About the Role
The Care Management Assistant manages and optimizes patient care in collaboration with nurses and social work care managers, serving as a bridge between patients, their support people, and the healthcare team. Responsibilities include coordinating appointments, facilitating communication, educating patients about resources, and delivering notifications.
Responsibilities
- Serves as a liaison between the department and external organizations or individuals.
- Receives and prioritizes requests and transmits clinical information for service authorizations.
- Monitors the status of referrals and maintains ongoing communication.
- Requests and retrieves medical records from Health Information Management.
- Delivers routine regulatory notices to patients within the required timeframes.
- Performs clerical tasks to support care management services.
- Supports advanced care planning by delivering advance directive information and notarizes documents.
- Supports a compliant patient choice process by ensuring provider lists are current.
- Aids in transition planning by preparing transfer packets, arranging transportation, and updating resources.
- Collaborates with care managers to navigate and refer patients to community resources.
- Works closely with care managers and clinical teams to ensure patients receive comprehensive and coordinated care.
- Contributes to the monitoring and success of patient care plans and the resolution of identified social needs.
Requirements
- Demonstrated healthcare experience in a clinic or hospital setting.
- Demonstrated customer service with a focus on communications and problem resolution.
- Proficiency in advanced computer skills.
- Caregivers whose duties require them to conduct home or community visits must maintain current BLS certification, have a current driver’s license, current auto insurance, an acceptable driving record and reliable transportation.
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Medical terminology
Location
- Salt Lake City, Utah
Work Type
- PRN
- Day shift
Education Level
- Associate or bachelor’s degree
Salary/Compensations
- $20.07 - $28.59
Benefits
- Generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
About the Company
- Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer.
- At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience.
- HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you.
- While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness.
- We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules.
- Your information is safe and used only for recruitment.
- Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.
- All positions subject to close without notice.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
