Care Coordinator, Endocrine Diabetes

Location: UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Aurora, CO

Department: Endocrine Diabetes

Work Schedule: Full Time, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $21.49 - $27.94 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option.

Summary

At the direction of professional Care Management or Social Work staff, coordinates transitions of care, conducts and documents socio-economic review and screening to support the coordination of care.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates with outside agencies, post-acute care or specialty facilities, transportation agencies, and others as indicated.
• Assists clients and patients in connecting with appropriate Physicians, insurers, Payer programs, and other resources to meet social and clinical needs.
• Collaborates with the care management and behavioral health teams for effective patient or client outreach, care coordination and hand-overs across the continuum of care.
• Refers patients and provides educational resources to patients per protocols.
• Conducts scripted phone calls and accesses systems to retrieve patient information for the clinical care team and send appropriate information for placement or transfer.
• Retrieves record, imaging and diagnostic results, pathology, and other requests for treatment teams.
• Arranges care conferences as needed.
• Supports Inpatient and Ambulatory multidisciplinary team meetings as assigned.
• Works with internal and external resources to coordinate placement, discharge planning, case management, behavioral health, and follow-up care.
• Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Minimum Required Education: High School diploma or GED.
• Minimum Experience: None required.
• Preferred: 1 year of relevant experience.