Care Transition Coordinator

Division: Sales

Patient Coverage Area: Hartford

• Encompass Health’s enterprising model of the continuum of care for post-acute services sets the standards for excellence. This is evident throughout all of our care settings and office locations, as we maintain a workplace that is stable, ethical, and supportive.
• At Encompass Health, we continually invest in employees to assist in them achieving personal goals and make meaningful, measurable differences in the lives of their patients.

• Generous time off with pay for full-time employees
• Continuing education opportunities
• Scholarship program for employees and their children
• Matching 401(k) plan for all employees
• Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• Supplemental insurance policies for life, disability, as well as critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident insurance plans for full-time employees
• Flexible spending account plans for full-time employees
• Minimum essential coverage health insurance plan for all employees
• Electronic medical records & mobile devices for all clinicians
• Incentivized bonus plan

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in the process of navigating post-acute care.
• Assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate options and services with a primary goal of providing a safe transition from acute care to home for home health or hospice services.
• Integrate evidence-based clinical guidelines, preventative guidelines, protocols in development of transition plans that are patient-centered, promoting quality and efficiency in the delivery of post-acute care.
• Promote adherence to post-acute plans and ensure ordered services are completed.
• Represent Encompass in transitional care activities and strategic relationships with health systems, hospitals, inpatient facilities, and physician groups.
• Monitor execution of transitional care services through ongoing quality assurance visits with referral sources.
• Meeting and/or exceed referral and admission goals.
• Responsible for Care Transitions Program admission activity for territory, while positively impacting patient outcomes and referral source satisfaction.

Qualifications

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  Must be a graduate of an approved school of nursing or therapy and be licensed in the state of employment.
• Must have a minimum of 2-3 years field experience.
• Strong understanding of customer and market dynamics, as well as transitional care best practices.
• Good understanding of the Federal, State, and local laws and regulatory guidelines governing home health and hospice operations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact well with diverse individuals.
• Experience with territory management, strong presentation skills, performance management, building relationships, emphasizing excellence, negotiation, results driven, sales planning and execution.
• Should be self-starter who requires minimal supervision.