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Director of Care Coordination - RN - Hybrid

Houston, TX, US
    Position: Director of Care Coordination - RN - Hybrid
    Talent Area: Registered Nurse
    Full/Part Time: Full time
    Location: Houston, TX, US
    Department: Care Coordination Admin
    Shift: 8 AM - 5 PM
    Job ID: 412557

We are searching for a Director of Care Coordination – someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you’ll develop and oversee a comprehensive population health and/or case management strategy to improve the health and wellness of members, psychosocial, environmental, and financial. Defines population health and/or care coordination initiatives and creates a structured, scalable approach to prioritizing and monitoring population health and/or care coordination initiatives, including identifying opportunities for financial savings, driving quality improvement, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

 

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Qualifications & Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required 
  • RN - Lic-Registered Nurses - Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact required
  • 5 years of Supervisory/formal leadership experience required
  • 3 years of Managed Care experience required
  • 7 years of Experience in population health, community public health, ambulatory care, or healthcare administration required
  • Understanding of managed care; preferably experience with Texas Medicaid 
  • Experience with public health, including public health promotion and intervention strategies and social determinants of health needs 
  • Experience leading, or working closely on, clinical and quality projects to completion 
  • Ability to synthesize data and perform ad-hoc data analysis 
  • Must be able to work under deadlines and closely with others continuously throughout the day


Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Create and manage a population health and/or case management strategy by identifying and addressing specific needs of members including environmental, psychosocial, and financial. Integrate population health and/or care coordination principles and evidence-based research to develop interventions. 
  • Develop new, and enhances existing, interventions to improve HEDIS metrics, and clinical outcomes, and reduce cost
  • Sponsor and champion MCO and system-wide initiatives to improve member wellness, including cultivating the support necessary to achieve desired objectives for each initiative.
  • Develops approaches, policies, and programs for case management which are based on the TCH goals and objectives and which meet the TCHP performance goals.
  • Serve as a liaison with community agencies and other groups and organizations that impact Medicaid health services. 
  • Serve as a representative for case management process internally and externally with TCH customers and community partners.
  • Ensures the delivery of cost-effective, community-based, and culturally sensitive case management interventions and continuous quality improvement monitoring.
  • Collaborates to ensure member outcomes that address values of quality, service, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Have direct supervision of a team of clinical and non-clinical staff members. 
  • Create and maintain tools to monitor employee productivity and progress. Establish key performance indicators. Track progress and ensure goals are achieved.
  • Ensure timely completion of tasks and progression of multiple projects and initiative
  • Collaborate effectively with Executive leadership and other leaders of the Texas Children’s system. Utilize presentation skills to demonstrate needs and propose solutions. 
  • Communicate positively and appropriately to work effectively as a team. Provide appropriate information at the appropriate level and audience.

About Texas Children’s

Founded in 1996, Texas Children’s Health Plan is the nation's first health maintenance organization (HMO) created just for children. We provide STAR/Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to pregnant women, teens, children and adults in Houston and surrounding areas. Currently, the Health Plan has more than 375,000 members who receive care from our network of more than 1,100 primary care physicians, 3,200 specialists, and 70 hospitals. Texas Children's Health Plan is also the largest combined STAR/CHIP Managed Care Organization in the Harris County service area.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.

Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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