RN-Care Coordinator

Job Requisition ID: R00053802; Job Category: Nursing; Organization: SOM-Peds-Pulmonary; Location: Main Campus, Jackson; Job Title: RN-Care Coordinator

About the role

To support disease management tasks which include clinical responsibilities such as proactive monitoring, assessment, education, and follow-up of patients. To empower patients and their families in self-care practices and motivational and behavioral change modalities. To provide competency-based education to patients, staff, and providers and maintains care management databases.

Responsibilities

• Provides education and preventive health measures while helping the patient with chronic disease or condition to set behavior change goals.
• Participates in the control of cost effective services that reflect appropriate levels of staff, proper use of equipment, appropriate use of supplies, and effective management patient care.
• Adheres to restorative care philosophy by incorporating principles into direct care provided to residents on a daily basis.
• Evaluates, develops, and implements clinical program components to optimize patient care strategies and goals.
• Demonstrates effective interviewing and assessment skills and integrates new or current techniques to obtain information from the resident/family to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Provides timely internal/external customer service in a cooperative, professional, and respectful manner.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Requirements

• Must be licensed as RN for two (2) years
• Valid RN license

Qualifications

• RN experience in clinical nursing with chronic disease, utilization review and/or quality management

Skills

• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical guidelines across a wide variety of conditions and age groups.
• Knowledge of care management and resource/utilization management.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under time constraints; ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Understanding cost and quality issues.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Decision-making skills.

Pay

• Pay Class: Salary, FTE %: 100
• FLSA Designation: Exempt (Yes)

Schedule

• Time Type: Full time
• Work Shift: Day