Clinical Nurse

Location: 65 Commercial Blvd Torrington (10413) Shift: Monday thru Friday 8am to 4:30pm with 1 major and 1 minor holiday per year and 1 weekend per month Work where every moment matters. Region Clinical Intake Specialist We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network as a Region Clinical Intake Specialist. Responsibilities Manage and coordinate the clinical intake process for both Home Health and Hospice services across multiple branches, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant intake procedures using the Homecare Homebase (HCHB) system. Perform all clinical aspects of the intake process, including patient and family communication, admitting clinician coordination, clinical data entry accuracy, timeliness, face‑to‑face encounter accuracy, and PCP/MD verification. Ensure patients are admitted timely and in accordance with intake policy, providing recommendations for process and policy improvements. Ensure compliance with all state, federal, and Joint Commission referral/intake regulatory requirements. Stay thoroughly informed about clinical quality metrics of the organization and collaborate with Home Care Leadership, healthcare networks, or other partners for Home Health and Hospice services. Ensure patient admissions comply with rules, requirements, and terms in the contracts. Establish and maintain positive working relationships with current and potential referral sources and associated clinical leadership teams. Coordinate patient education, care planning, and coordination with multiple providers, case managers, and other clinical needs within established payer and financial guidelines. Strengthen and monitor community and customer perceptions of Hartford Healthcare at Home as a high‑quality service provider while collecting and reporting clinical referral data and key customer trends. The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the employee of this job. The employee may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. Qualifications Education: Licensed clinician (RN, LPN, or equivalent) required. Bachelor’s Degree Preferred (BSN, Healthcare Administration or related field). Experience: 1 year of administrative/clinical healthcare experience, 1–3 years of experience preferably in Home Care. Knowledge, Skills and Ability: Demonstrates healthcare experience, preferably in referrals/intake in a home health or hospice environment. Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills. Demonstrates autonomy, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities. Benefits Competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. #J-18808-Ljbffr