FlexStaff is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) with experience in home care (CHHA) to work full-time as a Nurse Instructor for our client, a certified home care agency, located in Brooklyn, NY.
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Permanent Position.
In this role you will be taking referrals and processing appropriate home care services; as well as maintaining open lines of communication with referral sources and within the company departments.
Key Position Requirements:
- License: Active NYS RN License.
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years of nursing or intake experience in a licensed home care agency (CHHA).
- Knowledge of Allscripts a MUST
- EMR knowledge: HomeCare HomeBase (HCHB) or Careport
- Compensation: $100,000 annually
Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Screen referrals for clinical appropriateness and payer eligibility
- Triage new referrals and identify urgent clinical needs
- Review medical records, hospital summaries, and current medications
- Verify and obtain physician orders and prior authorizations as needed
- Complete timely intake documentation in the EMR
- Coordinate admission scheduling with patient/family, clinicians, and physicians
- Communicate referral details to the interdisciplinary team
- Educate patient/family on home health services, visit expectations, and patient rights
- Identify and escalate safety risks, infection control issues, or barriers to care
- Arrange or schedule initial assessments (telephonic or in-person)
- Maintain compliance with Medicare, state, and agency admission requirements
- Track referral outcomes, denials, and report trends to management
- Provide telephonic triage or on-call handoff for intake issues (if applicable)
- Train/support intake staff on screening and documentation standards
*Additional Salary Details
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget, and internal equity).