Patient Services Coordinator-LPN

CenterWell • Tacoma, WA

2d • $53,800 - $72,800 • Onsite

About The Position

The Patient Services Coordinator, LPN/LVN acts as a vital link between clinical staff and patients, along with their families and caregivers. Responsible for scheduling, organizing and managing all aspects of a patient's healthcare maintenance and treatment. Makes decisions regarding own work approach/priorities, and follows direction. Work is managed and often guided by precedent and/or documented procedures/regulations/professional standards with some interpretation. The Patient Services Coordinator-LPN is directly responsible for scheduling visits and communicating with field staff, patients, physicians, etc. to maintain proper care coordination and continuity of care. The role also assists with day-to-day office and staff management.

Requirements

• Be a Licensed Professional Nurse or a Licensed Vocational Nurse licensed in the state in which he / she practices
• Have at least 1 year of home health experience.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license and automobile liability insurance.
• Must be currently licensed in the State of employment if applicable.
• Must possess excellent communication skills, the ability to interact well with a diverse group of individuals, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments.

Nice To Haves

• Prior packet review / QI experience preferred.
• Coding certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manages schedules for all patients.
• Edits schedule for agents calling in sick, ensuring patients are reassigned timely.
• Updates agent unavailability in worker console.
• Initiates infection control forms as needed, sends the HRD the completed “Employee Infection Report” to upload in the worker console.
• Serves as back up during the lunch hour and other busy times including receiving calls from the field staff and assisting with weekly case conferences.
• Refers clinical questions to Branch Director as necessary.
• Maintains the client hospitalization log, including entering coordination notes, and sending electronic log to all office, field, and sales staff.
• Completes requested schedule as task appears on the action screen.
• Ensures staff are scheduled for skilled nurse/injection visits unless an aide supervisory visit is scheduled in conjunction with the injection visit.
• Completes requested schedules for all add-ons and applicable orders: Schedules discharge visit / OASIS Collection or recert visit following case conference when task appears on action screen.
• Schedules TIF OASIS collection visits and deletes remaining schedule.
• Reschedules declined or missed (if appropriate) visits.
• Processes reassigned and rescheduled visits.
• Ensures supervisory visits are scheduled.
• Runs all scheduling reports including Agent Summary Report and Missed Visits Done on Paper Report.
• Prepares weekly Agent Schedules.
• Performs initial review of weekly schedule for productivity / geographic issues and forwards schedule to Branch Director for approval prior to distribution to staff.
• Verifies visit paper notes in scheduling console as needed.
• Assists with internal transfer of patients between branch offices.
• If clinical, receives lab reports and assesses for normality, fax a copy of lab to doctor, make a copy for the Case Manager, and route to Medical Records Department.
• Initiate Employee / Patient Infection Reports as necessary.
• If clinical, may be required to perform patient visits and / or participate in on-call rotation.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

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