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Tools for Coordinating Care: Job Descriptions
This section provides tools to assist in the coordination of care at the practice, community, and state level.

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Practice Based Care Coordination

    Job Description
  • Social Work, Case Management, Public Benefits & Resource expertise
  • Tasks primarily social, not medical
    Job Description
  • Parent Consultant - will be a parent of a child with SHCN, preferably with experience and / or comfort working in a medical setting.

Special Needs Consultation and Care Coordination Program

    Job Description
  • Pediatric Nurse Case Manager
  • General Summary: Utilizing the case management process, this position is responsible for providing care coordination services to a group of complex, special needs pediatric patients and their families across the continuum of care. The case manager assesses, plans, implements, coordinates and evaluates the plan of care in partnership with the family and other members of the health care team

Last updated July 28, 2006

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