Director of Care Coordination

  • Etowah Health & Rehabilitation Center
  • Hoover, AL, US
  • 5mo ago
  • Full-time
  • On-site

Overview

Lead the Way as Director of Care Coordination at Diversicare!

At Diversicare, we're looking for a passionate Director of Care Coordination to join our exceptional team. If you're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our patients and residents, we invite you to apply.

Why Lead at Diversicare:

  • Leadership Opportunity: As the Director of Care Coordination, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our care resources are aligned with patient needs, benefits, and exceptional service.

  • Ownership and Excellence: We take pride in our culture of trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation, and strong communication skills. As a leader, you will embody these values and shape our culture.

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, an excellent 401k plan, tuition reimbursement, vacation, holiday, and sick time, long and short-term disability, and more.

  • Impactful Role: You will be responsible for coordinating the restorative nursing program, facilitating daily care coordination meetings, and ensuring timely communication with patients and families regarding changes in condition and discharge planning.

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Responsibilities

  • Facilitate daily care coordination meetings to align care resources with patient needs and benefits.

  • Participate in and facilitate Engage/72 HR Admission meetings as part of the care management system.

  • Manage the restorative nursing program, integrating it with the activity department.

  • Ensure timely communication with patients and families regarding changes in condition and discharge planning.

  • Collaborate with the clinical team to develop and execute care plans.

  • Coordinate discharge planning and post-discharge communication, including home health and DME.

  • Monitor Quality Measures alongside the care coordination team.

  • Serve as a skilled care documentation specialist, ensuring accurate and timely completion of Medicare and Managed Care regulatory guidelines.

  • Review Additional Documentation Requests (ADRs) to ensure all documents meet the request.

Qualifications

  • Degree in nursing, therapy or other related clinical field (i.e. social services), must hold a current license in respective field.
  • Knowledge of healthcare reimbursement, utilization management, and discharge planning.
  • Experience providing strategic leadership, managing teams and leading projects required.
  • Ability to formulate and implement short and long term strategic plans
  • Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
  • Must have proven ability to lead a team to achieve desired outcomes of team
  • Strong communication and organizational skills required
  • Must have knowledge of PDPM requirements of insurers
  • Must have understanding of regulatory requirements
  • Previous case management experience preferred
  • (EOE)