Care Coordinator (RN) - Social Work

About the role

The Hospital of Central Connecticut is an acute-care community teaching hospital providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general medicine and surgery, as well as a wide variety of specialties. Staffed by a talented team of leading professionals, the hospital cares for patients from birth through the end of life.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and monitors the plan of care to achieve optimal resource utilization and discharge planning outcomes.
• Expedites value-added interventions to achieve desired outcomes and offers credible alternatives to secure prompt and safe discharge.
• Serves as a change agent to improve care coordination, customer satisfaction, organizational, and financial outcomes.

Requirements

• Current CT RN License with 3 - 5 years clinical experience required, BSN strongly preferred.
• Candidate with previous experience with utilization management and managed care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and patient assessment skills required.

Preferred Qualifications

• CCM certification, strongly preferred
• Organizational, analytical, writing and interpersonal skills
• Dependable, self-directed
• Critical thinking, problem solving and deductive reasoning skills
• Case management experience preferred
• Strong computer skills
• Understand and support CDMP- documentation strategies, preferred
• Familiar with Medicare Part B

Pay

Compensation and benefits are competitive and will be offered based on experience.

Schedule

Rotating weekends and holidays.