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RN Care Coordinator

CHI Health Lakeside

#Case Management #Patient Advocacy #RN #Multidisciplinary Team #Patient Care #Discharge Planning #Post-Acute Care #Care Coordinator #Healthcare Journey

Quick overview

The RN Care Coordinator centrally manages patient care by strategically assessing, planning, and facilitating comprehensive care across the continuum to ensure optimal outcomes and smooth transitions. This involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, physicians, and post-acute providers while advocating for patients and mitigating readmission risks.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited school of nursing and hold an RN license. A minimum of two years of acute hospital clinical experience is required, or a Master's degree in Case Management or Nursing can substitute for one year of experience.

bachelor degreeCommunicationAdvocacyAssessmentCollaborationStrategic MindsetDischarge PlanningRisk IdentificationUtilization ReviewPatient TransitionClinical Acumen

Job description

Where You’ll Work CHI Health Lakeside is West Omaha's only full-service hospital. We believe that patient-focused care heals the body, mind, and spirit of every person. Our campus is designed for patients and sets the tone for a comfortable, less stressful hospital stay. As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in the world, we provide a full range of services including: maternity, cancer and surgery care as well as diagnostics and emergency services. Job Summary and Responsibilities As a RN Care Coordinator, you will be a central figure in patient care, seamlessly navigating the healthcare journey to achieve optimal outcomes and an exceptional patient experience.Every day, you will strategically assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care across the continuum, expertly advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing, departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.To be successful in this role, you will possess strong clinical acumen, exceptional communication and advocacy skills, and a strategic mindset, all driven by a passion for optimizing patient care across every touchpoint. Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request. Reassess the patient as appropriate and update the plan accordingly. Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative and post acute care providers in accordance with the patients clinical or psychosocial needs, choices and available resources. Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources using established evidence based guidelines/criteria. Collaborates with the healthcare team and post-acute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of post-acute services based upon patients clinical needs. Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period. *will float when needed
Job Requirements Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. RN license Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience or a Masters degree in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience.

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