As a Registered Nurse Clinical Rehab Specialist PRN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Position Summary:
This position acts as a coordinator between internal and external referral sources, and acute inpatient rehab operations. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist is responsible for establishing relationships with case managers, physicians, payors, and other referral sources. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist will ensure appropriate patient placement through clinical screenings and assessments in collaboration with both hospital Case Management and the Rehab Medical Director.
The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist works closely with hospital case management to ensure a responsive and smooth flowing referral and admission process for the inpatient acute rehab program.
Minimum requirements:
1. Licensed Professional in a clinical health care specialty (i.e. RN, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Therapist).
2. BCLS certification (AHA)
3. Current state licensure in clinical practice area or eligible for state license transfer.
4. Graduate of an accredited school in clinical specialty.
5. Professional appearance.
6. Effective verbal, written and persuasive communication skills.
7. Computer and keyboarding skills (25 wpm minimum).
8. Ability to work with others to ensure quality patient care.
9. Organization and time management skills.
10. Strong problem solving skills.
11. Interpersonal skills.
12. Continuous focus on excellence in work environment.
Preferred requirements:
1. Minimum 2 years recent clinical care experience preferred
2. Pass CARE tool credentialing, when available via UDS
3. If RN, CRRN preferred and / or achieve within 2 years of accepting position.
4. Clinical experience in the care and management of the Inpatient Rehabilitation patient.
5. Experience as a clinical liaison coordinating admissions for inpatient rehabilitation preferred.
6. Persistent and persuasive when faced with challenging circumstances.
7. Ability to analyze data related to referral opportunities.
8. Skilled strategy planning and goal setting.
9. Ability to build strong relationships with referral sources while being engaging, accountable and responsive.
10. Self-directed with problem solving capability.
11. Ability to navigate a medical record for determination of medical necessity for an IRF admission.
12. Ability to analyze clinical data looking at diagnosis and comorbidities that will demonstrate the patients’ complete medical picture.
13. Experienced in speaking in medical terminology with physicians, case managers, therapists about disease states, comorbidities, and patient care
Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."
Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare
Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare is the leading healthcare provider for El Paso and the surrounding region. Our physicians, nurses and staff are committed to keeping our community healthy. We deliver the highest quality patient care available. Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare provides full-service acute care hospitals. Those hospitals offer comprehensive medical services in most every specialty.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Clinical Rehab Specialist PRN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.