Discharge Planner

Overview

Shifts Available: Days

Employment Type: Full-Time 

Hours:8-hour – 8:00am to 5:00pm

Location: Knapp Medical Center - Weslaco, TX

 

We are seeking a Discharge Planner, sometimes referred to as a Hospital Discharge Planner, Patient Care Coordinator or a Patient Services Coordinator in our Social Work Services Department. As a Discharge Planner, you will support patients, families, and the healthcare staff. The Discharge Planner work goes beyond clinical care to address the psychosocial, emotional, and practical needs of patients during hospitalization and after discharge. 

 

 

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

 

Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years.  More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people.  For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org

 

Responsibilities

Responsible for the coordination of the various activities of the Case Management Department under the direction of the assigned Case Manager/Social Worker assist with development and implementations of discharge plans. Assists with case management referrals and authorizations. Maintains and coordinates Medicaid state submission forms for presentation to on-site reviewer and files them accordingly or as per facility’s procedure.  Assists with Discharge Planning as assigned by interviewing patients/families and gathering data to develop a safe patient-focused Discharge Plan. 

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Required qualifications

1.     Knowledge of Discharge Planning/ Utilization Management / Case Management terminology and functions, in both managed care and non-managed care environments.

2.     Experience in basic to intermediate computer skills/knowledge.

3.     High School Diploma required.

 

Preferred qualifications:

 

1.     Current BCLS certificate required upon hire and maintain current preferred.

2.     Associates degree or LVN license preferred.

3.     Experience in the hospital setting preferred.

 

 

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Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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