UTILIZATION SPECIALIST-E.D.

Southwest General; Middleburg Heights (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest General is seeking a full-time Utilization Specialist for the Emergency Department in Middleburg Heights, Ohio. The candidate will collaborate with physicians and manage patient status recommendations effectively.

This role requires a minimum of five years of clinical nursing experience and a BSN degree is preferred. The Utilization Specialist must possess critical thinking skills and current Ohio State licensure.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of recent experience in clinical nursing.
• Previous experience in Utilization Review or Case Management preferred.
• Current licensure by Ohio State Board of Nursing required.

Responsibilities

• Formulate patient status recommendations for observation or inpatient status.
• Ensure the daily surgery schedule is accurate and up to date.
• Facilitate quality health care delivery through assessments and education.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Clinical nursing experience

Education

BSN degree

Job description

Schedule, Shift, Hours: FULL-TIME, Varied Shifts, Monday - Friday Varied Shifts

The utilization specialist in the Emergency Department (ED) will formulate a patient status recommendation for observation or inpatient status, after thorough review of patient assessments during the workup process and collaborate with the ED physicians. This role will also ensure that the daily surgery schedule is up to date and with correct status and coding. Accurate and efficient application of screening criteria will be applied to identify and support patients being placed in the appropriate hospital level of care via emergency, scheduled or direct admission processes. Combines clinical, business, and regulatory knowledge and skill to reduce significant financial risk and exposure caused by concurrent and retrospective denial of payments for services provided. Through continuous assessments, problem identification, and education, the utilization specialist facilitates the quality of health care delivery in the most cost-effective manner. The utilization specialist must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide services appropriate to age groups according to specific chronological age, developmental age, and/or psycho-social maturity. The utilization specialist will work collaboratively with management, staff, and departments involved in the patient’s plan of care. The utilization specialist’s responsibility is to collect data and clinical review summaries on patients concurrently for both utilization review and quality assessment. The utilization data and clinical summaries are shared with insurance companies to obtain certification of days and prevent denial of payment for services. Utilization specialists will communicate with physicians, hospital staff, outside agencies such as insurance companies, and patients regarding assigned level of care and associated resource utilization.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN graduate preferred.

Required length and type of experience: Minimum of five (5) years of recent experience in clinical nursing or related nursing fields. (e.g., Utilization Review or Case Management)

Previous Care Management, Case Management or Utilization Management Experience preferred.

Previous experience with screening criteria (i.e., Interqual, MCG) preferred.

Excellent critical thinking and communication skills

Required licensure, certification or registry: Current licensure by Ohio State Board of Nursing.