Care Coordinator RN
CHI · Lexington, KY · Today
Healthcare$35.53–$52.85/hrFull-time
Job Summary
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.
Responsibilities
- Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request.
- Reassesses the patient as appropriate and updates 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 patient's 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 the patient's clinical needs.
- Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period.
Job Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience, upon hire
- Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days
Preferred:
- Bachelor's of Science Nursing
- At least five (5) years of nursing experience, upon hire
Qualifications
- Certified Case Manager, upon hire
- Accredited Case Manager, upon hire
Benefits
Not specified
Pay
$35.53 - $52.85 /hour
Schedule
Not specified