Sheppard Pratt Hospital Hiring For Nurse Care Coordinator (LPN/Gaithersburg) at Gaithersburg, MD  Full Time

Responsibilities:

• Performs a full range of professional nursing services, including assessing, planning, administering, and evaluating patient care in accordance with the team treatment plan.
• Administers medical treatment as prescribed by physician (take vital signs, assessment of clinical symptoms, administers injections, manages collection and processing of UA if ordered).
• Responsible for teaching and providing psychosocial support to patients.
• Facilitates coordination of care with primary care and other medical specialists.
• Monitors online clinical resources such as CRISP and communicates essential patient information to the treatment team and conducts follow up as needed to support client transitions and engagement in treatment.
• Documents and reports patient status and progress to treatment team in Electronic Health Record. 
• Tracks patient cancellations and no-shows for injections and works with administrative staff and providers to ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Organizing and ordering required PPE and supplies.
• May engage in case-management follow-ups for the prescribers as needed, e.g. letter requests and partial completion of forms requiring signature.
• Transmits confidential/ sensitive information, such as patient matters, to authorized persons.
• Effectively utilizes the electronic medical system and other essential tools used by the clinics, e.g. DocuSign, Zoom, Adobe, Microsoft Office products, and Outlook.
• Maintains a high attention to detail in order to ensure accurate, timely, and professional documentation.
• Actively seeks to provide quality services that meet the needs of patients and clients as well as other customers-families, payers, referrers, and staff. 

Requirements: 

• Current Maryland license as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
• HS diploma/GED and successful completion of other national recognized certification program (AMT, NHA, NCCT or NAHP); Must have AHA approved Basic Life Support/CPR certification for healthcare workers at time of hire and throughout employment.
• 6-12 months of relevant medical office experience is preferred.
  • Relevant experience includes:
    • Skills in clinical data collection/screening with prospective patients;
    • Ability to safely administer psychiatric injections;
    • Ability to conduct urine tox-screens as needed;
    • Ability to appropriately triage abnormal lab results;  
    • Ability to administer patient symptom screens and appropriately triage results;
    • Assistance with prescriptions, prior authorizations, lab orders, and diagnostic requisitions;
    • Accuracy in taking and recording vital signs;
    • Strong organization skills to maintaining patient schedules, incoming and outgoing flow of high volume clinical documents, and patient requests for provider documentation;
    • Access and documentation in an EMR;
    • Familiarity with use of electronic inbox and electronic prescribing;
    • Proficiency in the use of computers with Windows and Microsoft Office software and other automated office equipment.
    • Familiarity with accessing online clinical resources such as the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP)
• Work requires valid driver’s license or alternative transportation plan.