11/03/2016
Job Title Care Co-ordinator (Registered Nurse)
Key Purpose
The Coordinator would play a key role in an integrated funder-provider programme designed to co-ordinate the care of a carefully selected group of DH members by actively identifying patients that meet our clinical entry criteria. The Coordinator would facilitate the care of these patients in an appropriate facility in collaboration with the referring doctor, patient, family and Scheme. This requires the building and maintaining of excellent relationship with facility staff and patients.
Key Outputs
The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to:
• Perform health assessments on patients in order to identify individual patient risk factors
• Perform interventions as pre-defined to influence individual patient risk
• Monitor patient progress through ongoing patient interaction
• Promote behavior change to ensure greater treatment compliance and condition management
• Coordinate the integration of care including social services
• Authorising of admissions/ treatment as per agreed protocols
• Regular liaising and communication with the care team (Including physicians, hospital, family members, counselors and admin staff)
• Assistance in the documentation of clinical information
• Maintain relationships between the acute hospital, the specialists and the rehabilitation facility and Discovery Health
Personal Attributes:
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work closely within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Passion for disease management
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently (self driver)
• Drive to improve patient care
• Ability to recognize boundaries and limitations
Qualifications & Experience
The following requirements are essential:
• Registered Nurse
• Valid SANC Registration
• 5 years industry experience with a minimum of 2 or more of the following:
• Clinical Nursing Experience
• Care Management or similar experience
• Multidisciplinary team experience
• Valid drivers license and own transport
• Microsoft Office
The following requirements are Advantageous:
• Exposure to sub-acute /rehabilitation
• 1 year Pre-Auth consultant, Pre-Auth Specialist or Clinical CRM Experience
If you meet the above requirements please send your CV to [email protected]
