Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care- Care Coordinator Sr Job Austell area,Georgia USA,Nursing

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care- Care Coordinator Sr-

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Come join our Cobb Hospital Care Coordination team!

We are hiring RN Care Coordinators with hospital experience. We have day and night shifts available Relocation assistance for eligible candidates

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Brief Overview

The Care Coordinator RN Sr. (RN Sr) is responsible for assessing transitional care needs, coordinating care across the continuum, and engaging with patient and family to assure care needs are met the most complex cases during the patient's acute admission. The RN Sr requires strong clinical expertise to partner with physicians and care teams to drive optimal and efficient treatment plans to streamline progression of care while in the hospital, as well as, planning for post discharge care.

The RN Sr will serve as an expert resource and consultant to the other team members in regards to care progression and assisting in planning to effectively meet the patient's needs, manage the length of stay and promote efficient utilization of resources. Overall, the role integrates and coordinates care facilitation, care progression and transitional care planning functions.

Specific functions within this role

Assessment
Based on preliminary screening of patients, initiates assessment of patient’s psychosocial risk factors and availability of resources to assist upon discharge.
Partners with the PAS, financial counselors, and/or UM nurse to assess insurance and coverage requirements for all payers to ensure adherence to those requirements.
Collaborates with the patient and family, along with the physician(s) and other members of the care team to fully establish and support both the patient’s care progression and discharge plans.
Meets with physicians and care team routinely to collaborate on timely and efficient patient management. 30%
Care Progression
Collaborates with physicians and care team to facilitate communication regarding patient’s care progression to ensure timely and efficient delivery of care.
Proactively identifies delays/obstacles in diagnostic or treatments within the plan of care which can lead to discharge delays.
Identities and discusses with physician the medical necessity for inpatient testing that may be more appropriate in the outpatient setting.
Actively works to resolve barriers to discharge and engages/escalates barriers to discharge to the appropriate leader for efficient resolution 20%
Disposition Planning
Manages all aspects of discharge planning for assigned patients.
Implements discharge planning timely and provides resources in an efficient manner.
Meets with patient/family to assess needs and develop an individualized discharge plan in collaboration with physicians.
Identifies and documents barriers for timely disposition.
Responds to referrals for patient’s post-acute needs from physicians and the care team.
Participates in Interdisciplinary Rounds with the patient’s care team to confirm estimated date of discharge and make recommendations for best level of care transition at discharge.
Ensures/maintains discharge plan consensus with patient/family, physicians, care teams and payers.
Initiates/facilitates post-acute referrals through departmental processes for timely transition to the next level of care.
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