Care Coordinator RN

St. Luke's Hospital - The Woodlands; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 59,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is seeking a RN Care Coordinator to orchestrate patient care across the continuum, advocating for patients and collaborating with physicians, nursing, and post-acute providers to ensure high-quality transitions.

You will assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care, aiming for optimal outcomes and exceptional patient experience, with emphasis on reducing readmission risks and coordinating across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with at least 2 years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Masters in Case Management or Nursing field, with 1 year of experience at hire.
• Registered Nurse license in TX; Basic Life Support (CPR) within 90 days of hire.
• Preferred: BSN and at least 5 years of nursing experience.
• Preferred: Certified Case Manager.
• Preferred: Accredited Case Manager.

Responsibilities

• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment for identified patients and reassesses as needed.
• Develops a multidisciplinary discharge plan with the health team, patient, and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates the discharge plan implementation.
• Collaborates with the team to ensure care progression and appropriate inpatient resource use.
• Coordinates with post-acute services for timely transitions based on clinical needs.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements 30-day mitigation interventions.

Skills

Acute hospital clinical experience

Care coordination

Discharge planning

CPR/BLS certification

Education

RN license (TX)

Masters in Case Management or Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Job description

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.

• 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.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience, upon hire or
• Masters Other Case Management or Nursing field. and 1 year of experience, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least five (5) years of nursing experience., upon hire
• Certified Case Manager, upon hire and
• Accredited Case Manager, upon hire

Where You'll Work

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245 bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. The hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, and is proud to serve as the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center. The hospital was awarded an “A” hospital safety grade by The Leapfrog Group in both 2023 and 2025. Clinical services provided include cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, women’s services (digital mammography and bone density studies), neurosciences, pediatric care (Newborn and Level III nurseries), surgery, pathology and pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services.

Pay Range

$43.10 - $64.11 /hour