Acute Care Navigator: Part-Time RN Care Coordinator

Holy Cross Health Fl; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

Holy Cross Health Fl in Fort Lauderdale, FL, is seeking an Acute Care Manager to coordinate and manage patient care on-site and ensure continuity across the care continuum. This part-time role collaborates with interprofessional teams to optimize documentation, handovers, and transitions, reducing fragmentation of services.

Ideal candidates will have a Nursing Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of clinical or case management experience, strong independent analysis, and a Florida RN license with

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in nursing is preferred with a minimum of 3 years clinical experience.
• Experience: 3-5 years of direct patient care or case management experience in a similar size, similar scope hospital preferred.
• Special Training/Skills: Acting independently, must demonstrate an ability to analyze clinical, financial, and social situations, identifying problems and alternative courses of actions, and directing the healthcare team, with a sense of urgency and a drive

Responsibilities

• Participates in Performance Projects (A3) to be determined by Manager/Director.
• Ensures appropriate clinical documentation to support level of care. Analyzes the patient's current clinical status, treatment plan and past medical history to identify potential gaps on physician documentation. Identifies the principal diagnosis and all secondary conditions, co-morbidities, complications and procedures that have been documented in the medical record.
• Serves as a consultant and educator with medical staff regarding status, placement, payer requirements, and utilization of resources.
• Assures appropriate sequencing of care/interventions for optimal results and smooth transition along hospital care and continuum.
• Proactively identifies and removes barriers that impede the progress of care. Coordinates level of care appropriateness with admission status determination.
• Assures clear admission order. Meets and acts on cases not meeting admission criteria. Anticipates principal diagnosis and procedures.
• Maintains current knowledge of basic health care economics, trends and reimbursements methodologies and applies knowledge to daily practice. Recognizes situations that require immediately intervention/ Continues to develop professionally and apply knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to each patient.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Holy Cross Health Fl in Fort Lauderdale, FL, is seeking an Acute Care Manager to coordinate and manage patient care on-site and ensure continuity across the care continuum. This part-time role collaborates with interprofessional teams to optimize documentation, handovers, and transitions, reducing fragmentation of services.

Ideal candidates will have a Nursing Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of clinical or case management experience, strong independent analysis, and a Florida RN license with