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CBI Health – Edmonton, Alberta 6 month contract Full time – Monday to Friday 0800-1600 CBI Health is Canada’s leading community-based healthcare provider, delivering both rehabilitation and home health services. Our integrated, interdisciplinary network delivers physical and mental health services in clinic, home and facility settings or remotely through virtual care / telehealth. With over 12,000 dedicated staff supporting over 800 communities across the country, we deliver proven outcomes that meet the evolving healthcare needs of Canadians.
CBI Health is proud to be one of the largest network of integrated community health services in Canada. We offer rehabilitation, home health, neurodevelopment and workplace health services across the country. If making a difference in the lives of others is a priority for you as a professional, and you enjoy working alongside engaged front-line staff to ensure client satisfaction, CBI Health Group has an opportunity offering competitive compensation as well as the chance to meet your career goals.
As a Care Coordinator within our Edmonton office, your focus will be on ensuring a positive patient and family experience by effectively scheduling direct care providers in the community to meet the requirements of patient care plans. You’ll be part of a team of Care Coordinators working diligently to provide as much consistency of care as possible while meeting the scheduling requirements of both patients and care providers. Frequently problem-solving, you’ll be the central point of contact for patients and families, care providers and referral sources. Effective care coordination is an important element of service delivery; as a result, you must be driven to help others in a compassionate and caring way while balancing the pressures to deliver on scheduling requirements.
Your role
- Use scheduling software effectively to fulfill patients’ care plans
- Provide field staff with accurate schedules on a weekly basis
- Ensure care providers are scheduled effectively and efficiently
- Communicate effectively with care providers to ensure schedules are carried out
- Communicate with patients and families when schedule challenges arise, and problem-solve effectively
- Maintain accurate records of care provider availability
- Maintain continuity of care whenever possible
- Take into consideration the individual needs of patients, families and care providers, when making decisions
- Maintain accessibility by phone for patients, care providers, referral sources and other stakeholders
- Actively pursue positive relationships with care providers and patients
- Follow up appropriately on missed visits
- Liaise with Care Supervisors to share patient and care provider feedback
- Resolve or escalate, as required, client concerns/issues
- Ensure scheduling changes and adjustments are documented in a timely manner and contain adequate and appropriate information. Documentation must be detailed and legible.
- Respond to faxes, phone messages and emails in a timely manner
- Prepare daily performance and tracking reports in a timely manner
- Enter all critical and relevant information into the system for appropriate follow-up and documentation
- Escalate appropriate concerns or risks for review and/or follow-up.
What You Will Need To Be Successful
- Have customer service experience
- Have computer skills
- Demonstrate excellent telephone etiquette
- Be able to remain calm in stressful situations
- Be able to empathize with the complexity and difficulty of each client or field staff situation
- Be a detail-oriented, adaptable and customer-focused team player
- Combine strong interpersonal skills with analytical problem-solving abilities
- Be self-directed, goal-oriented and able to manage time and priorities
- Possess medical knowledge or a medical background, and supervisory skills will be considered assets
Join us at CBI Health – where working together makes great things happen.
To learn more about CBI, please visit: cbihealth.ca
CBI Health is committed to providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe and accepted as their authentic selves. We actively seek qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity and inclusion and contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives that help us innovate and provide the best possible care to our clients. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristics that make each of us different.
