Overview
Duke Connected Care , a community-based, physician-led network, includes a group of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers who work together to deliver high-quality care to Medicare Fee-for-Service patients in Durham and its surrounding areas.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and facilitate timely implementation of assessments, care plans, and appropriate interventions for identified patient populations to determine patient health, social situation, physical environment, mental health, substance use, expressed trauma, economic status, and education to patients while exercising discretion and independent judgment; following established policies and procedures.
Provide individual treatment to address barriers and identified concerns by accessing systematically identified data from multiple sources such as patient medical records, claims, and program metric reports to target recipient(s) and provider(s) for outreach, education, and intervention.
Perform targeted interventions to assist patients with connection to primary care providers and other health care resources. Involve the patient and their support systems (i.e. caregiver, family, etc.) in the decision-making process.
Use a patient-centric, collaborative partnership approach to assist the patient with improved self-management and identifying barriers by addressing the total individual, inclusive of medical, psychosocial, behavioral, and spiritual needs.
Utilize proven processes to measure a patient’s understanding and acceptance of the proposed plan(s), their willingness to change, and their support to maintain health behavior change.
Apply teaching and learning theories to assist patients and families with the physical and emotional impact of body changes and chronic illness.
Monitor quality and effectiveness of interventions to the population by setting long term and/or short-term specific, measurable goals.
Electronically document all activity in Maestro, and other documentation systems relevant to the position.
Communicate and coordinate with all provider(s) and member(s) of the care team as needed to minimize fragmented care and foster appropriate utilization of services, including navigating transitions of care generally from hospital to home or community facilities.
Facilitate interdisciplinary communication to include specialists, PCP, RN, psychiatrist and other key providers.
Interface with key providers within the hospital, primary care practices, public health and social service departments, as well as mental health agencies and other community resources to assure that patients are linked to and engaged in services.
Provide on-site, community, and telephonic outreach to patients, providers, and community stakeholders assisting with identification of treatment history, diagnoses and patient care components both internally and externally to ensure that services provided are sensitive to the needs of individual patients and take into account ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
This position may require home visits based on business rules and clinical need of identified patient population.
Provide feedback to TL, management, and executive leadership that will enhance negotiations with payers, improve care management, and/or address gaps in care.
Develop and maintain positive relationships with customers internal and external to Duke Health System.
Minimum Qualifications
Education : Bachelor20s degree in a clinical field such as Nursing, Counseling, Social Work, Therapy, Allied Health, or community health related fields.
Experience : 3 years of clinical experience required.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications : Must have a current license in at least one of these areas:
Current or compact RN licensure in the state of North Carolina
Current licensure as a licensed clinical social worker by the NC Social Work Certification and Licensure Board
Current licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor by the state of NC
Current licensure as a Licensed Addiction Specialist by the state of North Carolina
Requires ACM or CCM certification within 3 years of hire date.
Job Details
POPULATION HEALTH CARE MANAGER
Job Level: G2
Equal Opportunity
Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
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Essential Physical Job Functions
Essential job functions may require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.