What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medication Management RN Health Coach position at Astera Health?
This position is scheduled for 48 hours per biweekly pay period, Monday - Friday, rotating days. Astera Health offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life and retirement. We also support work-life balance through benefits such as paid time off, short and long-term disability and our employee wellness initiative.
Responsibilities required, but not limited to:
- Serves as a patient advocate.
- Assess the client’s emotional status, cognitive status and learning readiness within the client’s environment to augment a holistic plan of care.
- Facilitates mutual goal setting and goal directed interactions with the client/family regarding specific disease processes.
- Identifies patients not meeting clinical goals and arranges follow-up services by protocol or as appropriate.
- Works with patients and families on self-management support. Assumes responsibility and accountability for care plan effectiveness and client outcomes.
- Monitors, evaluates, and notates trends in patient responses and identifies risk issues, variances, and improvement opportunities.
- Enters and submits data accurately and in a timely manner.
- Maintains cost-effective care by monitoring proper utilization of interventions, supplies, and equipment.
- Enhance patient’s confidence enabling them to carry out a behavior or skill necessary to reach a desired goal. Enable people to be in more control of their health and engage them in their disease management.
- Provides physicians with organized office visits and makes the best of their time with the patient.
- Track and manage patients proactively and assist the physician in providing opportunities for care.
- Develop relationships through interaction with health care providers in diverse care settings to ensure the reliability of patient coordination between all clinicians.
- Assist with prescription refill documentation.
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Minnesota.
- 2 years of experience in case management; or combined years of relevant education and experience to perform the essential duties of this position.
Astera Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.
