RN Care Coordinator - Urology Ambulatory

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. As a Care Coordinator, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary care team staff across the continuum of care for high-risk patients, providing coordination of care and disease management longitudinally for patients with chronic conditions or episodic care for a surgical population. You will focus on patient outreach and care coordination for a panel of patients to achieve optimal outcomes and promote wellness, helping to decrease preventable emergency department visits and readmissions while improving patient satisfaction.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–4:30 pm; no weekends, holidays, or on-call requirements. One work-from-home day per week after orientation.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary care team across the continuum of care for high-risk patients to develop goals, plan interventions, and maximize patient outcomes.
• Provide care and disease management coordination.
• Identify patients in the specialty care practice that have ongoing coordination needs and conduct targeted outreach.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments that include disease/age-specific, medical, behavioral, pharmacy, social, and end-of-life needs of each patient.
• Inform and work with patients and their families regarding coordination of their care, provide education and coaching, monitor patient compliance with their care plan, perform reassessments regarding patient progress toward goals, and update plan of care.
• Serve as a liaison and advocate for patients and families.
• Assist in managing transitions of care across care settings, ensuring optimal communication and planning.
• Identify barriers, facilitate solutions, and connect others to community resources.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross.
• Three to five years of nursing experience.
• Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer-specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facility’s accreditation cycle if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Specialty certification preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May require some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work – Exerting up to 20 lb of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lb of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (constant: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Light Work rating applies when the job requires walking or standing to a significant degree, sitting most of the time but entails pushing/pulling of arm or leg controls, or working at a production rate pace entailing constant pushing/pulling of materials even if weight is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

Pay

Annual salary range: $63,250.00 – $96,467.50. The pay range reflects the anticipated range for new hires; actual compensation will be determined based on work history, experience, skill set, and education. The range does not include shift differentials, overtime, or the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (healthcare, dental, vision, retirement contributions, etc.).