Hybrid Community Educator and Post Acute Care Coordinator
| Company | Alternate Solutions Health Network |
|---|---|
| Location | Piketon, OH, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Associate’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level |
Requirements
- Healthcare sales experience, preferably in homecare or hospice
- A high degree of creativity, and a proven sales track record
- Ability to create positive impressions and communicate with a variety of people
- Maintain effective communication with patients, families, physicians and co-workers
- Presents self in a highly professional manner
- Ability to make appropriate judgments
- Ability to identify a situation and handle it with the best possible solution
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to take initiative, attain targets and meet deadlines
- Disciplined style of work ethic
- Associate degree with a minimum of two (2) years’ experience; or a combination thereof. Licensed in state of services as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Social Worker.
Responsibilities
- Educate those in the healthcare field regarding the Company services; i.e.: physician’s offices, long-term care facilities, rehabs and hospitals
- Develop and maintain relationships with all healthcare professionals in the surrounding communities
- Create awareness in the community of the need and benefits of home healthcare services
- Network and attend business organizations on behalf of the Company
- Develop and organize educational programs for the community and healthcare workers
- Maintain existing accounts
- Educate clients and prepare them for services
- Coordinate new referral admission process to ease transition by working closely with the Company internal staff
- Follow-up with referrals to assess how service is going through phone calls, letters and visits
- Prepare weekly marketing reports for supervisor
- Prepare monthly expense reports
- Set weekly, monthly and yearly goals in obtaining new accounts, referrals and customers
- Attends in-service trainings and mandatory agency meetings
- Maintains a professional appearance as a representative of the company
- Attend on-going educational seminars to keep updated on new trends in Medicare, Medicaid, Home Healthcare policies, etc.
- Identifies future patients and determines home care eligibility
- Reviews patient insurances and medical documentation
- Coordinates health care services as ordered by the attending physician
- Ensures coordination of all ancillary services patient following discharge
- Participates in care conferences and coordination of case management
- Functions as a resource nurse/social worker for your patients
- Increases awareness of services offered
- Services account(s) to maintain facility relationships
- Assists hospital/facility personnel in the discharge planning process
- Builds and maintains lasting positive relationships with patients/clients, facility/hospital personnel, physicians, and any other team members
- Notifies the referring facility manager before contacting patients
- Promotes well-being of patients as a part of the facility team(s)
- Participates in Care Integration meetings
- Attends in-service trainings and mandatory company meeting
- Time allocation of 70% to Community Educator and 30% to Post Acute Care Coordinator (Subject to change based on the staffing needs of the agency).
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.