Description Location: UCHealth Parkview Medical Center, US:CO:Pueblo
Department: Utilization Management
FTE: Full Time, 1.0, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Days
Pay: $16.07 - $24.10 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Summary:
At the direction of professional Care Management or Social Work staff, coordinates transitions of care, conducts and documents socio-economic review and screening to support the coordination of care.
Responsibilities: Coordinates with outside agencies, post-acute care or specialty facilities, transportation agencies, and others as indicated. Assists clients and patients in connecting with appropriate Physicians, insurers, Payer programs, and other resources to meet social and clinical needs. Collaborates with the care management and behavioral health teams for effective patient or client outreach, care coordination and hand-overs across the continuum of care. Refers patients and provides educational resources to patients per protocols. Conducts scripted phone calls and accesses systems to retrieve patient information for clinical care team and send appropriate information for placement or transfer. Retrieves record, imaging and diagnostic results, pathology and other requests for treatment teams. Arranges care conferences as needed. Supports Inpatient and Ambulatory multidisciplinary team meetings as assigned. Works with internal and external resources to coordinate placement, discharge planning, case management, behavioral health and follow-up care. Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action. Requirements: High School diploma or GED. We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
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