi-tasking and time management
Ability to identify problems and recommend solutions
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
Commitment to improving health equity and supporting vulnerable populations
Your new hire training will take place 8:00am-5:00pm CST, mandatory attendance is required.
This position is full-time (40 hours/week). Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of Monday-Friday, 7:30am- 4:00pm CST.
All U.S. residents are eligible to apply to this position.
You will work remotely, full-time. It will require a dedicated, quiet, private, distraction free environment with access to high-speed internet.
We will provide you with the computer, technology and equipment needed to successfully perform your job.
You will be responsible for providing high-speed internet.
Maintain a secure, high-speed, broadband internet connection (DSL, Cable, or Fiber) at the remote location. Dial-up, satellite, WIFI, Cellular connections are NOT acceptable.
Download speed of 15Mbps (megabyte per second)
Upload speed of 5Mbps (megabyte per second)
Ping Rate Maximum of 30ms (milliseconds)
Hardwired to the router
Surge protector with Network Line Protection for CAH issued equipment

Nice To Haves

Care Management experience is strongly preferred
Oncology patient experience a plus
Bilingual skills a plus
Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with health care staff responsible for patient care to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate appropriate clinical care or other services to meet the needs of patients and coordinate all activities related to care management.
Ensure that areas of responsibility are operating in compliance, including documentation and records with all federal, state, and regulatory agencies.
Document all encounters and activities in the designated system accurately and in a timely manner
Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences and team huddles to ensure coordinated care as needed
With the oncology care team and internal care management team, identify patients to be case managed, assess patient’s care requirements, modify or coordinate modification of patient care and intervene, as necessary
Participate in the development and review of clinical pathway trends and share with appropriate service and management teams
Assist in quality improvement activities by identifying trends, barriers, and opportunities to improve program outcomes
Attend meetings, seminars, and conferences as appropriate
Principal and Chronic Care Management
Telephonically manage patient care, through the following methods: Review of the patient’s medical, functional, and psychosocial needs Medication reconciliation with review for adherence Reinforce disease self-management education and symptom management Communicate provider instructions and advice, and provide patient education materials Referral to and coordination with community service organizations and make and/or specialist appointments and schedule other tests, treatments or procedures as needed Facilitating patient follow-up visits with acute or chronic needs Documents all concerns and follow-up and escalates to the onsite Clinical Team, or oncology provider when appropriate
Provide coaching and health promotion to encourage self-management and adherence to care plans
Collaborate with onsite clinical staff to order supplies for patients as needed (e.g., blood pressure machines, remote patient monitoring medical supplies)
Track and report on member progress, escalating complex cases to provider, the onsite clinical team or program leadership as needed
Transitional Care Management: Attempt outreach to TCM members on the caseload via phone call as needed to support onsite TCM programs. Assist with discharge planning: assess needs; help coordinate medication reconciliation; schedule TCM (Post -Acute) face-to- face visit with provider Triage patient needs and identify necessary plan of action within such as scheduling an appointment, triaging for a provider or directing the patient to the ER, etc. as needed. Bridge gaps between the onsite clinical team and the community, and ensuring patients fully understand their discharge instructions and follow-up care
Meets regularly with management team to discuss feedback from call monitoring and quality reviews. Discusses progress on productivity and quality goals.
Responsible for maintaining HIPAA guidelines

Benefits

Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Paid time off plan
Health savings account (HSA)
401k savings plan
Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Work-Life resources
Paid parental leave
Healthy lifestyle programs