What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Patient Care Manager position at Northern Arizona Home Health?
We are hiring a RN Patient Care Manager.
At Northern Arizona Home Healthcare, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.
As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect:
- the ability to build in-person patient relationships
- independence and autonomy
- career growth possibilities and supportive leadership
Give your passion to serve others and your drive for better, more advanced quality healthcare.
- Receives referrals and ensures appropriate clinician and/or therapist(s) assignments for timely patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting start of care (SOC) visits.
- Coordinates determination of patient home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance approvals.
- Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.
- Oversees and assures development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care, as appropriate.
- Manages and documents phone calls from physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and communicates patient updates/new orders to clinicians. Uses coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate.
- Current RN licensure in state of Arizona
- Current CPR certification required
- Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle
- One year prior professional home health nursing experience.
