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•Assesses new patient clinical notes and develops plan of care. •Assesses the educational needs of patients and develops and implements teaching strategies. •Communicates and collaborates with patient/significant others/providers/payers to coordinate services that improve access to appropriate services across the continuum of care and which promotes optimal health.•Processes insurance authorizations and extension requests. Issue NOMNC’s, provide MCD LOCD to patient, issue rate letters or SNFABN, and process patient insurance disenrollment.•Complete admission and discharge assessments, care plan, and Medicare secondary payer assessment.•Facilitate discharge, obtain scripts, order DME, send referrals in Allscripts, assist in establishing a PCP, arrange transportation, call in medications.•Attend accounts receivable meeting, therapy meeting, and lead IDT meeting.•Complete MDS discharge section.•Schedule and lead care conferences.

•Ensures that employees receive compliance training and education necessary to perform their job responsibilities in accordance with Company Code of Conduct.•Provides education to team members including conducting required in-services.•Develops and conducts an orientation program for new, rehired and contract employees.•Provides hands-on clinical orientation and instruction to licensed and unlicensed personnel.•Monitors employee performance and takes necessary action for compliance issues.•Manages the Employee Health program.•Performs general management functions such as interviewing, disciplining and evaluating employees.•Works with the Director of Nursing (DNS), ensures clinical competency of nursing staff through observed skills evaluation, and conducts annual competency assessments for licensed nursing staff and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs).•Collecting, analyzing, line listing and providing infection data and trends to nursing staff and health care practitioners. Consulting on infection risk assessment, prevention, and control strategies•Providing education and training; and implementing evidence-based infection control practices, including those mandated by regulatory and licensing agencies, and guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

•Implementing, training, monitoring and reporting on infection control, immunizations, employee health, biomedical equipment and safety practices across over 18 Cherry Health sites.•Infection control education, implementation, monitoring, mock audits and committee participation.•Immunization classes, training and monitoring, including health department liaison and vaccine inventory. Completing VFC and MCIR mock audits. •Employee health maintenance and tracking including new employee, annual TB, flu, & hepatitis B administration for over 900 employees.•Implementing, monitoring and maintaining annual employee TB and flu clinics.•Oversight of biomedical equipment and CLIA lab monitoring in partnership with site-based leaders and the purchasing officer. Educating and competency employees on new equipment and supplies.•Evaluating and educating new employees with basic clinical skills, CLIA lab equipment, PPE, and injections techniques. •Sensaphone and datalogger installation, troubleshooting and monitoring. •Safety program maintenance in partnership with the safety officer. Safety committee participation, site preparedness with crash bags, oxygen tanks, and AED’s. Performing quarterly mock safety audits. •Keeping abreast of all pertinent federal, state and Cherry Health regulations, laws, policies and clinical guidelines in compliance with FQHC, AAHC, HRSA, CDC and OSHA.•Revising policies, procedures, and competencies in compliance with current recommendations, guidelines and best practices of APIC, OSHA, CDC.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Assess, screen, triage and perform treatment ordered for patients.Complete detailed and comprehensive data collection upon clinical intake.Perform medical treatment as ordered by provider or established MedExpress standing orders.Prepare and assist licensed medical provider with dispensing prescribed medications.Prepare and administer all prescribed medications including, but not limited to, IV medications and fluid administration, IM, SQ, PO, and intradermal medication administration.Assists the provider with examinations, procedures and other duties.Oversee and coordinate the daily patient care flow, assisting and participating in all aspects of patient care for all patients within the center.Complete occupational health testing including such services as urine drug screens, breath alcohol testing, hair testing and physicals.Apply the use of logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions and approaches to problems.Ensure the well-being of patients and for providing a positive, supportive environment for patients and other staff.Complete patient referrals daily.Assist the provider with calling patients and informing them of normal lab and imaging results reviewed by the provider.Proper, concise and complete EMR documentation and/or paper based documentation for all assessments and procedures.Comply with and follow policies and procedures as outlined by MedExpress.Maintains HIPAA compliance at all times.Other duties as assigned such as new models of care and new types of procedures, etc.•Maintain certification to perform DOT UDS, BAT, hair testing, and other occupational health services as assigned, and support clinical staff as they also meet their obligation to maintain certification and provide services.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bachelor Of Science In Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

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Associates Degree In Nursing, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse