Care Co-Ordinator-KZN at Discovery Limited

Key Outputs

The successful candidate will be responsible for but not limited to:

Function:

• Perform health assessments on patients in order to identify individual patient risk factors
• Work closely with the facility promoting the uptake of CCP
• Maintaining relationships between the acute hospital, the specialists and the rehabilitation facility and Discovery Health

Other responsibilities include:

• Disease education to promote treatment compliance and condition management
• Attendance of multidisciplinary team meetings and family meetings
• Assist with benefit navigation and access
• Assisting in obtaining discretionary funding for members outside of plan benefits
• Facilitate a handover to the Member Care Program for further out of hospital management

Personal Attributes:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work closely within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to build and maintain relationships
• Passion for disease management
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently (self-driver)
• Drive to improve patient care
• Ability to recognize boundaries and limitations
• Creative thinker/solutions driven

Qualification & experience:

The following requirements are essential:

• Matric
• Registered Nurse or Enrolled Nurse(working under supervision of RN, colleague in the same region)
• 2 years Discovery Health experience- MCP or AIB
• Valid SANC Registration
• 5 years industry experience with a minimum of 2 or more of the following:
• Clinical Nursing Experience
• Care Management or similar experience
• Multidisciplinary team experience
• Valid driver’s license and own transport
• Microsoft Office