Care Coordinator RN

CommonSpirit Health; Longmont (CO); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Longmont United Hospital is seeking an RN Care Coordinator dedicated to advancing patient care and efficient discharge planning. You will lead multidisciplinary collaboration with nursing, physicians, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, appropriate transitions and optimal outcomes for each patient.

The role emphasizes strong clinical judgment, excellent communication, and advocacy for patients and families.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in applicable state(s) with current license
• Minimum two years acute hospital clinical experience or MSN or Case Management/Education equivalent in lieu of 1 year experience
• BLS certification within 3 months of hire

Responsibilities

• Facilitates multidisciplinary discharge planning with patient and care team
• Coordinates transitions to postacute services based on patient needs
• Completes discharge planning assessment and reassesses as needed
• Identifies readmission risk and implements mitigation strategies
• Oversees discharge plan implementation
• Collaborates with care team to ensure appropriate inpatient resource use

Skills

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Communication

Collaboration

Patient advocacy

Education

Graduate of accredited nursing program

BSN preferred

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN Care Coordinator, you will oversee the progression of care and discharge planning for identified patients, promoting quality and cost-effective outcomes while adhering to all hospital policies and regulations.

Every day you will coordinate, communicate, and collaborate with utilization management, nursing, physicians, ancillary departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to progress care toward optimal outcomes at the appropriate level. You will also advocate for patients and families, identifying and addressing barriers to care transitions, and striving to enhance the patient experience.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong clinical judgment, exceptional communication and collaboration skills, a deep understanding of care coordination principles, and a fervent commitment to patient advocacy and enhancing the overall patient experience.

• Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative, and postacute care providers in accordance with the patient's clinical or psychosocial needs, choices, and available resources.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and postacute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of postacute services based upon the patient's clinical needs.
• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request, and reassesses the patient as appropriate to update the plan accordingly.
• Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30day period.
• 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 evidencebased guidelines/criteria.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience or a Master'ss degree in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience
• RN license in the state(s) covered: Arizona RN:AZ or Compact Arkansas RN:AR or Compact California RN:CA Colorado RN:CO or Compact Georgia RN:GA or Compact Iowa RN: IA or Compact Kansas RN:KS or Compact Kentucky RN:KY or Compact Minnesota RN:MN Nebraska RN:NE or Compact Nevada RN:NV North Dakota RN:ND or Compact Ohio RN:OH or Compact Oregon RN:OR Tennessee RN:TN or Compact Texas RN:TX or Compact Utah RN:UT or Compact Washington RN:WA or Partial
• BLS required within 3 months of hiring

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field
• At least five (5) years of nursing experience
• Certified Case Manager (CCM), Accredited Case Manager (ACMRN), or UM Certification

Where You'll Work

At Longmont United Hospital, we treat the entire patient to leverage the powerful connection of body, mind, and spirit in the healing process. Here, your time at work will be spent with a supportive team of employees and leaders that value self-care, flexibility and development opportunities through cross-training and continuing education.

Longmont, Colorado is home to more than 2,000 acres of parks, three public golf courses and numerous trails to hike, bike, walk or run. Located less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountain National Park (ranked the fourth most visited national park in the country in 2017 by the Denver Business Journal), you’ll have easy access to the very best Colorado has to offer.