Details
- Department: Actue Rehab/Med Surg
- Schedule: Day shift, 40hrs/wk, Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm with the potential for one week-end shift periodically. This is a FLOAT position that will have travel between Sacred Heart Hospital - Mequon, WI, Elmbrook Hospital - Brookfield, WI and St. Joseph Hospial, Milwaukee WI
- Hospital: Sacred Heart Rehab, Elmbrook, St. Joseph
- Location: Mequon, WI (Various)
*** THIS IS A FLOAT POSITION THAT WILL TRAVEL BETWEEN VARIOUS ASCENSION LOCATIONS
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and facilitate patient admissions or transfers according to patient acuity, bed availability, and required services.
- Collaborate with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members to place patient in appropriate level of care to achieve desired outcomes.
- Coordinate as liaison between physician requestors for consultants and specialty consultants.
- Initiate care management process including pre-registration and insurance verification.
- Stay informed of changes in managed care and communicate procedural and financial impact to admitting physicians during the reservation/scheduling process.
- Review medical reports from referring hospitals or physician offices and relay information to nursing unit.
- Develop relationships with referral sources and admission decision makers.
- Maintain documentation of communications with physician/service referrals for legal, medical, statistical, and process improvement purposes.
- Follow up with referring entities for ease of access, marketing, evaluation and quality improvement.
- Coordinate education and development of internal staff and external departments to ensure understanding of intake review and approval process.
Requirements
Licensure / Certification / Registration:
- BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
- Registered Nurse credentialed from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Licensure from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing OR current home state license if considered multi-state/Compact State.
Education:
- Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing OR required professional licensure at time of hire.
Additional Preferences
Previous experience with inpatient rehab preferred. Comfortable working in an electronic health record to review medical status of patients. An ability to assess a patient, review the electronic health record and with knowledge of the inpatient rehab standards. Confidently make a recommendation to an MD to admit or deny the patient. Exceptional time management and communication skills highly preferred.
Why Join Our Team
Ascension Wisconsin has been providing rewarding careers to healthcare professionals since 1848. Operating 17 hospital campuses and over 100 related healthcare facilities from Racine to Appleton, you will find opportunities that allow you to create a career path you love, all while delivering compassionate, personalized care to the communities we serve.
Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.
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