Outpatient Rehab Case Manager Full-time

Here’s What You Need

•        Bachelor’s degree in social work/counseling, Education, Physical/Occupational/Speech Therapy, Nursing or related field required.

•        3 years case management experience with 1 year in rehabilitation field Required.

•        BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required

•        Intermediate computer proficiency.

•        Ability to give instruction and clearly explain problems and solutions. Strong customer service and problem resolution skills.

•        Good organizational and time management skills.

•        Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English instructions, safety rules and guidelines.

What You Will Do

•        Performs age-appropriate patient assessment and establishing Plan of Care

•        Receives patient referral and coordinates information between physicians and therapists to facilitate determination of patient’s appropriateness for the outpatient rehab program.

•        Coordinates interdisciplinary team process and care of patient that facilitates comprehensive age-appropriate assessments of
patient’s needs, abilities, and functional limitations.

•        Ensure patient / family participation in goal setting and discharge planning.

•        Initiates therapy discharge planning in collaboration with care team, patient, and family/significant other based on prognosis and expected discharge dispositions.

•        Performs age-appropriate patient treatment.

•        Coordinates scheduling of multidisciplinary rehab therapy appointments.

•        Performs treatment procedures that are within the scope of the professional license.

•        Determine patient response to treatment and evaluate progress (reassessment).

•        Educate patients and family through instruction, demonstration, or appropriate handouts in treatment plan, safety issues, home programs/self-management and assistive equipment.

•        Communicates with physicians and interdisciplinary care team of the admission assessment process, plan of care, progress, discharge planning, after care needs and other special issues as they arise.

•        Utilizes available resources (equipment, support personnel, educational resources) to maximize efficiency and productivity and meet developmental needs.

•        Demonstrates commitment to the maintenance of a clean, safe work environment that is compliant with departmental, hospital and regulatory agency requirements.

•        Documents all aspects of assessment and plan of care, intake process and treatment sessions in accordance with departmental, TJC, Medicare, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.

•        Completes discharge summary for each patient.

•        Conduct off campus site visits to establish/maintain relationships and market external referral sources.

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Additional perks of being a Texas Health Rehab Case Manager

·        Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flexible spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan repayment program, as well as several other benefits.

·        Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

·        A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.