What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Care Coordinator position at SouthernMED Pedatrics?
Description
Acts as the patient care team leader for determining patient care needs and following up on the patient plans of care while ensuring communication with patients and their families across the primary care team. Lead the patient care coordinators in the six specific activities of care coordination; determine and update care coordination needs, create and update a proactive plan of care, communicate, facilitate transitions, connect with community resources and align resources with population needs.
Job Tasks :
- Oversees the bi-monthly patient care team meetings
- Performs NDC number verification
- Tracks faxes and electronically imports documents into patients' charts.
- Owns Orders tracking for assigned location
- Oversees centralized shot records
- Follows up on all hearing screens and takes appropriate action.
- Collects and analyzes data to assist with documentation, clinical care, and positive patient outcomes
- Completes data logger temperature review
- Follow-up with laboratories and courier services regarding issues with specimen handling, pick-up, rejection and testing.
- Responsible for ensuring care coordination needs are based on a patient's health care needs and treatment recommendations,
- Follows up on plans of care for medically complex patients.
- Ensures communication with patients and families
- Updates care coordination needs, as required
- Orders and ensures that assigned office is appropriately stocked with samples
- Direct oversight of clinical equipment and supplies for assigned office.
- Ensures adequate inventory in assigned office.
- Initiates and maintains central ordering of vaccines, both VFC and private, for assigned office.
- Works with preceptors to ensure a healthy learning environment
- Works with preceptors to formulate performance improvement plans to assist medical assistants with the completion of their initial proficiency checklists
- Performs newborn screenings - Coordinates necessary repeats, requests from DHEC and / or other state health departments; imports / routes to appropriate medical provider.
- Organizes, plans, and manages time effectively.
- Completes all mandatory training
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT USED
WORKING CONDITIONS
Physical requirements
DIRECT REPORTS : 2
Registered Nurse
Do you have a Registered Nursing license that is active and in good standing within the state of South Carolina? (required)
Are you available to work Monday- Friday between the hours of 7AM- 6PM? Please share any scheduling restrictions.
Do you speak any language other than English? If yes, please specify which language. What is your desired rate of pay? (required)
