UR Case Manager (LVN) Psych Hospital

Glendora-Hospital; Glendora (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Glendora Hospital is expanding its care coordination team. The UR Case Manager will facilitate care along a continuum, coordinating discharge planning, and ensuring access to appropriate resources for patients in California.

The role requires an LVN license and a compassionate, team-oriented approach, with HIPAA compliance knowledge. The perfect candidate will collaborate with physicians, therapists, and community providers to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• LVN license required.
• Knowledge of confidentiality and HIPAA regulations.
• Experience coordinating discharge planning and post-acute care.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with physicians, therapists, treatment team, and patient to develop continuing care plans.
• Makes telephone calls, faxes, copies and coordinates discharge plans.
• Provides aftercare options and discusses options with patient and/or family.
• Collects releases of information to research and refer to services.
• Maintains timely and accurate records.
• Initiates contact with referral sources and providers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Coordinates admissions to secondary hospitals and other placements as needed.
• Schedules follow-up appointments with psychiatrist and therapist for outpatient care.
• Researches and updates provider and facility lists.
• Maintains an up-to-date referral and resource database.

Skills

HIPAA compliance

Care coordination

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

LVN license

Job description

Glendora Hospital is proud to be part of College Hospitals and is expanding rapidly. We are dedicated to the highest quality of customer services delivered with a sense of warmth friendliness and organizational pride. Become part of a team that provides a respectful environment, flexibility, a tight knit group and autonomy to utilize your knowledge and experience.

The UR Case Manager is responsible to facilitate care along a continuum through effective resource coordination through discharge to help patients achieve optimal health, access to care and appropriate utilization of resources, balanced with the patient’s resources and right to self-determination. Shall have knowledge and experience of confidentiality and compliance with HIPAA regulations.

LVN license required.

Job Specific Accountabilities

• Collaborates with the physicians, therapists, treatment team, and patient in order to develop effective continuing care plans for patients.
• Makes telephone calls, faxing, copying and coordinating discharge plans.
• Provides patients with reasonable aftercare options and discusses options with the patient individually and/or with family, as requested by the patient.
• Collects releases of information to accurately research and refer to services.
• Maintains timely and accurate records.
• Initiates contact with referral sources, community mental health providers, physicians, nursing homes, residential treatment facilities, and other placement options to facilitate continuity of care.
• Coordinates admissions to secondary hospitals, treatment centers, nursing homes, and other placement as needed.
• Schedules follow up appointments with psychiatrist and therapist for continued treatment as an outpatient whenever possible
• Actively researches and updates provider, treatment facility lists.
• Maintains an up-to-date referral, contact, and resource database.

Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for Glendora Hospital roles, including but not limited to shift differential and other special pay practices, etc. The posted compensation for the position is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay that Glendora Hospital in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting.

EEO Statement

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