rehabilitation.

• Reviews goals with patient's family and third party payor. Maintains accurate up-to-date documentation in the medical records of patient and family contacts, communications with payors and other services performed on behalf of patient and family.
• Coordinates, evaluates, documents and reviews interdisciplinary team goals ensuring appropriate medical records sent to family, appropriate physicians and external case managers when necessary.
• Leads/Co-Leads team conferences. Documents in the medical record a summary of the team conference. Serves as the primary family contact for the treatment team, communicating within 24 hours of the care conference. Also updates external case manager and/or payor source regarding progress, plan and patient's future needs (within 24 hours of staffing or as requested by payor sources).
• Ensures the scheduling of family conferences, family participation in therapy and provides pertinent information to appropriate team members. Documents in the medical record a summary of the family conference.
• Coordinates completion of discharge plans by assisting with arrangements for family education, equipment, and services as appropriate for patient discharge level of care.
• Calls patient or family within established time frame post-discharge to ensure planned discharge recommendations are occurring and to assess if additional services are needed.
• In conjunction with the Controller, monitors and ensures discount of per diem negotiations, recertification concurrent reviews and timely reports.
• Participates in monitoring, analyzing and utilizing program evaluation data to promote quality of care, increase marketing activity and to position hospital for success.
• Maintains good working relationships with other hospital departments, participates in hospital meetings and serves on hospital committee as requested.
• Responsible for ensuring that all necessary communication between referral sources and the facilities occurs in a timely manner.
• Participates in local professional organizations.
• Maintain records, data, etc., to be used for teaching, trending, etc.
• Analyze and utilize historical data and for information from tracking systems to manage efforts and position network for success.
• Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
• Maintains regulatory requirements, including all state, federal and Joint Commission regulations.
• Maintains and ensures patient confidentiality at all times.
• Reports to work on time and as scheduled.
• Wears identification while on duty.
• Attends departmental in-services and completes annual competencies/education requirements.
• Works at maintaining a good rapport and a cooperative working relationship with physicians, departments and staff.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Complies with policies and procedures regarding department operations, fire, safety, infection control and emergency management.
• Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Adheres to Patients Bill of Rights.
• Recognizes problems and assumes responsibility for helping to solve them when they occur.
• Seeks supervisory help appropriate in problem solving and assists in implementing solutions.
• Ensures patients have a good understanding of their insurance benefits and answers questions as needed.
• Consistently demonstrates the ability to organize tasks in order of priority.
• Consistently performs job duties in an independent manner with minimal direct supervision required.
• Performs other duties as requested by authorized personnel or as necessary for effective operation of the facility, including emergency situations.
• Maintains up-to-date statistical data in computer information system within established time frames.
• Compiles weekly and monthly statistics for discharges to community vs. SNFs.
• Prepares statistics for corporate report as designated.
• Oversees the Case Management Department and the overall functions of other Case Managers.
• Performs performance appraisals on Case Managers and Case Manager Assistantants.
• Provides feedback to Case Managers as needed and in a timely manner.

Professional Requirements:

• Maintains regulatory requirements, including all state, federal, Joint Commission and Hospital Compliance Plan.
• Maintains cooperative working relationship and good rapport with Medical Staff, hospital departments and staff and other organizations or entities related to the hospital business.
• Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
• Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the organization at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to clearly and effectively communicate with all constituents (patients, families, peers, and other healthcare team members) as needed for leadership, assessment, intervention, and professional development.
• Follows hospital and departmental policy and procedure for attendance including reporting to work, use of sick leave, vacation, break time, etc.
• Performs other duties as requested by authorized personnel or as necessary for effective operation of the facility.
• Maintains current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Ohio, if applicable.
• Actively identifies and participates in training, education and developmental activities to improve own knowledge and performance.
• Attends and participates in annual mandatory inservices and maintains current CPR certification.
• Demonstrates positive attitude toward work and the workplace and behavior that supports administrative and facility decisions; creates atmosphere of mutual trust, harmony, acceptance and respect within the hospital community.

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