RN Care Coordinator

Dominican Hospital • Live Oak, CA

5d • $104 - $112 • Onsite

About The Position

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, the Care Coordinator will be responsible for assessing, planning, facilitating and advocating for options and services through a continuum of care from point of contact through discharge on assigned patients. The Care Coordinator performs this role in such a manner as to meet the individuals health needs while promoting quality and cost effective outcomes. The positions emphasis will be on care coordination, communication and collaboration with nursing, physicians, departments within the medical center, insurers and post acute service providers to pace the care toward optimal outcomes within the appropriate level of care. The Care Coordinator will advocate for the patient and family by identifying and valuing patient choice, spiritual needs, cultural, language and socioeconomic barriers to care transitions. In addition, the Care Coordinator will protect confidentiality while striving to achieve high levels of patient satisfaction. The Care Coordinator consistently conducts the utilization review process and the discharge planning process as required by hospital policies, standards of practice and Federal and State regulations.

Requirements

• Masters degree in nursing with a concentration in Case Management may serve as a substitute for the experience
• Minimum of Three years nursing experience in an acute hospital setting.
• RN:CA
• Excellent customer service and presentation skills are a must
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills are essential
• Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks or projects effectively.
• Ability to work independently as needed with a high degree of detail orientation.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, facilitating and advocating for options and services through a continuum of care from point of contact through discharge on assigned patients.
• Meeting individuals health needs while promoting quality and cost effective outcomes.
• Focusing on care coordination, communication and collaboration with nursing, physicians, departments within the medical center, insurers and post acute service providers to pace the care toward optimal outcomes within the appropriate level of care.
• Advocating for the patient and family by identifying and valuing patient choice, spiritual needs, cultural, language and socioeconomic barriers to care transitions.
• Protecting confidentiality while striving to achieve high levels of patient satisfaction.
• Conducting the utilization review process and the discharge planning process as required by hospital policies, standards of practice and Federal and State regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level