RN Clinical Assessment

CommuniCare Health Services•BridgePort Healthcare Center of Ohio, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Bridgeport Healthcare Center, a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies, is currently recruiting an RN Clinical Assessment Coordinator to join our clinical team. This role focuses on implementing facility-approved policies and procedures related to in-house disease management and hospital re-admissions. The position involves daily participation in clinical meetings, monitoring resident conditions, and collaborating with physicians and nurse practitioners for assessment and management of changes in condition and disease processes. The RN will assess resident responses to medications and treatments, communicate with healthcare providers, and obtain/implement prescriber orders. Telehealth and virtual rounding will be utilized for symptom management, with potential assistance for long-term care residents. Education for residents, representatives, and families regarding disease and symptom management is also a key responsibility. The role ensures continuity of care by communicating pertinent information to evening and weekend licensed nurses and collaborates with the Clinical Management Team on rehospitalizations and caregiver education. The position requires adherence to standards of nursing practice.

Requirements

Must have acute care experience
Must hold an unencumbered Registered Nurse License, in the state in which the facility operates, or a multi-state license for which the state the facility operates in is included.
2 years experience in Long Term Care Management.
Must be knowledgeable for the nursing and medical practices, and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
Must be able to communicate effectively with the Physicians and Physicians Extenders.
Must have strong Clinical Assessment Skills, Organization Skills and Communication Skills.
Must have the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such actions.
Must have knowledge and the ability to use Point Click Care, EHR, and programs such as Word and Excel.
Must have knowledge of nursing and medical practices, standards of practice and state practice acts and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
Must be able to deal tactfully with team members, other staff, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the general public.
Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with team members in all positions.
Must be able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care.
Must be willing to seek out methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices.

Responsibilities

Assumes responsibility for the implementation of facility approved policies, procedures and processes related to in-house disease management and hospital re-admissions.
Participates in Clinical Meeting daily.
Monitors Saiva daily and participates in Grand Rounds with the Nurse Practitioner as necessary.
Monitors Stop and Watch alerts, order listing reports and any other changes to resident condition and condition management needs.
Assumes responsibility for rounding with Physician and Physician Extenders (Nurse Practitioners, Physician’s Assistants, etc.) for the purpose of assessment and management of changes in condition and disease processes.
Assess resident responses to medications and treatments and makes appropriate recommendations to Physician(s) and Nurse Practitioner(s) as necessary.
Communicates with Physicians, and Physicians Extenders such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician’s Assistants, etc., as necessary for the purpose of disease and condition management at facility level.
Obtains, transcribes and implements, any prescriber orders necessary to manage resident conditions at the facility level.
Utilizes Telehealth and Virtual Rounding for the purposes of symptom management for any short stay resident experiencing a change in condition.
May assist with Long Term Care residents as time allows.
Performs education with resident, resident representative and/or resident family members as needed for the purpose of disease and symptom management during stay and after discharge from facility.
Communicates all pertinent information related to resident conditions and developments to evening and weekend licensed nurses, for the purposes of continuity of care and disease process management in facility, with physician and practitioner involvement as necessary, via telehealth.
Collaborates with the Clinical Management Team on Rehospitalizations and any education need opportunities for direct care givers.
Track and Trend Rehospitalizations and review with Clinical Management Team for the purpose of process and outcome improvement.
Performs all job duties utilizing standards of nursing practice.