Participant Manager RN

Bienvivir All-Inclusive Senior Health • El Paso, TX

22d • $37 - $55

About The Position

Bienvivir All-Inclusive Senior Health is a community-based, patient-centered health care delivery system serving frail seniors in El Paso, Texas through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). The Participant Manager provides direct participant care under the direct supervision of the Clinic Manager and coordinates daily nursing care. The role includes nursing assessments and care plans, health education, maintenance, disease prevention, and management of health care in the clinic and participants’ residences, with appropriate medical-record documentation.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Texas.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience with a frail or elderly population.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial nursing assessments within ten days of enrollment and routine nursing reassessments by the participant’s scheduled I/A date, including assessment of medication compliance.
• Complete reassessments and care plans when a participant’s condition changes or when requested by the participant or designated representative, as promptly as the condition requires.
• Develop nursing care plans with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) and Primary Care Provider (PCP), and document in accordance with PACE, TDHS, and nursing-practice standards.
• Serve as a triage nurse, including contacting participants who are ill and miss center visits or scheduled clinic appointments, and documenting triage findings.
• Work with the PCP in daily participant care, maintain participant flow through exam rooms, check on ill participants in the treatment room, and assist with procedures as needed.
• Conduct home visits for Start of Care assessments, reassessments, and skilled care when participants cannot attend the center.
• Coordinate care with caregivers and respond to participant and caregiver calls, providing education and counseling.
• Coordinate hospital, nursing home, and assisted living admissions, discharges, and transfers.
• Work with the IDT to coordinate comprehensive participant care.
• Coordinate with participants, families, caregivers, and contacted providers to ensure 24-hour service delivery.
• Work with medical assistants to ensure scheduled laboratory work and diagnostic tests are completed and available in the chart for the next clinic visit.
• Document in participants’ medical records according to departmental policies and procedures.
• Review and coordinate with consult LVNs to ensure consults and follow-up visits are ordered and that the PCP orders needed medications.
• Participate in morning and I/A meetings and daily team huddles to communicate participant changes.
• May assume charge duties when the Clinic Manager is absent.
• Attend monthly clinic meetings and staff in-services.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to cover skilled nursing visits during weekday holidays.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Clinic Manager.

Benefits

• For full- and part-time employees working 30 or more hours per week: 100% of employee-only medical monthly premiums paid.
• For full- and part-time employees working 30 or more hours per week: 100% of employee-only dental monthly premiums paid.
• Affordable vision monthly premium for employee-plus-family coverage.
• 100% of basic life insurance premiums paid for a $10,000 benefit amount.
• Safe harbor matching contributions for the 403(b) retirement savings account.
• Up to 15 days of paid time off, based on paid hours per pay period.
• Eleven company-observed paid holidays.
• Education and tuition reimbursement.
• Mileage reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed