Come join a dynamic innovative team.
Summary:
The primary purpose of this position is to provide preadmission clinical review of patient referrals and to
coordinate the discharge process.
Essential Job Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
- Maintains resident census consistent with the admission strategy with Admission
Coordinator
- Develops good rapport and working relationships with IHCS Liaison; area discharge
planners; and appropriate social agencies to promote the facility’s reputation and
encourage referrals.
- Facilitate and/or direct admission process
- Be an advocate and spokesperson for resident concerns
- Complete nursing assessment, care plan, and document.
- Provide report to nursing staff.
- Gather, document and obtain MD order for admission medication list.
- Complete medication reconciliation.
- Order medications from pharmacy.
- Responsible for initiating Medicare forms on admission.
- Responsible for consents.
- Identify potential room-review for any infection i.e. MRSA, VRE, MDRV ect.
- Identify equipment needs
- Identify clinical issues
- Notify Admissions of decision
- Greet resident to appropriate room
- Do all assessments for admission process and write nurses note
- Develop care plans based on assessments, physician orders
- Create C.N.A Care Card
- Report on resident to Nurses and C.N.A's
- Complete/facilitate discharge planning and discharge process.
- Write referral to transferring agencies
- Assure patient has a 7 day supply of medications
- Observe discharge order obtained and written
- Review discharge paper work in place and discharge note
Qualifications:
- Must possess, a Massachusetts RN or LPN License
- Minimum of 2 years clinical nursing experience.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such
action.
Preferred
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Technical/other training or better in Nursing
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Bachelors or better in Nursing
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Associates or better in Nursing