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Job Field: Security
Location: Baldwin Park, CA
Salary: $Depending on experience

JOB SUMMARY:

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<tr><td valign="top" width="450"><b>DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES
ITS SIMPLE. You want to work in a hospital setting where you are valued and appreciated - where you receive respect from your superiors and co-workers as well as the patients you treat.
You want to be challenged by your job without being overwhelmed by it. You want to play an instrumental role in helping a patient recover, sometimes against strong odds, and go home. What you want is Kindred Healthcare.
Our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Join us!
Summary
Coordinates management of care for a specified patient population in a single hospital follows patients throughout the continuum of care and ensures optimum utilization of resources, service delivery and compliance with external review agencies. Provides ongoing support and expertise through comprehensive assessment, care planning, plan implementation and overall evaluation of individual patient needs. Enhances the quality of patient management and satisfaction, to promote continuity of care and cost effectiveness through the integration of functions of case management, utilization review and management and discharge planning.
REQUIRED SKILLS
Qualifications
Education
Appropriate minimum degree for preferred licensure or certification or commensurate experience in a related healthcare field.
Licenses/Certification
Healthcare professional licensure preferred as Registered Nurse, LPN, Respiratory Therapist, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker.
Appropriate certification in Case Management preferred for example, Commission for Case Manager Certification CCMC Association of Rehabilitation Nurses ARN certification.
Experience
Three years clinical experience. Prefer experience in Case Management, Quality Management, Utilization Review, or discharge planning

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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3 years Not required