Home Care Specialist AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

Top Reasons To Work At AdventHealth Shawnee Mission

• Received Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in January 2019
• Providing faith-based, whole person care to Kansas City since 1962 
• Excellent health benefits, an onsite child care center and fitness facility  
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Employee Referral Program
• Largest health care provider in Johnson County with three campuses

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time, Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Work with Case Management in the acute care or community setting to help identify patients with post-acute care needs for Home Health Care.
• Participate in assessing patients for high risk of early readmission to the hospital
• Responding to requests for care from referring sources within the community in a timely matter
• Identifying clinical needs of patients so that a smooth transition of care can be planned facilitating good coordinated clinical care across the continuum
• Provide the patient/family with an informed choice of post-acute home health providers and securing their selection from the choice letter.  (Presents a list of all available post-acute home care services to patient/legal representative per federal, state, and facility guidelines and regulations).
• Obtaining information to verify insurance coverage and inform the patients
• Identifying primary and/or secondary payer of services
• Participating in establishing the plan of treatment through direct communication with the patient’s physician by obtaining specific orders of care.  May require an in person visit to the physician’s office
• Explain the function of the home health team members who will implement the plan of treatment to the patient
• Coordinating the start of care activities with the Home Health Intake nurse or other agency designees
• Provides resource to interpret Medicare home health eligibility and guidelines
• Communicate pertinent information and instructions for specific physicians order to health team members, including completion of the interdisciplinary referral
• Facilitate the recording of the face to face encounter
• Provide information to physicians and the community on the benefits and alternatives home health services can provide
• Participate in and attend appropriate staff and committee meetings
• Document patient care coordinating activities according to procedures
• Makes appropriate referrals for patients not accepted for care
• Enhances personal and professional growth through attendance at workshops, conferences, health fairs, and participating in professional organizations
• Adheres to all department policies, procedures, standards of patient care, and departmental guidelines
• Participates in the orientation of personnel
• Complete special related tasks as assigned by the Administrator
• Will be crossed trained in the community and at the hospital