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　　At Rochester Regional Health, we are dedicated to getting health care right. Our robust benefits and total rewards foster employee wellbeing, professional development and personal growth. We care for your career while caring for the community.

　　Pension PlanRetirement PlanComprehensive Benefits PackageTuition ReimbursementBenefits Effective Date of HireSame Day Pay through Daily PaySUMMARY

　　This position provides support to the social work and care management teams at both RGH and Unity Hospitals. The work assigned to the role aligns with organizational goals of reducing length of stay and increasing throughput from emergency room to disposition. The Placement Coordinator serves as the subject matter expert in discharge planning; including discharges to home, home with services, skilled nursing facility for long term care and skilled nursing facility for rehabilitative services. The Placement Coordinator is responsible of knowing barriers to discharge, insurance regulations and how insurance affects discharge planning, financial and legal barriers and the RRH standards of operations procedure regarding issuance of HINNs, Legal involvement and Financial Case Management referrals.

　　STATUS: Full Time

　　LOCATION: Rochester General Hospital and Unity Hospital

　　DEPARTMENT: Care Management

　　SCHEDULE: Weekdays, 8am-4:30pm, flexibility required

　　ATTRIBUTES

　　One year of work experience in a health care settingRESPONSIBILITIES

　　Collaboration with Nursing Facilities. Coordinates on-site evaluations of the patients by nursing home personnel visiting the hospital. Also keeps a concurrent awareness of the nursing home bed status of each of the nursing homes in the region and others outside the region as needed. Coordinate with community facilities regarding special programs, incentives, specialized units, and update the care team regularly of changes.Communication and Documentation. Negotiates bed offers for all of the patients on the system list awaiting placement and communicates those offers to the unit social workers. Completes all documentation that is required in the medical record that indicates the hospital's attempt to place the patient. Assigns themselves to patients being followed for discharge in Care Port. Will receive notifications when bed offers are placed by facilities, when more information is needed, and when the bed is booked by unit social worker. Will review system lists daily for patients that are needing SNF referrals and place referrals to Financial Case Management for consulting. Monitors the need for additional choices and requests them from the unit social worker.Management of Data. Assess throughput and capacity via reports and system lists at both RGH and Unity. Develop running list of patients with complex discharges and barriers needed to be resolved. Identifies and reports to staff all barriers being reported that may affect discharge planning. Maintain a list of facilities with current bed capacity and updates for any facility requiring holds on admissions for the day. Maintains a data collection process for reporting purposes. Leadership will be able to request data on placement information, number of referrals out to facilities, names of nursing homes currently referred out to, acceptances and declinations of bed offers, legal involvement and if so, which step is patient's case currently on. Reports will also include LOS, barriers to discharge, wasted bed days, and interventions exhausted. Represent the Placement Office at Department and hospital meetings. Provide status reports as required for monitoring success and challengesPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: S - Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

　　PAY RANGE: $55,500.00 - $70,000.00

　　The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for successful applicants. It may be modified in the future. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

　　Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran

　　Minimum Salary: 55500.00Maximum Salary: 70000.00Salary Unit: Yearly