LPN Care Coordinator

Explore opportunities at The Corvallis Clini c, part of the Optum family of businesses. For more than 75 years, our multi-specialty group has been committed to delivering exceptional care to our patients and fulfilling careers to our team members.

As a leading clinic in Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley, we serve more than a quarter-million people with offices in Corvallis, Albany and Philomath.

Join a team that empowers you from the start and values work-life balance, teamwork and trust. We offer comprehensive benefits and competitive pay.

Elevate your career with us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The LPN Care Coordinator is responsible for performing a wide variety of patient care activities to support a defined patient population, program and / or services.

The LPN Care Coordinator will work within the scope of licensure to implement patient-specific interventions that include but are not limited to closing gaps in care, transition of care follow-up, health coaching, and promotion of effective utilization of services.

If you are located in Corvallis, OR, you will have the flexibility to work from home 2 days and the office 3 days a week in this hybrid role* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities :

Participates and maintains a culture within The Corvallis Clinic that is consistent with the content outlined in the Service and Behavioral Standards document.

To this end, employee will be expected to read, have familiarity, and embrace the principles contained within

• Telephonic outreach to patients, caregivers, and members of the patient's care team during post-acute care transition
• Performs medication reconciliation
• Proactive outreach to patients to ensure their healthcare goals are being met and care gaps are being addressed
• Enlists a team approach by working collaboratively with the family, primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team to ensure coordination of services
• Assists patients with ongoing self-management goal setting utilizing Motivational Interviewing skills
• Facilitates follow-up appointments
• Facilitates access to community services
• Has strong computer skills are necessary to be able to track patient’s adherence with their plan of care in electronic charts, as well as to utilize data reports from payers and registries to identify patients who need outreach services.
• Attends staff meetings as required
• Maintains strictest confidentiality
• Performs other duties as assigned

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications :

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Oregon LPN license
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or ability to complete BLS certification within 90 days of hire

Preferred Qualifications :

3+ years of recent clinical LPN experience. Fewer years of LPN experience combined with other / related healthcare experience will be considered

Knowledge and Skills :

• Nursing theory and practice to deliver patient care
• Chronic disease management with use of established protocols and nursing judgement
• Principles of health promotion / disease prevention
• Knowledge of chronic health conditions and their greater impact
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats
• Customer service skills and the ability to work well both independently and as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Comfort and experience participating in a team-based model
• Community resources knowledge
• Ability to identify complex problems, review information, and navigate to reasonable solutions
• Experience with care coordination processes and motivational / health coaching with patients
• Counseling and a positive, enthusiastic, and helpful personality to provide excellent patient service
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications
• Developing and maintaining quality assurance as related to commercial and Medicare 5-star status
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.

We believe everyone of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.

Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes.

We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere : OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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