Required Skills/Experience:
At least one (1) year of utilization review, case management, or discharge planning experience in an acute care hospital required unless posting specifies as a training position.
Procedural sedation experience is required.
Progressive Care, Critical Care and/or ER experience required.
Airway management required.
EKG interpretation required.
Moderate sedation required.
Sedatives and reversal medication required.
Experience with Phase II recoveries required.
Recent charge nurse experience required.

Required Credentials:
Associate's Degree in Nursing.
Graduation from an accredited registered nursing program.

Preferred Credentials:
Bachelors of Science (BS) in Nursing.

Unit Details:
Performs utilization review and discharge planning for assigned patients.
Analyzes medical records for medical necessity, level of care, and appropriate utilization of hospital services.
Provides assistance to patients and their families in planning discharge and aftercare.
Assesses needs, identifies resources to support discharge requirements, and develops formal discharge plans.
Refers cases that fail utilization screening criteria to physician reviewers.
Determines and monitors appropriate length of stay.
Screens patients for potential discharge needs.
Initiates discharge planning and facilitates discharge teaching.
Identifies resources for follow-up care and evaluates the effectiveness of discharge planning.
Participates in direct patient care by ensuring appropriate discharge information for each NICU infant.
Ensures that each infant discharged from the NICU has follow-up by a primary care physician and, when appropriate, follow-up care in a specialized program for the high-risk infant.
Determines whether an infant meets high-risk follow-up criteria, advises the parent/guardian of the process, and makes appointments at specialty clinics for the infant.
Identifies discharge needs at admission and arranges for any durable medical equipment ordered by the physician.
Ensures that each infant discharged has the opportunity to be seen by a home health agency nurse following discharge.
Refers infants to CCS when they meet qualifying criteria and instructs the parent/guardian on the CCS referral process.
Develops and implements discharge planning standards of care for the neonatal unit.
Participates in direct patient care by ensuring appropriate discharge information for each pediatric patient.
Ensures communication with the appropriate primary care physician and community agencies, including CCS programs, CCS Special Care Centers, and Regional Centers whose care includes the needs of the infant, child, or adolescent after post-acute hospital discharge.
Ensures the provision of written discharge information that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for the parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver at discharge, including diagnosis, medications, follow-up appointments, and instructions on medical treatments to be administered at home.
Provides copies of the written discharge instructions to the primary physician.
Teaches the parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver the medical needs of the infant, child, or adolescent, including the use of necessary technology to support post-discharge care.
Coordinates appropriate multidisciplinary infant, pediatric, and/or adolescent healthcare team members in discharge planning conferences.

Shift & Scheduling:
Variable hours – but primarily days. Preferably 5 – 8 hour shifts.

Floating Requirements:
The assignment includes travel to ICU, DI, OR, and other departments.
Floating within the cluster or a similar department is highly desirable.

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