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$38.20 - $57.30Collaborates with both hospital and/or clinic caregivers as a resourceregardinghome care
services and provides generaleducationofservices.
Educates patients/families on home care palliative care and hospice services and isavailable to answer questions allowing patients to make an informed decisionregardingtheirdischarge plan for post-acute care.
Regularly attends the outcome facilitation team meetings on the individual hospital units toprovide inputregardingservices that could be provided in the workers or case managersoncomplex cases.
Serve as the main communication link between patients providers and external partners.
Initiate the transfer process to the Hospital at Home program including provider notification and coordination with the care team. Address any patient and/or caregiver questions and concerns through review of the admission formal patient consent to the program after medical clearance provided by provider.
Coordinate and execute the key steps required for a smooth and timely transfer to Hospital at Home. This includes notifying the care team documenting acceptance confirming logistics and ensuring the patients needssuch as medications oxygen and equipmentare addressed before departure
Performsassessment ofpatient to includeskin cognitive mobility.
Appliescomprehensivecritical thinking toevaluate the patient wholistically.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the
ability to assess data reflective of thepatients status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patientsrequirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needed asdescribed inthedepartmentspolicies and procedures. Age-specific information isdeveloped further in the departmental job standards.
Minimum Job Requirements
Education
RN PTOTor SLP. Nursing experience preferred.
Certification / Registration / License
Licensed in state the teammate practices RN PTOTor ST License
Experience
2 years of health care related experience
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Strong understanding of the workflows of Hospital at Home broad understanding of payors and able to complete a medical physical and cognitive screen of the patient.
Excellent communication able to speak clearly and hear to communicate withpeople in person or over the telephone.
Good organizationalanalyticaland problem-solving skills.
Proficiencyin clinical skills with the ability towork underdirection and make soundjudgments.
Demonstrated ability to educate clinical staff and the community.
Demonstrated ability to work well with physicians and other professionals in a direct andpositive manner.
Ability to assess data reflecting the patients status and the ability to interpret theappropriateinformationneeded toidentifyeach patients requirements relative to their specific needs.
Must have a tolerance for differences and an appreciation of multi-culturalism and diversityof the patients and their families.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
Able to lift 50lbs.
Preferred Experience
3years
Preferred Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Ability to take initiative strongverbaland interpersonal skills
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Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit integrated health system in the United States created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation health outcomes consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte North Carolina Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology neurosciences oncology pediatrics and rehabilitation as well as organ transplants burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1000 care locations and offers one of the nations largest graduate medical education programs with over 2000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.
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