Orthopedics Care Coordinator RN

As a Orthopedics Care Coordinator RN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

The Orthopedic Care Coordinator is responsible for providing and/or coordinates educational and process improvement activities for both staff and patients. Acts as a community liaison on behalf of the program and hospital. Directly involved in the marketing/promotion of services provided.

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Oversees the overall care of orthopedic/Joint patients following a holistic and interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with medical staff, patients/family members and other members of the health care team
• Serve as a leader for the overall program management, process improvement plans, patient satisfaction plans and communicate goals and status to staff and other team members
• Coordinate and drive the monthly performance Interdisciplinary meeting. Collect, analysis and report the quality metrics data with team members and plan interventions, ensure appropriate action /process is in place to achieve great outcome/goals
• Responsible for coordinating and providing education for patients and families before surgery (Pre-op classes) and before discharge (discharge education). Coordinate teaching materials for patients/families and physician’s office
• Collaborate and facilitate staff education on various aspects of orthopedic patient care to assist the team following best practices/clinical practice guidelines in align with current process/protocol
• Make daily clinical rounds on patients, assess the therapy and other need of patients from admission through discharge and coordinate care needs with other team members
• Daily rounding with physicians, provide update on patient progress/ any challenges, need for any interventions to improve the patient care, treatments and overall experience
• Concurrent chart reviews are performed to obtain data, analysis documentation of clinical components that meets the joint protocol/standards
• Collaborate with other disciplines ensuring the discharge needs are met including discharge education, after discharge therapy, HHC, DME’s, follow up appointment etc.
• Collaborate/create measurement system for tracking surgical outcomes, patient satisfaction, identify areas that require improvement
• Oversees, plan and develop formal and informal educational material for patients/families and ensure educational needs are met. Coordinate teaching materials with physician’s office
• Act as a Liaison to the patient/family, physicians/office staff and other team members involved with the orthopedic patient care/treatment
• Coordinate patient post discharge calls to ensure continuum of care pathways are followed/met
• Coordinate/collaborate community outreach programs to involve the community with educational opportunities.
• Coordinate all the aspects required for recertification of joint program with Joint Commission and any other accreditation bodies

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Professional nursing
• BSN is required
• Advanced Practice Nursing/Masters prepared preferred
• Current RN licensed in the State of TX or compact license
• Orthopedic Nurse Certified
• Must have a minimum of 5 years recent clinical nursing in area of orthopedics
• Recent experience in Orthopedic outcomes research and intervention is desirable
• Current BLS issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross
• Current ACLS preferred, issued by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association

Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral…