Resource Nurse Care Coordinator - Home Infusion in Shoreview, MN

Responsibilities/Job Description: Process appropriate infusion therapy referrals by checking benefit information and acquiring initial authorization as needed to begin patient service or to seek an alternate plan when services are not covered. Communicate effectively with contacts to assure appropriate admission to Fairview Home Infusion services. Location: Seven Lakes Pharmacy 3650 Victoria St. N Shoreview, Minnesota 55126-2906 Shift/Hours: Day - Monday through Friday 8-4:30pm or 8:30-5pm (1.0FTE (80 hours/2 weeks)) Responsibilities • Initiate calls to receive prior authorization information for services prior to service delivery • Takes initiatives to problem solve all questionable referrals to assure appropriate infusion therapy admissions and identify payer sources • Follow up on pending unresolved coverage issues. Document and communicate to appropriate providers and internal departments accurate clinical information, benefit/authorization, and reauthorization information on current or potential patients. Utilize computer (CPR +/Pathways) to enter and maintain accurate/real time physician orders, patient benefit information and to effectively communicate with referral staff, liaisons, social workers, physicians, clinics, HCH teams or departments, case managers, staffers, billing/benefit staff and all others needing to make service-related decisions. • Coordinate the delivery of nursing services for infusion therapy when the patient resides outside the Twin City metropolitan area. • Responsible for identifying and contracting with appropriate nursing agencies that will deliver care to patients that receives infusion therapy services. Responsibilities include coordinating discharge planning, educating patients/caregivers, educating appropriate home care agencies, serving as a resource to referral sources and providing necessary follow-up to involved parties. Utilizes clinical expertise and advanced nursing skills in providing quality infusion therapy services to patients. • Clinical resource for all nursing issues related to patients in service at FHI. • Assure fast, easy access to FHI services as an expert infusion therapy resource for referral sources, nursing agencies, patients and FHI staff. • Identify and contract with nursing agencies outside the metropolitan area that will provide quality nursing care to patients who receive infusion therapy services from Fairview Home Infusion. • Provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served. • Collaboration with Cancer Clinics to coordinate referrals to Home Infusion • Chart review and evaluation of complex Oncology referrals for appropriateness to transfer to Home Infusion • Focus on complex site of care and complex oncology patient population • Participate in new drug review • Participation on ongoing care coordination, for chemotherapy patient population • Review of lab results • Provider and Care Coordinator updates/Care Coordination • Scheduling pt in Epic/Adacare and/or Outlook • Obtaining physician signed orders Required Qualifications • Graduate of an approved school of professional registered nursing • Has access to and responsibility for patient medical records and must use and promote discretion in disclosure of patient information. • MN Registered Nurse (RN) License Preferred Qualifications • Bachelors Degree in Nursing • Computer database management, keyboarding, email/GroupWise experience • OCN or CRNI Qualifications: $92,664.00- $130,811.20 Annual