Care Manager-Family Services-Blank Children's Hospital job at UnityPoint Health in Des Moines

UnityPoint Health is at present looking to employ Care Manager-Family Services-Blank Children's Hospital on Sat, 06 Jan 2018 22:09:38 GMT. Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa. Choose a career that matters with UnityPoint Health Des Moines!...

Care Manager-Family Services-Blank Children's Hospital

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

Description: UnityPoint Health is at present looking to employ Care Manager-Family Services-Blank Children's Hospital right now, this job will be placed in Iowa. More complete informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Overview Choose a career that matters with UnityPoint Health Des Moines! UnityPoint Health - Des Moines is a family of four hospitals including Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Blank Children's Hospital and Methodist West Hospital. Our team members are the compassionate core of who we are and how we serve our patients and visitors every day.  

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, responsible for the coordination of patient and family discharge needs which involves collaboration from various members of the health care team across the continuum of care.   Performs the Utilization Management process for patients and families with their requesting payers for the efficient delivery of quality patient care. The successful completion of these duties contributes to the enhanced quality of cost effective discharge from Blank Children’s Hospital.  

Responsibilities

Clinical Excellence/Patient Care

• Monitors admission and continued stay of all patients regardless of level of care.
• Monitors avoidable days which are delays in treatment or timely patient discharge, patient care inefficiencies, and/or barriers to treatment and/or discharge.
• Performs admission and continuing stay reviews for third party payers.
• Collaborates with patient’s physician regarding discharge goals to develop discharge plans.
• Collaborates with health care professionals internally and regionally to promote a smooth transition to home.
• Maintains clinical competency using the nursing process to provide quality care.
• Coordinates appropriate medication and/or home care services /supplies.
• Arranges follow-up appointments, activities, and schedules therapies.
• Coordinates transfers to other healthcare facilities to ensure compliance with regulations, i.e. EMTALA.
• Meets with healthcare team to facilitate, coordinate, and evaluate patient’s discharge planning needs.
• Offers education about level of care criteria to members of the healthcare team.
• Assists in the evaluation of healthcare team as requested.

• Demonstrates ability to consistently meet the department workload and schedule.        
• Utilizes a family-centered care approach (considering physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area(s).
• Operates computer system to record and retrieve appropriate information.
• Prioritizes dissemination of information using available technology.
• Manages supplies i.e., order, obtain and store supplies.
• Efficiently and accurately maintains patient records.  

Clinical Excellence and Patient Education

• Develops a discharge plan with collaboration of the family and the multidisciplinary health care team.
• Offers education about level of care criteria to members of the healthcare team.

·         Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patient’s and their families’ age specific needs, culture, gender, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.
·         Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.  
Basic UPH Performance Criteria           ·         Continues professional development and involvement in professional activities that enhance nursing practice by sharing knowledge through networking and research.

• Demonstrates the UnityPoint Health Values and Standards of Behaviors as well as adheres to policies and procedures and safety guidelines. Integrates and demonstrates FOCUS values and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide responsibilities; be open and objective to other’s views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.

·         Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department with regular, reliable attendance.
·         Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.
·         Employee maintains current licenses and/or certifications required for the position.
·         Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA, JCAHO, DNV, OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare.
·         Completes all annual education and competency requirements within the designated time frame.
·         Is knowledgeable of hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs (e.g. Medicare and Medicaid) regarding fraud, waste and abuse.   Brings any questions or concerns regarding compliance to the immediate attention of hospital administrative staff.   Takes appropriate action on concerns reported by department staff related to compliance.
·         This position may be assigned a specific mission to address in an emergency situation to assist in disaster response and recovery as part of the UPHDM Hospital Emergency Incident Command System.  Situations of a critical nature may require an individual to perform multiple tasks until additional support can be obtained.
·         Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.  
Qualifications

Education:        

Graduate of accredited nursing program.

BSN must be obtained in 5 years

MSN preferred

Experience:        

Minimum 2 years clinical pediatric experience working with multidisciplinary teas  

License(s)/Certification(s):        

Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa.

Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire.  

Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.  

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:          

Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.

Multicultural sensitivity.

Microsoft Office â€" basic computer skills.

Customer/patient focused.

Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions.    

Other:          

Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

Work may occasionally require travel to other UPH facilities. May drive a UPH vehicle, rental or own vehicle.
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