Pine Park Health is hiring a
RN

Summary

The Registered Nurse at Geriatric Specialty Care of Reno is responsible for managing and coordinating patient care in collaboration with the primary care provider. The role involves triaging phone calls, coordinating services, reviewing lab results, managing medication orders, and participating in overall program development.

Requirements

• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Tech savvy
• Demonstrates initiative toward problem solving
• Must be able to interface with providers and work closely with IDT members
• Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a nurse (preferably in case management, home health, community nursing or skilled/long term care.)
• Current unrestricted nursing license in the state of Nevada, California and/or Arizona

Responsibilities

• Functions as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) to coordinate patient care to promote positive health outcomes
• Is responsible to clinically triage all phone calls from providers, patients, caregivers and other outside agencies
• Coordinates services with insurance system and the community for benefits to promote the most appropriate disposition of the patient to meet the needs of the patient, family and insurance company when able
• Daily review of lab and diagnostic test results, reviews with providers and contacts patient or the responsible party with results and reviews plan of care
• Daily tasks include managing medication and lab orders, admitting patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNF), coordinating durable medical equipment (DME), and following up on the status of orders and diagnostics
• Provides daily Chronic Care Management for all eligible GSC patients and documents all CCM time
• Develops, implements and monitors Chronic Care Management Patient Centered Care Plans
• Provides Transitional Care for all GSC patients discharged from one level of care to another (acute care, skilled care, live discharge from hospice)
• Coordinates care with the following: acute care case management, ER’s, skilled nursing facilities, discharge planners, home health, hospice, EMS
• Participates in overall program development and adherence to policies, procedures, processes, state and federal regulations
• Acts as a resource to internal and external customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefer knowledge of chronic care and / or geriatric related diseases and treatment options
• A strong preference is given to candidates who have knowledge of state and federal assisted living requirements and regulations, as well as experience with hospice and end-of-life care

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401k
• Flexible spending account
• Uniform Reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Paid time off