Clinical Coordinator

BrightSpring Health Services; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

BrightSpring Health Services’ Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation program seeks a Clinical Coordinator to lead transdisciplinary rehab efforts, coordinate patient care, and ensure successful community reintegration. The role involves teamwork with clinicians, case managers, and families to optimize outcomes for neurologically impaired patients.

The position requires clinical planning, strong communication, and ability to manage multiple patient plans while adhering to standards and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health (OT, PT, SLP) or related field.
• Current licensure/registration/certification in state of practice.
• CBIS certification preferred.
• BLS First Aid and CPR certifications.
• Minimum 2 years in rehabilitation with neurologically impaired patients.
• Prior case management or insurance administration experience preferred.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate rehabilitation plans with clinical staff to deliver services.
• Develop transdisciplinary treatment plans with patient and team.
• Prepare patient evaluation, progress and discharge reports.
• Monitor patient status and satisfaction of patient, family, and payers.
• Lead and participate in interdisciplinary case conferences and meetings.
• Schedule and facilitate conferences with clinicians, payers, physicians and families.
• Communicate patient progress and issues to care partners and physicians.
• Facilitate acquisition of equipment to achieve functional goals.
• Attend meetings to report/review medical issues for patients.

Skills

Team coordination

Communication

Case management

Clinical planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health or related field

Registered Nurse license

Job description

Our Company

Rehab Without Walls Neuro Rehabilitation

Overview

The Clinical Coordinator's (CC) role is multi-faceted, and supports a more efficient, effective and comprehensive transdisciplinary rehabilitation program similar to case managers utilized within inpatient rehab hospitals. The Clinical Coordinator acts as a team lead and is a central point of contact to coordinate, facilitate, orchestrate and in general ensure that a patient's rehabilitation and community reintegration needs are being met.

Responsibilities

• Manages the provision of individual patient services and collaborates with clinical staff to develop rehabilitation plans. Coordinates the ongoing provision of rehabilitation services.
• Formulates comprehensive, transdisciplinary rehabilitation treatment plans, clinical outcomes, goals/objectives and service delivery for referred patients in conjunction with the patient/care partner and the clinical team.
• Completes CC evaluation and develops patient initial, progress and discharge reports and monitors the patient’s status on an ongoing basis. CCs are responsible for completion of patient clinical outcome tools based on diagnosis.
• Monitors patient, family, physician and payer/case manager, referral source satisfaction with the program on a regular basis.
• Leads interdisciplinary case conferences, team meetings, and communicates Treatment Plans/Progress Reports on a regular basis to the physicians, external case manager/payor and/or patient/family members.
• Schedules/facilitates interdisciplinary case conferences with the clinical team, payers/case managers, physicians and family members.
• Communicates regularly with patient, family/ care partner, payer/case manager and physician regarding patient progress and any important issues that arise.
• Facilitates acquisition of necessary equipment to enable achievement of agreed upon functional goals (i.e. HMO, insurance carrier, etc.) with funding source.
• Participates in medical provider meetings to report/resolve medical issues for person served.
• Monitors projected hours of service to be delivered to the patient and reports hours/subsequent changes to the local leadership (Executive Director/Director of Clinical Management/Program Manager).
• Negotiates with funding sources for extensions of service beyond initial authorizations.
• Acquires and tracks orders from physician for all provided ongoing services after the initial orders are obtained.
• Adheres to standards of the Company's Code of Conduct, policies, HIPAA and Corporate Compliance programs and appropriate professional practice standards and applicable state/federal laws.
• Attends, participates in and/or conducts internal staff development programs, obtains continuing education as required by Company policy and regulations. Maintains and enhances clinical practice skills.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health (OT, PT SLP), Registered Nurse, Human Services, orRehabilitation Counseling/Psychologyand
• Maintains relevant professional licensure/registration/certification in the state of practice.
• Current certification as Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) preferred.
• Current BLS (Basic Life Support) First Aid and CPR certifications.
• Minimum of two-year’s experience in a rehabilitation setting with neurologically impaired patients
• Prior case management and/or insurance administration experience preferred.
• Demonstrates excellent organization, problem solving, decision making and communication skills.
• Organized and able to function under minimal supervision.
• Has reliable transportation and able to travel to/from multiple assignments/locations on a daily basis.

About our Line of Business

Rehab Without Walls, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care. It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities. By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients. For more information, please visit www.rehabwithoutwalls.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Additional Job Information

• Ability to lift fifty (50) pounds. Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds.
• Ability to stand for extended periods.
• Fine motor skills
• Visual acuity
• Duties require extensive standing and walking.
• Requires lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients.
• Duties require frequent reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.