Patient Care Coordinator; RN or LPN

Overview

We are seeking a passionate Nurse to join our growing team of clinicians. We believe our kiddos and their families deserve the highest quality of care delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability. This position is open to both experienced nurses and newly minted nurses; a successful mix of talented and motivated candidates is important for this opportunity.

Kids Unlimited Learning Academy (KULA) is an early intervention day treatment clinic for children with special needs. Children are referred to KULA by their primary care physicians for developmental screening, therapy evaluations, and habilitation services as appropriate. KULA serves children birth to Kindergarten, with seasonal expansion for elementary-aged children.

KULA has licensed pediatric therapists and nurses on staff to provide required care. Our team collaborates with families and outside professionals to meet each child’s needs.

For every service billed, the Patient Care Coordinator provides progress notes in the appropriate format and keeps detailed records of work with patients and families. The role includes ensuring progress notes reflect Treatment Plan goals and that billing sheets are completed daily.

POSITION PURPOSE Initiates and maintains direct communications with businesses, professionals, social, charitable, public, religious, and private organizations to market services to the community. Serves as liaison between staff, families, and outside sources enrolling patients. Works closely with professional staff for patient monitoring and coordination of services. Assists in the investigation of patient absences and remedies problems when appropriate. Facilitates patient access to community resources.

Assists families with social service forms and paperwork.

• Manages referral process for potential patients and existing patients by coordinating with local physicians.
• Schedules evaluations for potential patients and completes intake process, if indicated.
• Completes PA packet on each prospective EIDT patient.
• Accepts all initial and re-evaluation reports.
• Maintains current EIDT PA on each patient by submitting updated information packets with requests for continuation for AFMC prior to the expiration date.
• Monitors and tracks each patient’s prior authorization denials and approvals and discharge date.
• Requests extensions and modifications to PAs when necessary.
• Provides quality assurance by performing chart reviews on each patient chart; requests missing documentation and error corrections from individuals responsible for providing it.
• Develops a MTP for each CHMS patient. Obtains signature and sends copy home to parent.
• Maintains Evaluation Tracking form for each EIDT patient.
• Completes appropriate paperwork when patients are discharged from the Academy. Sends parent surveys and discharge summaries.
• Initiates and maintains relations with various organizations to market clinic services to the community.
• Works closely with professional staff for patient monitoring and coordination of services.
• Organizes and coordinates audiology services and follows up with the PCP and parent/guardian, as indicated.
• Interacts with patient family unit for scheduling of family psychotherapy appointments and maintains direct contact for changing family dynamics.
• Monitors the daily well-being of patients and identifies need for social intervention if necessary.
• Keeps in contact with DFCS as necessary to monitor ongoing services to patients and families at risk.
• Investigates patient absences and follows up, as needed.
• Maintains adequate list of community resources and facilitates patient access to them, including food, clothing, school programs, vocational opportunities, etc.
• Assists families with social service forms/paperwork, such as SSI applications, Medicaid, TEFRA, AR Kids First, etc.
• Leads Multidisciplinary Patient Reviews and ensures they occur two weeks after admission and every six months thereafter to keep abreast of therapy goals and progress. Reports on family dynamics and changing situations in home environment in staffings.
• Makes home visits as needed for various problems such as patient absences,…