Cooper University Health Care

Patient Care Coordinator LPN

Cooper University Health Care  •  Cape May Court House, NJ (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

About Us

Cooper University Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving residents and visitors throughout Cape May County. The system includes Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional; three urgent care facilities; nearly 30 primary care and specialty care offices in multiple locations throughout Cape May County; The Cancer Center at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional; the Claire C. Brodesser Surgery Center; AMI at Cooper, Miracles Fitness and numerous freestanding outpatient facilities providing wound care, lab, and physical therapy services. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part time employees a comprehensive employee benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, on-site Early Education Center (employee discount), attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.

Short Description

  • Manage centralized medication processes
  • Completing medication prior authorizations and peer reviews or appeals for medication denials to facilitate provider written treatment plan and improve patient care
  • Completing centralized medication refills following written protocols that include evaluation of patients chart for appropriate testing and follow up
  • Manage transitions in care for patients and their care givers
  • Manage chronic care management as directed by the patient, their care giver or physician/APP
  • Perform periodic outreach to patients/caregivers and communicate with physician/APPs and RN Care Coordinator on behalf of the patient/ patient care giver
  • Participate in maintaining and developing quality and performance initiatives for specific patient populations.
  • Engaged in practice transformation operations. Work with offices to implement performance and quality strategies. Work with team to identify and overcome barriers to implementing transformation strategies.
  • Other duties as assigned and within the scope of professional licensure as necessary for patient safety. Including redeployment to office for clinical assignments.

Education Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Licensed Practical Nurse
  • CPR/BLS certified

License/Certification Requirements

  • Licensed Practical Nurse
  • CPR/BLS certified

Special Requirements

  • Excellent collaboration skills with clinicians and non-clinical staff
  • Excellent patient advocacy skills and outreach skills
  • Advanced computer literacy and technology skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  • EPIC experience, preferred

Salary Min ($)

USD $25.00

Salary Max ($)

USD $30.00

Cooper University Health Care

About Cooper University Health Care

Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in South Jersey and provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care, all within one complete health system. Cooper has nearly 14,000 team members including 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals. Hospitals throughout the region send their most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment by our highly skilled experts.

Ranked year after year by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area, Cooper is consistently recognized for its quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.

Cooper has three hospitals: South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region; Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, and Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), six urgent care centers, and more than 130 outpatient offices from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, including large regional hubs in Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Voorhees, Willingboro, and Sewell.

Cooper University Health Care is affiliated with – and its physicians make up the faculty of – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which is located on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Cooper has a long history in the City of Camden and is playing a leading role in its revitalization.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
Camden, NJ
Year Founded
1887
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