Rn Jobs in St Cloud

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a related field, or certification as specified in the licensure requirement.
• Four years of experience as a Registered Nurse.
• At least three years of experience in the area of assigned responsibility.
• Current Tennessee RN license.
• Current certification in Case Management (CCM), ACM, or CPHQ, or a bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Screen patients using case-finding criteria and gather information from medical records, physicians, patients, families, and other sources to develop a comprehensive plan addressing identified needs.
• Coordinate timely documentation review with Clinical Documentation Improvement specialists as needed to support appropriate medical-record documentation and expected length-of-stay planning.
• Use the nursing process to evaluate patient progress daily, discuss findings with patients and caregivers, and document whether daily objectives are being met.
• Modify care management plans as patients’ clinical needs change and secure resources through multidisciplinary coordination to support timely, efficient, and cost-effective services.
• Research, design, and implement practice guidelines and clinical care designs with physicians, nurses, and other health care team members.
• Identify objectives, goals, and actions to meet patients’ identified needs.
• Collaborate and communicate with physicians and the health care team to plan and implement patient care, documenting communication in the medical record.
• Visit patients according to the plan of care and provide education about medications, treatment plans, discharge instructions, and care modalities.
• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds and ensure the appropriate disciplines are available.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager to support sound clinical practice and help develop staff or patient education activities.
• Work with physicians to identify necessary resources and support their appropriate utilization.
• Communicate with physician offices, home health agencies, rehabilitation and long-term care facilities, and third-party payers to establish goals for appropriate, cost-effective, and efficient care.
• Document care management activities, interventions, patient goals, and transition plans in the medical record.
• Serve as a liaison among patients and families, physicians, and the health care team.
• Coordinate, organize, secure, integrate, modify, and document resources needed to accomplish discharge-plan goals; broker coverage for community services when necessary.
• Gather information from relevant sources to assess the effectiveness of care management plans and services.
• Mobilize resources and coordinate the health care team to support successful transitions to the appropriate next level of care.
• Identify and communicate care-process variances and initiate actions to mitigate them.
• Stay current on quality requirements related to core measures, Conditions of Participation, Leapfrog, and other regulatory bodies for the assigned population.
• Monitor patients for potential healthcare-acquired conditions and hospital-acquired infections and initiate preventive actions.
• Ensure daily multidisciplinary bedside rounds with caregivers and the health care team to support desired outcomes and goals.
• Evaluate and revise care management plans to meet patients’ needs.
• Use statistical analysis techniques to measure clinical and fiscal variances from care guidelines, designs, protocols, and core measures.
• Develop reporting mechanisms to communicate outcomes to physicians and other health care team members.
• Support cost containment by recommending performance-improvement opportunities and maintain fiscal awareness by communicating outcomes to stakeholders.
• Monitor outcome variances, identify their causes, implement improvement actions, and evaluate corrective actions.
• Seek efficient, cost-effective ways to provide appropriate care and conduct research to identify best practices for achieving patient outcomes.
• Participate in quality-improvement initiatives for the assigned population.
• Address end-of-life issues with physicians, families, and other members of the health care team as they arise.
• Maintain patient privacy when communicating with facilities, services, and departments involved in interdisciplinary discharge-planning rounds.
• Advocate for patients and provide care management services within the registered nurse scope of practice and applicable legal and regulatory standards.
• Research, plan, develop, and assist with patient education; use return demonstration to verify patient and family understanding of inpatient care and post-discharge needs.
• Participate in staff development, orientation, and unit meetings through mentoring, consultation, educational presentations, and clinical direction.
• Participate in hiring, supervision, education, orientation, evaluation, and discipline of staff.
• Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete annual education assignments; work toward goals and objectives; and participate in quality-improvement initiatives as requested.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan assistance
• Certification bonuses
• Leadership development programs