Tri-City Healthcare District has been serving the North County region for almost 60 years and remains committed to providing high quality healthcare and community services for every individual we encounter regardless of race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socioeconomic status.

Our mission is to advance the health and wellness of the community we serve. In order to achieve our mission, we see, hear and listen to our front line healthcare workers, employees, medical staff and all community stakeholders in order to understand and meet our community’s needs.

Position Summary:

Major Position Responsibilities:

The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

• Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit-based safety and infection control requirements.
• Receives patient referrals from hospital, physician’s office and community. Completes intake screening including obtaining and reviewing all required information to ensure referral meets home health admission criteria. Notifies Director and/or Clinical Manager with referrals that are not complete, do not meet admission criteria, or require further review and direction on whether referral meets home health admission criteria.
• Schedules all new referrals to the appropriate clinician based upon location of patient, clinician availability, and skill set as directed by Clinical Manager.
• Performs scheduling activities that facilitate agency operations. Enters referral data and clinician schedule changes and reassigns patients appropriately into electronic scheduling system.
• Reports any scheduling changes and/or patient, staff concerns to Clinical Manager.
• Effectively communicates patient information and/or schedule changes to appropriate staff as needed.
• Manages multiple tasks effectively under pressure and possess detail orientation to ensure accuracy of referral and scheduling.
• Receives and responds timely to Intake and Scheduling requests from internal and external customers.
• Maintains referral data logs and provides follow-up for hospitalized and long-term care patients, ensuring subsequent agency referral.
• Assists RN in providing skilled nursing visits to patients and follows plan of care developed by team members.
• Participates in continuous quality improvement processes related to this patient population.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) year acute care, preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Good communication/phone skills.
• Computer skills, required.

Licenses:

• Current California LVN license, required.
• Current California Driver’s License, required.
• Current auto insurance, required

Certifications:

• Current BLS required upon hire; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider.

Each new hire candidate who is offered employment must pass a physical evaluation, urine drug screen and pre-employment background checks before starting work.

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  Salary/Hourly Wage range based on experience.

To protect the health of patients and staff, and to comply with the new State of California mandates, all job offers are contingent on the successful engagement in the TCMC COVID-19 vaccination program (fully vaccinated with documented proof or approved exception/deferral.)

TCHD is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression), age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.