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SUMMARY: Broadstep has been serving the community since 1972. We’re a diverse team of first-class healthcare professionals supporting the IDD community with care, consideration, and advocacy. We currently have an opportunity for a Clinical Coordinator. This role is responsible to assist the Clinical Director/Manager and coordinates clinical competencies. The Clinical Coordinator collaborates with clinical managers, physicians, nursing team members, education departments, residential department to assist with development of care provided to individuals.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist, understand and execute Broadstep’s mission, philosophy, and clinical policies.

• Monitors delivery of care by completing individual reviews; documenting care; identifying progress toward desired care outcomes; intervening to overcome deviations in the expected plan of care; reviewing the care plan with individuals in conjunction with the direct care providers; interacting with involved departments to negotiate and expedite scheduling and completion of tests, procedures, and consults; reporting personnel and performance issues to the program manager; maintaining ongoing communication with utilization review staff regarding variances from the care plan or transfer/discharge plan.

• Communicate with clinical and management teams to execute and direct individual care services.

• Coordinate with all clinical disciplines to offer optimum individual care by using all resources.

• Develop and communicate with team members, individuals, and management effectively and professionally.

• Respects individuals by recognizing their rights; maintaining confidentiality.

• Review medication, treatment log, medication discrepancy reports and treatment audit for accuracy.

• Performs all duties within HIPAA regulations.

• Implement policy and procedures across the healthcare facility.

• Complete timely and accurate documentation of individual visits, guardian contacts and any other services provided.

• Must successfully complete all required trainings identified in the subsidiary’s specific training curriculum prior to the start date in the program and within six months according to Broadstep’s training policies. Also, must successfully complete all components of the On-the-Job (“OJT”) Training/Onboarding Experience and yearly Continuing Education (“CE”) courses based on program/licensing/contractual requirements.

• Provide and ensure the complete service delivery in a healthy and safe manner that supports Broadstep’s vision, mission and values.

• Ensure the integration and implementation of all Broadstep and subsidiary policies, procedures, state-specific regulatory requirements, contract stipulations and accreditation standards, including but not limited to:

• Knowledge that abuse (physical, sexual, verbal/psychological), neglect, exploitation and misappropriation and other code of ethics violations are against the law and company code of conduct. The team member must be able to implement all facets of the company’s Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Misappropriation policy, including the responsibility of being a mandatory reporter. Per state requirements and company policy, team members will report immediately to the state licenser, appropriate company personnel and external contacts, and they will fully participate in all stages of an investigation pertaining to suspected abuse by team members, parents and others. Additionally, the team member must comply with any external (County, State or Federal) investigation or inspection. Team Members in IL and NJ are required to contact state reporting agencies immediately;

• Knowledge of all individual rights and the ability to identify, intervene and report appropriately when observing a violation;

• Knowledge of the confidentiality policy and HIPAA laws, and always apply the practices governing those policies and legislation;

• Knowledge of the subsidiary-implemented crisis intervention programs and be able to implement all protocols as identified in the individual’s treatment plan;

• Knowledge of all company transportation procedures and operates all personal and company vehicles in accordance with those policies;

• Knowledge of all company crisis/emergency plans and applies that knowledge during each test drill and actual crisis situation.

• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA) in Nursing Human Services related field.

• Certificates, licenses and registrations required: CPR.

• One year of experience working with individuals with IDD.

• Working knowledge of HIPAA regulations.

• Ability to work under pressure and react effectively to emergency situations.

• Excellent documentation, communication and IT skills.

• Passionate about clinical excellence.

• Computer skills required: Microsoft Office Suite; Clinical Systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Continually remain active, alert and able to respond to all scenarios.
• Possess the ability to perform and personally apply the state-specific crisis intervention program and CPR/First Aid skills in their entirety in trainings and actual events.

• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel or crawl, and exposed to bloodborne and airborne pathogens or infectious materials.
• Continually required to stand, walk, sit, to utilize hand and finger dexterity, and required to talk or hear.
• While performing the duties of this job, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
• The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $40,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call

Experience:

• Caregivers & Care Facility Occupations: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple Locations