Care Transition Coordinator - RN or LVN

Encompass Health - Home Health & Hospice is searching for a Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT) to join our team as a Care Transition Coordinator.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist patients in the process of navigating post-acute care.
• Assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate options and services with a primary goal of providing a safe transition from acute care to home for home health or hospice services.
• Integrate evidence-based clinical guidelines, preventative guidelines, protocols in development of transition plans that are patient-centered, promoting quality and efficiency in the delivery of post-acute care.
• Promote adherence to post-acute plans and ensure ordered services are completed.
• Represent Encompass in transitional care activities and strategic relationships with health systems, hospitals, inpatient facilities, and physician groups.
• Monitor execution of transitional care services through ongoing quality assurance visits with referral sources.
• Meeting and/or exceed referral and admission goals.
• Clinical liaison responsible for care transitions program admission activity for territory, while positively impacting patient outcomes and referral source satisfaction.

Qualifications

The right person for this role will be a Registered Nurse (RN) or Physical Therapist (PT) that is goal driven, sales motivated, and has previous home health or hospice experience.

• Must be a graduate of an approved school of nursing or therapy and be licensed in the state of employment.
• Must have a minimum of 2-3 years field experience.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics, as well as transitional care best practices.
• Good understanding of the Federal, State, and local laws and regulatory guidelines governing home health and hospice operations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact well with diverse individuals.
• Experience with territory management, strong presentation skills, performance management, building relationships, emphasizing excellence, negotiation, results driven, sales planning and execution.
• Should be self-starter who requires minimal supervision.
• Previous experience in home health or healthcare sales is preferred.