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Care Coordinator RN

Memorial Hospital - Chattanooga

#Case Management #Patient Advocacy #RN #BLS #CPR #Multidisciplinary Team #Patient Experience #Nursing #Healthcare #Discharge Planning

Quick overview

The RN Care Coordinator assesses, plans, and facilitates comprehensive patient care across the continuum to ensure optimal outcomes and smooth transitions. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and post-acute providers to manage discharge planning and mitigate readmission risks.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing school with at least two years of acute hospital clinical experience. A valid Tennessee Registered Nurse license and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification are required upon hire.

bachelor degreeCommunicationCare coordinationClinical assessmentDischarge planningEvidence-based practiceStrategic planningPatient advocacyCase managementMultidisciplinary collaborationResource utilizationNursing documentationReadmission risk assessment

Job description

Where You’ll Work CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ.
Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services.
Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S.
News and World Report, PINC AI™, CMS, Healthgrades®, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee.
We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As a RN Care Coordinator, you will be a central figure in patient care, seamlessly navigating the healthcare journey to achieve optimal outcomes and an exceptional patient experience.Every day, you will strategically assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care across the continuum, expertly advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing, departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.To be successful in this role, you will possess strong clinical acumen, exceptional communication and advocacy skills, and a strategic mindset, all driven by a passion for optimizing patient care across every touchpoint.
Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request.
Reassess the patient as appropriate and update the plan accordingly.
Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative and post acute care providers in accordance with the patients clinical or psychosocial needs, choices and available resources.
Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources using established evidence based guidelines/criteria.
Collaborates with the healthcare team and post-acute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of post-acute services based upon patients clinical needs.
Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period.

Care Coordinator RN

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