Bear Lake Memorial Healthcare is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse to join our team, dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centered care and supporting effective case management, care coordination, and discharge planning.

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

· Maintain accurate, complete, and timely patient records in accordance with facility policies, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines.

· Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, hospital policies, and accreditation requirements.

· Communicate effectively with physicians, patients, families, visitors, and interdisciplinary team members to support coordinated, patient-centered care.

· Assist patients and families with questions related to care, treatment, and case management services.

· Support case management functions, including coordinating services and facilitating continuity of care between departments, physicians, other facilities, patients & family, etc.

· Monitor all inpatients to identify discharge planning needs and assist with appropriate and timely discharge coordination.

· Perform utilization review activities to ensure appropriate level of care and documentation during inpatient stays.

· Assist with submission of required clinical documentation to insurance providers.

· Complete the PASRR (Preadmission Screening and Resident Review) processes as needed.

· Conduct preoperative patient interviews and assessments.

· Formulate a discharge plan for each admission, starting on the day of admission and document in the nursing care plan.

· Assist the patient with obtaining equipment, aids, etc. and in utilizing the community resources best adapted to meet his/her needs upon discharge.

· Verify patient demographic information, insurance coverage, and current medication lists.

· Coordinate with physicians to ensure required preoperative labs and testing are completed within appropriate timeframes.

· Review surgical documentation to ensure boarding slips, history and physical (H&P), and consent forms are complete and consistent.

· Monitor surgery schedules and review notifications received via email or fax from the OR scheduler.

· Review and respond to communications related to surgical scheduling and case coordination.

· Perform other related duties as assigned or required to support patient care and departmental operations.

Requirements:

· Consistently work cooperatively with patients, residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.

· Consistently supports compliance and the principles of responsibility by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Bear Lake Memorial’s policies and procedures.

· Knowledgeable of hospital services.

· Must be able to sit for long periods of time.

· Must be capable and experienced with a computer.

· Good use of grammar and spelling.

· Experience with MSWord and Excel.

· Must be able to do a minimal amount of lifting, bending, twisting, etc.

· Willing and able to be flexible and to work various hours/days.

· Excellent service and communication skills when interacting with employees, family members and visitors.

· Must be kind and compassionate.

· Very good organizational skills.
 

Expiration: Applications will be accepted until filled.

Bear Lake Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be given fair consideration based on their academic credentials and applicable work experience.