Registered Nurse, Home Health Care Intake Nurse Traveling Position at NYU Langone Health System Job Listing at DirectEmployers in New York, NY (Job ID 4209235-2024-08-04)

Description

NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.For more information, go to, and interact with us onLinkedIn,Glassdoor,Indeed,Facebook,Twitter,YouTubeandInstagram.

Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Registered Nurse, Home Health Care Intake Nurse Traveling Position. In this role, the successful candidate Responsible for the planning to admit the patient to the Agency. Completes a comprehensive assessment of patients referred to the Agency forHome care services fromHospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehab facilities and from the community. Determines and ensures client eligibility and authorization to receive requested services and notifies all pertinent staff of approval or denial of requests.

Job Responsibilities:

• Establishes and completes a realistic assessment and discharge plan based on patientfamily needs and abilities.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Demonstrates caring behaviors towards patients, caregivers, co-workers and other health care team members.
• Assists agency leadership in achieving corporate goals, improving quality of patient care outcomes and patient satisfaction. Participates in quality assessment and performance improvement initiatives.
• Complete and provide accurate, complete and timely documentation reflecting intake coordination for patients referred to the Agency from hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehab facilities and the community based on Federal, Department of Health and The Joint Commission requirements. Ensures timely flow of information to optimize operations (for example: referrals, ordering equipment, interviews, etc.)
• Identifies and assesses for potential or actual safety riskshazardsbarriers that block ability for optimal functioning.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team to discuss issues impeding optimal functioning andor smooth transition to home. Liaison for clinicians with managed care organization to acquire authorization for services needed.
• Takes responsibility for obtaining accurate, pertinent information from health care record (hospital, skilled nursing facilities, rehab facilities and primary physicians)patientcaregiver to create a smooth transition and individualized plan of care in home environment. Assesses for improved safety by ordering DME as needed, providing private hire lists for assistance in ADL functions and explains third party payor reimbursement for home health services.

Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Associate's Degree Nursing. Current NYS Registered Nurse License. 1 - 2 years Acute Care Facility orHomeHealth,Hospice and/or Long TermHomeHealth Program. Excellent communication skills (both oral & written), interpersonal, critical thinking and organization skills. Proficiency with computers.

Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree Nursing.

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