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Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Clinical Ops. Coord. - Rehab. W. Kendall (Full Time, Days)
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What they do
An Occupational Therapy Aide assists occupational therapists and technicians to help patients with injuries, illnesses, or disabilities. Sets up treatment areas and equipment, handles clerical tasks, and helps move patients. Works in the office of an occupational therapist or an healthcare setting.
$30,640 / year median in Florida
+13% projected growth
Job Description
Description Job Summary Provides assistance with patient care. Supports access to care operations and operational duties for rehab department. Utilizes infection control policies to routinely maintain cleanliness of equipment and toys. Supports daily operations to include but not limited to: ordering and organizing of supplies, charge reconciliation, and scanning of documents into the medical record. Job Specific Duties Assists with communication to patients and caregivers with explaining process for evaluation and treatment. Faxes/mails/receives and monitors Plan of Care "POC" for evaluations, re-evaluation, and additional treatment. Responsible for tracking, logging, and following-up on POCs with doctors' offices and/or patients/caregivers. Monitors & assists with patient transfers including queue management, review of records, collaboration with patient access & clinical team, & responding to request (approval or denial of transfer). Responsible for daily charge reconciliation including daily review, monitoring, and follow-up to address any misses or corrections. Responsible for collecting, organizing, and scanning of patient documents into the EMR while following HIM requirements. Responsible for following the discharge process of patients accounts. Supports in confirming patient appointments and handles any follow up questions in an effort to minimize patient no-shows. Supports PEDS scheduling via CRM (or comparable tool) and same day rescheduling changes. Coordinates care and supports billing process of Early Steps patients through communication with Early Steps, Pre-Access, and Clinical team and adheres to Early Steps requirements based on region requirements and standard works. Assists Clinical Team with patient care activities as directed. Ensures that clean sweeps are completed and submitted accordingly to hospital requirements. Follows procedures in maintaining environment of care of designated equipment and keeps treatment area clean, organized, and orderly. Orders and ensures rooms are properly stocked with linen for patient care. Ensures/maintains cleanliness of assigned areas and equipment; maintains equipment/cleaning logs as per cleaning guidelines.