Coordinator - Corporate Health Services

Description Summary

Provides clinical administrative nursing care coordination in support of a patient care area. Duties include one or more of the following care coordination, discharge planning, data analysis and performance metrics, and patient/staff education.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient status of a specialized population.
• Rounds with an interdisciplinary health care team to determine patient care needs and coordinate ongoing acute care and long-term needs.
• Uses expertise and experience in specialty practice to facilitate patient care.
• Acts as a liaison between the patient, family and health care team to communicate patient care needs including coordination of patient/family care conferences.
• Collaborates with health care team to provide information and resources to facilitate patient care.
• Provides inservices and formal presentations to nursing, medical and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population.
• Aid staff in the development of patient education materials for the patient population.
• Performs patient teaching related to specific topics and patient needs.
• Documents patient teaching in the medical record in the appropriate sections.
• Collects data related to specialized patient population and analyzes for trends.
• Enters data or coordinates its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking purposes.
• Participates in performance improvement activities to promote quality patient care.
• Analyzes data for trends and makes suggestions for revisions to patient care protocols for the patient population.
• Makes referrals to other care providers during acute care episode and for post-discharge care.
• Coordinates patient care for post-hospitalization care and discharge planning.
• Communicates discharge needs to interdisciplinary health care team, patient and family.
• Cohorts appointments with clinics, outside referral sources, home care, durable medical equipment providers and other providers to ensure continuity of care for the patient.
• Attends care conferences and interdisciplinary care rounds.
• Documents care planning and communication with health care providers in the medical record.
• Promotes own professional development through attending inservices and presentations.
• Keeps current in practice through conferences, reading current literature and research.

Requirements

• Education Requirements: Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Licensure/Certification Requirements: Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• Professional Experience Requirements: Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities

• Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

Role Details

Legal Employer: Wayne Health Entity: Wayne UNC Health Care Organization Unit: Health Prom Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: WAYNE MED Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes