Lifepoint Health·Manhattan, Kansas
The PAI Assistant supports the coordination and accurate completion of Patient Assessment Instruments for rehabilitation inpatients. This includes gathering and entering data, transmitting information to Medicare, and monitoring CMS compliance.
Ascension Via Christi Hospital - Manhattan
Position: PAI Assistant
Shift: Full-time Days
Schedule: 8-hour shifts between the hours of 9am – 5pm
Your experience matters
Lifepoint Rehabilitation is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a PAI Assistant joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, is an acute-care and critical care facility serving Riley, Pottawatomie, and Geary counties. It operates a 150-bed campus featuring 24/7 emergency services, a Birth and Women's Center, and comprehensive specialty care.
We are looking for a dynamic PAI Assistant who is passionate about helping others and is a team player!
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:
Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.
The IRF-PAI Assistant provides support to the IRF-PAI Coordinator and/or Program Director/ Designee for oversight and coordination of the timely and accurate completion of the Patient Assessment Instrument for each rehabilitation inpatient. This individual gathers, enters and edits the information contained in the PAI for each patient with review by a clinician to assure accuracy in the scoring of functional status and reflection of the patient’s care needs. In addition, this position may assist in the ongoing monitoring of identified benchmarks for the inpatient population. The Patient Assessment Instrument Assistant has access to confidential patient information and maintains confidentiality of all information.
Support in coordination of the IRF-PAI completion with the interdisciplinary team.
Gathering and input of data, transmission of data to Medicare.
Assists with education of staff regarding PPS and FIMS/Quality Indicators (QIs).
Assists with monitoring and management of CMS compliance.
Routine internal contacts include all clinical members of the interdisciplinary team.
External contacts are employees of the client facility.
Other duties as assigned
Lifepoint Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Rehabilitation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.
We believe that success is achieved through talented people.
We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life.
We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.
A High School Diploma or GED is required, with previous experience in inpatient rehabilitation preferred. Candidates must possess strong organizational and communication skills.
Market context
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