Licensed Vocational Nurse / Medical Coordinator, Glendale, Ca

POSITION TITLE:        Medical Coordinator/LVN, Glendale, Ca

REPORTS TO:              Licensed Vocational Nurse Manager  

LOCATION:                 Glendale, Ca

CLASSIFICATION:       Non-Exempt, Full-Time

SALARY RANGE: $28.25 - $31.25 Hourly Rate

PERTINENT INFORMATION:

• This position to be filled as soon as possible

• Work Shift: Sunday - Thursday, 9:00AM - 5:30PM

Medical Coordinator / Licensed Vocational Nurse

The Medical Coordinator works in our Recuperative Care Program to provide post-hospital care, while creating a healthy, safe, and home like environment for guest quality of life. Medical Coordinators have excellent bed side manners, are team players and have a “whatever it takes” attitude. The Recuperative Care Program provides quality and compassionate care and empower those we serve.

Responsibilities and Initiatives 

To help NHF meet its growth goals, the Medical Coordinator will: 

• Facilitating hospital discharge process and patient assessment/engagement to program.
• Performing medical assessment intake and discharge plan of care.
• Maintaining current guest chart via existing CRM database daily.
• Conducting medical/wellness checks, medication regimen education, preventative measures and medical insurance follow up.
• Coordinating and providing linkages for guest’s medical appointments and follow-up.
• Collaborate with Intake to ensure appropriate eligible to recuperative services and admission of required DMEs and Home Health needs.
• Participating in weekly internal and external case conferencing, board review team meetings, monthly staff meetings, trainings, and in-services.
• Provide advocacy on guest behalf when needed and in tandem with LVN manager instructions.
• Ability to adequately manage caseload of a minimum 15 guest with flexibility to manage 20 or more to meet the needs of the facility (i.e., vacancies, PTO etc.)
• Tracking and completing guest information on existing database specific to progress and plan of care.
• Performing administrative tasks such as charting, guest summaries and answering phones.
• Complete additional tasks/duties as required to meet the needs of the facility, not to impede primary responsibilities.
• Always follow NHF policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Current LVN License or bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• Current American Heart Association BLS (CPR/First Aid/AED)
• Up-to-date TB test and immunizations.
• Recent work experience with homeless patients (preferred).
• Bilingual in Spanish (preferred).
• Proven ability to stay calm and focused when working under stressful situations.
• Experience working with substance abuse and dually diagnosed guests, as well as patients from diverse socio-economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Reliable transportation and if applicable, current auto insurance.
• Effective communication and social skills are essential to build and maintain relationships with guests and fellow employees.
• Proven ability to meet challenging deadlines, prioritize and organize effectively.
• Computer proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, web browser and proficient typing skills.

Physical Requirements

The duties as described will required frequent standing and walking, as well as extended sitting. The employee will frequently bend/stoop, squat, reach above the shoulders, twist, and turn, kneel, and push/pull. The employee will frequently be required to lift/pull/push/move up to 50 pounds. Must utilize conversational speech for effective verbal communication. Noise level is high in some guest care areas.  Must be able to hear equipment alarms, overhead pages, and direct verbal communication.

Benefits

PROGRAMS

National Health Foundation is addressing the social determinants of health using several research-proven strategies. We are targeting Food Access, with an emphasis on increasing the availability of health and fresh foods in under-resourced communities, Housing, with a focus on providing shelter and care for individuals who have been released from the hospital, the Built Environment, prioritizing the removal of the barriers to health in the Historic South Los Angeles community, and Education, with a focus on risk prevention and support for pregnant and parenting teens to complete their education. For further details on the programs, please visit our site at: http://nationalhealthfoundation.org.