Discharge Planner

Title: Discharge Planner

Location: Long Beach

Department: Care Coordination

Status: Full-time

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $31.25/hour - $45.32/hour 

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

 The Discharge Planner has knowledge of community resources to meet post-discharge clinical and social needs. The Discharge Planner implements discharge planning referrals in collaboration with the treatment team. The Discharge Planner promotes safe and timely discharges following standardized processes and decision trees for referrals to community clinical and social resources. The Discharge planner actively engages the patient or the patient’s representative in the development of the discharge plan.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

1. Timely and accurate response to the discharge planning referrals.
2. Follows standardized processes and decision trees for referrals to community clinical and social resources.
3. Charting in the medical record systems, per standard work.
4. Active engagement of the patient and patient's representative in the development of the discharge plan.
5. Performs other duties as assigned.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.