RN - Care Coordinator

University of Mississippi Medical Center • Ridgeland, MS

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About The Position

The RN - Care Coordinator supports disease management through proactive monitoring, assessment, patient education, and follow-up. The role empowers patients and families in self-care practices and motivational and behavioral change, provides competency-based education to patients, staff, and providers, and maintains care management databases. The position is full-time, day shift, and grant funded.

Requirements

• Must be licensed as an RN for two years.
• Must have a valid RN license.
• 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 using personal computers and related software applications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under time constraints and analyze and solve problems.
• Understanding of cost and quality issues.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Decision-making skills.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Provides education and preventive health measures and helps patients with chronic disease or conditions set behavior-change goals.
• Participates in controlling cost-effective services, including appropriate staffing levels and use of equipment and supplies, and effective management of patient care.
• Adheres to the restorative care philosophy by incorporating its principles into direct care provided to residents.
• Evaluates, develops, and implements clinical program components to optimize patient care strategies and goals.
• Uses effective interviewing and assessment skills and applies current or new techniques to obtain information from residents and families for planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Provides timely internal and external customer service in a cooperative, professional, and respectful manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed