RN / Home Healthcare Nursing Job in Jackson, Mississippi / Hospital
Company: Kindred at Home
Location: Clinton
Posted on: March 15, 2023
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Job Description:
I believe that better care begins at home. Compassionate care,
uncompromising service and clinical excellence thats what our
patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home,
a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nations leading
provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical
home care services.
Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, including Gentiva, delivers
compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their
homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal
assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and
palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to
deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients
and their families. As a RN Care Transition Liaison, you will:
Develop/maintain contact with key physicians, hospital, skilled
nursing or rehabilitation facility discharge planning services
and/or management to provide ongoing updates on Companys home
healthcare service, specialty and/or product offerings available in
a market. Promote exemplary customer service to physicians,
facility personnel, patient and patient family at all times.
Primarily conduct pre-discharge facility visits at the physicians'
request to determine the need/eligibility for home care.
Ensure effective communication and collaboration with branch staff
and field sales resources via weekly meetings. Actively participate
in weekly branch sales/operation meeting, bringing relative data,
reports for review as well as information regarding changes within
accounts and referral sources.
Assist branch in timely processing of physician orders.
Inform hospital personnel, patient and/or patient family of case
acceptance and documents all demographic, clinical, payer and other
information as required on company approved forms to support
diagnosis and home healthcare orders. Provide input to care plan
development and informs the Company location clinical staff (e.g.
Intake Specialist, Director Clinical Management, and/or Manager
Clinical Practice) of patients acceptance, and ensures that
patients needs are appropriately matched.
Work collaboratively with Hospice Division counterparts as
applicable, representing the Companys comprehensive home health and
hospice deliverables.
Abide by all operational compliance with internal controls and
reporting.
Provide education and/or continuing education programs for referral
sources within guidelines of company policy. Utilize appropriate
company resources to maintain and develop business opportunities.
Maintain market awareness and prepare competitive updates.
Work with field sales positions, specialty directors and others to
prioritize accounts in accordance with the market/territory sales
plans ensuring effective maintenance, business development and
territory management of assigned accounts.
Maintain assigned referral source roster and territory management
system records.
Actively participate with branch in development of business and
market growth plans.
Maintain positive relationships with referral sources and community
organizations, facilitate communication between referral sources,
client and family populations, and attend professional organization
meetings.
Participate in special projects, quarterly Blitz events, specialty
program launches and perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
Registered Nurse Licensure required in state of practice.
A minimum of three years clinical experience.
Strong knowledge of home health regulations, Medicare requirements
and care coordination skills required.
Excellent customer service, organization, time-management,
problem-solving and communication skills required.
Demonstrate the ability to work independently.
Microsoft Office proficiency required.
Ability to appropriately represent Company service capabilities to
the patients, family and referral source audience.
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