Collaborates with clinical teams to identify high-risk patients and manage their care coordination, including discharge planning and follow-up care. Educates patients on chronic illness self-management and ensures access to necessary medical equipment and prescriptions.
Requirements summary
Requires a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a current Florida RN license with BLS certification. Candidates must have at least three years of direct clinical experience relevant to the assigned patient population.
About Orlando Health Medical Group Orlando Health Medical Group is a comprehensive physician group serving patients from across the southeastern United States.
With more than 200 practices and 1,200 physicians, Orlando Health Medical Group has a strong representation in over 55 specialties, including cardiology, vascular medicine, orthopedics, oncology, digestive health, neurology, neurosurgery, bariatric surgery, general surgery, bone marrow transplant and critical care medicine, as well as more than 30 pediatric subspecialties, women’s health, primary care and the largest hospitalist program in Florida.
Orlando Health Medical Group is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes 24 award-winning hospitals and ERs, 9 specialty institutes, 14 urgent care centers, 100+ primary care practices and more than 60 outpatient facilities that span Florida’s east to west coasts and beyond.
Collectively, we honor our 100-year legacy by providing care for more than 142,000 inpatient and 3.9 million outpatient visits each year.
Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life.
We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions. “Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work” is not just something we say, it’s our promise to you.
Orlando Health Offers Great NEW Competitive Pay and Great Benefits Package that Includes: Medical, Dental, Vision 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan Health Savings Account (HSA) Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Paid Time Off (up to 5 weeks to start) Life Insurance Extended Leave Plan (ELP) Family Care (childcare, elder care, pet care) Paid Parental Leave Pet Insurance Car Insurance Educational Benefits including tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt Job Summary Collaborates with the assigned clinical team to identify patients most likely to benefit from care coordination services to include assessing patients’ risk factors and the need for care coordination, clinical utilization management, and preventive care services.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Takes the lead in ensuring the continuity and consistency of care across the continuum (inpatient, emergency and ambulatory care/ outpatient) to ensure integrated delivery across all settings to include the facilitation, comprehensive discharge planning (in the hospital), and follow-up care (as an outpatient).
Benefits
Dental Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision Insurance
Medical Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement
Pet Insurance
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
Educational Benefits
Family Care
Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
Car Insurance
Develops an effective working relationship with the Patient and Family Counselors/Social Workers and the Utilization Review Nurses to engage the patient/family to collaborate, advocate, and problem solve to support and enhance their functional ability, while ensuring an appropriate and timely discharge plan.
Monitors progress towards discharge plans daily, need to alter discharge plan due to change in patient condition, and family needs with a priority placed on those patients at highest risk for complication, admission, or readmission.
Educates patients (& families) with chronic illness about evidence-based standards of care to include self-management strategies.
Identifies support needs for patients and their families, develops action plan(s), and provides creative guidance in initiating and overcoming any self-management strategies.
Educates patients and families about the health care system and facilitates relationship building between the various settings.
Ensures patients have access to prescriptions, durable medical equipment (DME), and other services as identified.
Contributes to problem solving within the team through communication, collaboration, data collection, obtaining consensus, and evaluating outcomes of treatment options to include tracking patient progress toward care plan goals and revising the care plan as indicated.
Advocates for patients in order to optimize their health care needs including but not limited to: safety, physical, and legal and financial well-being.
Refers patients to education regarding the healthcare delivery and reimbursement systems, prescription drug programs, health & wellness programs, community agencies, public and private organizations, housing options, and other services as appropriate.
Works with available IT resources (i.e. Phytel, Crimson) to facilitate registry reporting and maintenance of specified patient populations to improve disease outcome measures through evidence-based guidelines and the implementation of clinical decision support tools, referral and test tracking, and preventive medicine reminders.
Participates in clinical outcome measurement to include the identification of strategies that promote population health.
Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions to include the implementation of policies, procedures, and standards to support assigned duties.
Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures. Other Related Functions
Possesses excellent analytical and team building skills, as well as the ability to prioritize and work independently.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served though knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
Demonstrates awareness of medical/ legal issues, patient rights, and compliance with standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
Qualifications
Education/Training • Effective July 1, 2024
New Hires and team members moved into this job and/ or transferring departments must have obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. Licensure/Certification
Maintains current license as an RN in the State of Florida.
Maintains current BLS/ healthcare provider.
Experience
Three (3) years of direct clinical experience with an emphasis on the population to be served in the assigned area.
