Licensed Practical Nurse - Admission / Intake Coordinator - Continuum of Care

Job description

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Worker Type:

PRN

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

This role supports the Continuum of Care intake team by processing referrals, reviewing clinical and referral information for appropriateness and completeness, and helping coordinate timely transitions to Home Health and other applicable services. The coordinator works closely with referral sources, case managers, providers, and internal teams to ensure required information is obtained and referrals are moved efficiently through the intake process.

Potential candidate qualifications: - LPN licensure (MO, IL, WI, OK) - Intake, referral coordination, home health, or other care-coordination experience preferred. - Strong clinical judgment and ability to review referral information for eligibility, appropriateness, and required documentation. - Experience with Epic system preferred. - Strong organization, prioritization, communication, and attention to detail. - Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams. - Flexibility to provide PRN coverage based on department needs, including applicable weekend/holiday availability requirements.

Department: Continuum of Care

Schedule: PRN Requirements:3 shifts/month. Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., typically 2-3 days per week, based on department staffing needs.

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Job Summary:

Reviews and analyzes patient referrals to determine the appropriateness of home health, hospice and infusion services. Coordinates all aspects of service to optimize the patient’s smooth transition from hospital to home care. Communicates key components of patient’s needs and physicians' orders to clinicians to help establish the patient’s plan of care. Provides educational information to case managers, physicians, key hospital staff, and nursing home staff regarding qualifying criteria, access to services, etc.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES - Assesses patient care needs by gleaning hospital records and/or referral provided information for information necessary to determine the appropriateness of referral and to initiate patient records. - Identifies educational needs for patients/significant others. - Adheres to skilled service/homebound regulations of payers. - Plans for patient care by ensuring that information regarding pending referrals is passed on to nursing supervisors, clinical supervisor or rehab services, and others as necessary in a timely manner. - Coordinates with nursing supervisors, clinical supervisor or rehab services, and others in initiating care. - Seeks appropriate orders in planning multidisciplinary care. - Completes evaluation of care by reassessing patients systematically to identify progress and trends that require intervention; this may include seeing the rehospitalized patient and/or reviewing his/her record. - Communicates with supervisor regarding the cases he/she is managing while awaiting the initiation of care. - Assesses and discerns environmental factors which are hazardous and/or unsafe and responds according to policy and agency expectation. - Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. - Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION - Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE - One year licensed practical nurse experience

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS - Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. - Constant standing and walking. - Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. - Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. - Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. - Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. - Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. - Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. - Occasional lifting/moving of patients. - Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. - Occasional driving. - Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois - Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) - And - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of Work Location: Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin - Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) - And - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Nurse Licensure Issued by Compact State

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

8071000114 Intake/Admissions

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

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