Care Coordination Specialist

Baycare; Lutz (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

401k match

Annual bonus

Team awards

Community discounts

Job summary

BayCare seeks a Care Coordination Specialist at St Josephs Hospital North in Lutz, FL. This part-time role focuses on interdisciplinary care planning, transition of care, and optimizing post-acute resources to reduce readmissions.

You’ll collaborate with nurses, physicians, and care teams to coordinate services, authorize post-acute care when needed, and connect patients with community resources while ensuring regulatory compliance and efficient workflow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or healthcare field.
• HS with LPN license acceptable per criteria.
• Experience in medical social work or LPN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with patients and care teams to optimize outcomes.
• Coordinate comprehensive transition of care and post-acute referrals.
• Identify barriers to transitions, including SDOH.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and effective length of stay management.
• Facilitate connections to community resources.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

LPN license

HS/GED with LPN

Job description

Details

At BayCare, we are proud to be one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area.Our network consists of 16 community-based hospitals, a long-term acute care facility, home health services, outpatient centers and thousands of physicians. With the support of more than 30,000 team members, we promote a forward-thinking philosophy that’s built on a foundation of trust, dignity, respect, responsibility and clinical excellence

The Care Coordination Specialist will:

• Function as a key member of an interdisciplinary, value-based care delivery model, collaborating with patients, nursing, physicians, advanced practitioners, caregivers, and community partners to optimize clinical, quality, and financial outcomes.
• Provide comprehensive care coordination and interdisciplinary discharge planning processes for patients ensuring appropriate utilization of post-acute resources, reduce avoidable readmissions, and support accurate risk stratification. Integrates clinical, social, and economic determinants of health into individualized care planning, ensuring alignment with patient acuity, developmental stage, and payer requirements.
• Proactively identify and address barriers impacting transitions of care, including social determinants of health (SDOH), to enhance patient outcomes and support appropriate risk adjustment and reimbursement optimization.
• Perform transition of care management, including timely coordination of services, facilitation of medically necessary referrals, initiating post-acute authorizations if applicable, assisting with transportation needs, and effective linkage to community-based resources to ensure continuum of care.
• Apply strong organizational and operational management skills to coordinate multiple high-impact workflows, supporting compliance with regulatory requirements, efficient length of stay management, and improved performance in value-based reimbursement models.

Position details:

• Location: St Josephs Hospital North - Lutz, FL
• Status: Part time; Non Exempt.
• Schedule: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Every other Monday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
• Flexibility in weekdays. Weekends are firm
• On Call: No

Education and/or Licensure:

• Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or healthcare related field OR HS Graduate or Equivalent GED and LPN License.

Experience:

• Medical Social Work or LPN experience preferred

Benefits:

• Benefits (Health, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k match and additional yearly contribution
• Yearly performance appraisals and team award bonus
• Community discounts and more

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled