Rehab Coordinator, UPMC Presbyterian

Job ID: 5434042586 Status: Full-Time Regular/Temporary: Regular Shift: Day Job Facility: UPMC Mercy Department: Rehab Network Location: 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA Union Position: No Salary Range: $ 31.
91-52.
15 USD UPMC is searching for a full-time nurse for our Rehab Coordinator role! This salaried position will work out of UPMC Presbyterian Hospital (200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213) with Monday-Friday daylight hours, and occasional rotating Saturdays.
No nights or holidays are required! In this role, you will help identify potential inpatient rehab candidates in acute care settings and coordinate the transition to our UPMC inpatient rehab locations.
There is no direct patient care in this position, and you can look the part while wearing business casual dress code! UPMC Rehabilitation Institue is ranked #7 in the nation for Rehab Services by the U.
S.
News and World Report.
We invite you to join this nationally recognized team and make a difference at UPMC! A BSN is required for this position as well as at least 4 years of previous experience in a rehab, skilled nursing or acute care setting.
The Rehab Coordinator assesses patients to evaluate for medical appropriateness to an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
The Rehab Coordinator works with the multi-disciplinary team in resource management, discharge planning, and care facilitation to coordinate the admission of appropriate patients into a UPMC inpatient rehab facility.
Promotes the achievement of facility census requirements through direct contacts and appropriate referral sources.
Responsibilities: Provide education about services, facilities and resources of UPMC Rehabilitation Institute for patients and their families; physicians, case managers, social workers, PNCC’s and others.
Solicit feedback from UPMC rehabilitation, case management leadership and social work service regarding rehabilitation resource needs and make recommendations for service improvement.
Review patient records and obtain any relevant patient information, assessing for patient appropriateness and medical stability to facilitate a timely admission and transfer to an appropriate UPMC inpatient rehab.
Conduct on-site assessments and identify potential rehabilitation candidates for appropriateness and medical stability for admission to the inpatient rehabilitation within UPMC.
Work in collaboration with PM&R department as necessary to obtain necessary documentation to support inpatient rehab admission, to facilitate discharge recommendations and to augment peer to peer review.
Maintain accurate daily logs of patients referred and complete monthly status report within designated time frame.
Attend meetings and designated training sessions in order to maintain current knowledge of all payer and regulatory requirements, UPMC Rehabilitation Institute policies and procedures, and community resources.
Ensures compliance with all payer and government regulations.
Serves as a role model of excellent customer service.
Initiate and participate in performance improvement initiatives.
Assist in preadmission care planning.
Identifying and recommending special equipment needs and precautions to assure safe continuum of care and making recommendations regarding cost-effective and appropriate admission orders.
Complete documentation and paperwork related to patient admissions accurately and within the acceptable time frame.
Establish and maintain UPMC rehabilitation resource and education stations/locations.
Place and distribute brochures, posters, and other materials as needed.
Distribute UPMC promotional items for marketing to internal and external referral sources.
Make sales and census development contacts while in the hospital and with other referral sources and achieve associated admission goals.
Work with UPMC staff to facilitate a seamless transition for patients and families to inpatient acute rehabilitation.
Addresses complex clinical and social situations efficiently in order to avoid unnecessary delays in discharge from acute care to inpatient rehab or other post-acute setting.
Proactively identifies barriers to discharge and works with care management, PMR and multi-disciplinary team to facilitate discharge.
Develop and maintain knowledge of the inpatient rehabilitation and services within UPMC.
Coordinate and communicate patient information via telephone, fax, electronic means or other mechanisms to an appropriate designated intake person at the accepting facility while maintaining confidentiality and privacy in compliance with HIPPA guidelines.
Qualifications: Graduate of accredited school of professional nursing BSN required or UPMC approved certification in Rehab 4 years previous experience in a physical rehabilitation setting, skilled nursing setting or other equivalent and/or acute care experience required Experience in Marketing preferred.
Strong computer skills and the ability to work independently, multi-task and problem-solve.
Knowledge of various health insurance policies.
Professional oral and written communication skills.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external referral sources.
Ability to market the UPMC rehabilitation services and programs to interested internal and external referral sources.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
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