Role and Responsibilities

This position is an integral component of the patient care team and continually monitors the services provided. This role has shared responsibility for the overall provision and coordination of home health services provided to the HCR patients , according to acceptable standards of practice. The Nurse is a resource person with extensive knowledge of the regulatory guidelines governing home health agencies and provides daily support to field clinicians , enabling them to provide quality care in the home to HCR patients. This position also functions as a liaison between referral resources, patients, caregivers, and employees.

Essential Functions

• Receive calls from field staff and physicians regarding client care issues/orders . Enter orders as appropriate and update the plan of care, medication profile and schedule. Enter information regarding all telephone calls into the coordination notes section of the computer software. Notify staff , as appropriate , to ensure proper coordination of care.

• Review and approve all interim orders before they are sent to physician . Notif y Clinical Manager when unable to approve the order.

• Provide support to the Intake staff and process referral requests in HCHB as needed. In branch offices, processing referrals is a shared responsibility of the PSC LPN and RN roles.

• Assign Licensed Professional (LP) to conduct the evaluation visit as the task appears on the action screen

• Participate in case conferences, as needed, and process recert/discharge decisions based on clinical documentation and input from case manager , base d on case orders for tracking purposes and route to Medical Records to be sent to the physician for signature. Ensure any corrections are made by the LP who wrote the order prior to entering the order. Update the client’s medication profile and schedule as applicable; via the order. Ensure all orders that address frequency have appropriate calendar modification completed .

• Follow-up on orders from the Order Tracking Report when the MRS is unable to retrieve the unsigned order .

• Review and follow-up on entitlement verification issues .

• Verif y / E nsure there are orders for requested medical supplies, e nter supply orders and requisition supplies as needed.

• Enter non-admit information into HCHB , with details in coordination notes if no visit was made .

• Review missed visit reports, ensure MD notification has occurred, and if not, notif y MD.

• Other duties as assigned.

  This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

  Education Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing required ; Bachelor ’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

  Qualifications and Requirements

• Current, valid RN license, issued by NYS Department of Education required .

• A minimum of 1 year (recent) experience in certified home care (CHHA); u nderstands issues related to the delivery of home care services .

• Possess knowledge of the Medicare guidelines governing home health agencies .

• Two (2) years ’ experience in health care. Supervisory experience is preferred .

• Organized, detail-oriented and possesses strong interpersonal, organizational, time management and written and verbal communication skills .

• Able to work independently and complete paperwork accurately and in a timely fashion .

• Strong computer skills and the ability to use a gency’s EMR program .

• Must comply with privacy and HIPAA laws .

• Valid driver’s license and automobile with current insurance coverage and in good working condition , available to use for work.

• Willingness to submit to physical examination, criminal background and drug testing .

  Work Environment

  Primarily in an office setting and may be exposed to outdoor conditions.

  The working conditions are classified as light work:

• Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light work involves sitting most of the time.

  Physical Requirements

  The following is a description of the physical requirements on a daily basis for the Job Title . While performing the duties of the job the employee is regularly expected to:

• Stand

• Sit

• Hear

• Walk

• Talk

• Stoop or kneel

• Repetitive motion

  This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

  EOE/AA Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran