Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Care Manager
LHC Group
San Antonio, TX

***Please note that the salary will be commensurate with experience. 

We are hiring a RN Patient Care Manager.

At CHRISTUS Home Health, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here. 

As a RN Patient Care Manager, you can expect:  

• opportunities to get closer to patients and provide quality support to your patient-facing teams 
• to be valued and respected by patients and their families 
• a sense of security, incredible team support, and flexibility for true work-life balance 
• leadership development opportunities 

• Receives referrals and ensures appropriate clinician and/or therapist(s) assignments for timely patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting start of care (SOC) visits.
• Coordinates determination of patient home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance approvals.
• Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in accordance to physician orders.
• Oversees and assures development, implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of care, as appropriate.
• Manages and documents phone calls from physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and communicates patient updates/new orders to clinicians. Uses coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate.
• Reviews assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.

Education & Experience

• Current RN licensure in state of Texas
• Current CPR certification required
• Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle
• One year prior professional home health nursing experience.