RN / Nurse Care Coordinator at UW Medical Center - Northwest

About the Role

UW Medical Center - Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for a Nurse Care Coordinator to join our Care Management team with the goal of achieving coordinated patient flow through an inpatient stay, culminating in a safe and timely discharge. This position works closely with all members of the interdisciplinary health care team, ensuring that the team is aware of the patient’s plan of care and that all disciplines are working toward the same goals for the patient.

UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care.

Responsibilities

• Identification and monitoring of high medical needs patients to ensure timely completion of consults, procedures, and tests, ongoing team communication, and facilitates coordination between providers across the continuum of care.
• Lead medical team and nursing huddles and work creatively on removing barriers to discharge due to medical complications and/or system or team obstacles.
• Assist with ordering complex medical equipment and in ensuring safe transitions of care.
• Develop and monitor outcome measures related to care coordination and staff and patient satisfaction with discharge planning.
• Provide ongoing consultation and education to staff on how to achieve improved patient flow through the UWMC system.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or related field. Master's preferred. Applicable experience may substitute for education.
• Three years of professional nursing experience. Experience in Care Management strongly preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. Effective interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and clinical expertise.
• Ability to access information and document in electronic medical record.
• Current Washington State RN licensure at time of hire, and current BLS.

Pay

Pay Range Minimum: $46.97 hourly

Pay Range Maximum: $86.17 hourly

• BSN (or higher degree) Premium - $1.00/hour
• Certification (Specialty Certs) Premium - $1.25/hour
• Weekend Shift Premium - $4.00/hour
• Overtime Pay

Schedule

Per Diem, Days (First Shift)

This is a temporary position with an FTE of 0.00%.

Benefits

For information about benefits for this position, visit UW Jobs Benefits.