Welcome to GSC!
At Geriatric Specialty Care of Reno, we're expanding our model for caring for seniors that provides high-quality, comprehensive in-home healthcare services to seniors all across Northern Nevada. In assisted living communities or independent living communities, our team of nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, and care providers visit patients where they’re most comfortable—creating a seamless, convenient, and personalized process for seniors and their caretakers.
The Role
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the management and coordination of patient care in collaboration with the primary care provider. The nurse acts as a triage nurse, educator, facilitator and patient advocate.
What You’ll Do
- Functions as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) to coordinate patient care to promote positive health outcomes.
- Is responsible to clinically triage all phone calls from providers, patients, caregivers and other outside agencies.
- Coordinates services with insurance system and the community for benefits to promote the most appropriate disposition of the patient to meet the needs of the patient, family and insurance company when able.
- Daily review of lab and diagnostic test results, reviews with providers and contacts patient or the responsible party with results and reviews plan of care.
- Daily tasks: medication and lab orders, admit to SNF, DME, follow up on the status of orders/diagnostics, controlled and non-controlled refills, chart audit and preparation for Providers, patient and family phones calls, specialist referrals, document preparation, prior authorizations
- Provides daily Chronic Care Management for all eligible GSC patients and documents all CCM time.
- Develops, implements and monitors Chronic Care Management Patient Centered Care Plans.
- Provides Transitional Care for all GSC patients discharged from one level of care to another (acute care, skilled care, live discharge from hospice)
- Coordinates care with the following: acute care case management, ER’s, skilled nursing facilities, discharge planners, home health, hospice, EMS
- Participates in overall program development and adherence to policies, procedures, processes, state and federal regulations.
- Acts as a resource to internal and external customers.
- Assists with other duties as assigned.
What We’re Looking For
- Skills: Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. Tech savvy. Must have superb teamwork abilities, especially with communication and follow up. Demonstrates initiative toward problem solving. Must be able to interface with providers and work closely with IDT members.
- Knowledge: Prefer knowledge of chronic care and / or geriatric related diseases and treatment options. Good understanding of all state and federal regulations applicable standards. General knowledge of community resources.
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years clinical experience as a nurse (preferably in case management, home health, community nursing or skilled/long term care.)
- Licenses: Current unrestricted nursing license in the state of Nevada, California and/or Arizona.
What We Offer
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible spending accounts
- Mental health stipend
- Professional development allowance
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
Physical Requirements:
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the Company reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to which will be required in this position, employees may be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliance with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.
