Intake Coordinator

Company: Encompass Health
Location: Rocky Hill
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Division: Home Health

Are you in search of a new career opportunity where you are the connection? If so, now is the time to choose Encompass Health as your employer. The Home Health & Hospice division of Encompass Health is hiring!

As a national leader across home health, hospice, and inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, Encompass Health is consistently ranked as a top best-place-to-work in the communities we serve. Our philosophy of delivering a better way to care exemplifies our commitment to quality, compassionate care for our patients, all while fostering a unique culture that is compassionate and collaborative.

• Encompass Health's enterprising model of the continuum of care for post-acute services sets the standards for excellence. This is evident throughout all of our care settings and office locations, as we maintain a workplace that is stable, ethical, and supportive.
• At Encompass Health, we continually invest in employees to assist in them achieving personal goals and make meaningful, measurable differences in the lives of their patients.

Ever-mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, Encompass Health offers benefits that encourage lifestyle choices that keep you healthy and happy. Subject to employee eligibility, some benefits, tools, and resources include:

• Generous time off with pay for full-time employees
• Continuing education opportunities
• Scholarship program for employees and their children
• Matching 401(k) plan for all employees
• Comprehensive insurance plans for medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time employees
• Supplemental insurance policies for life, disability, as well as critical illness, hospital indemnity and accident insurance plans for full-time employees
• Flexible spending account plans for full-time employees
• Minimum essential coverage health insurance plan for all employees
• Electronic medical records & mobile devices for all clinicians
• Incentivized bonus plan

Responsibilities

The Intake Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination of Agency referrals and scheduling for Medicare and non-Medicare clients under the direct supervision of the Administrator. The Intake Coordinator is a resource person for referral sources, and works closely with other members of the team to ensure adequate coordination and transition occurs to home health services. The Intake Coordinator should have extensive knowledge of the regulatory guidelines governing home health admissions.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an approved school of professional nursing, RN or LVN/ LPN and licensed in the state in which he / she currently practices.
• Must possess a minimum of two years nursing experience in the health care industry and one year experience in home health.
• Must understand the issues related to the delivery of home health services and be able to problem solve effectively.
• Must possess knowledge of the Medicare guidelines governing home health agencies.
• Currently licensed in the State of employment.

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