CARE INTEGRATION ANALYST - Care Integration - Full Time - Days

Job Description

Job Description

Care Integration Analyst - Full Time

Shift: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Job Description:

PATIENT POPULATION:
The patient population served can be all patients, including geriatric, adult, adolescent, pediatric, and newborn. This also includes services which affect facility staff, physicians, visitors, vendors and the general public.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the Care Integration Director, the Analyst is responsible for assisting the Director in duties related to monitoring, reporting, and completion of paperwork or reports that facilitate proper utilization of resources. These duties include but are not limited to communicating, maintaining and processing various confidential documents related to the billing of care and treatment provided at SVMC, analysis of healthcare data, identifying trends and develop strategies to improve care quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Duties will also include data abstraction, analysis of data, and identification of trends. Requires effective verbal and written communication skills.

Must be able to work normal/scheduled working hours to include Holidays, call-backs, weeknights, weekends, and on-call. Agrees to participate, as directed, in emergencies and community disasters during scheduled and unscheduled hours.

Needs to recognize that they have an affirmative duty and responsibility for reporting perceived misconduct, including actual or potential violations of laws, regulations, policies, procedures, or this organization’s standards/code of conduct.

The employee shall work well under pressure, meet multiple and sometimes competing deadlines; and the incumbent shall at all times demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors.

EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or related field. Two (2) years of minimum experience required in a healthcare position. Background and or interest in statistics. Ability to work with numbers and complete forms. Requires significant capacity to manage multiple competing objectives, and to communicate complex technical information in understandable terms to management and other personnel. Ability to operate all department equipment including PC computer and printer, multi-line telephones, copy machines and fax machine. Strong Organization skills required. Maintains and upgrades, where necessary, technical/computer skills as job function demands.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence if required. Effective oral and written communications are integral to the position.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to work with frequent interruptions and to maintain accuracy of information.

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be computer literate or knowledge of Windows, Word for Windows, Excel, and Publisher. Familiar with graphing and charts.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS:
N/A

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
*Indicates Essential Function

1 * Assists with gathering and organization of data for report preparation, as well as hospital policies and procedures, prior to deadline.
2 * Prepares agendas and takes accurate meeting minutes. Types, assembles, duplicates, organizes and distributes a broad range of materials for meetings and trainings.
3 * Is self-directed and organizes tasks relevant to the scope of responsibilities and duties within the Care Integration Department. Supports department with answering phone lines, greeting vendors, community partners and completing clerical functions.4 * Data Management. Able to write Medi-tech reports, analyze data and publish reports and/or dashboards with required data and information. Maintains monthly dashboards and reviews findings with the director. Completes and submits statistical reports.
5 * Maintains and updates employee competency folders by adding new certifications and licenses, filing required competencies and annual end-of-year trackers, and assisting with new hire onboarding within the Care Integration Department.
6 * Is responsible for auditing all charts for accuracy and completeness.
7 * Organizational management. Management of schedules, correspondence, mail, filing physical or digital documents and management of department supplies.
8 * Resource Management. Management of community resources; kept organized and available to support operational needs.