Coordinator of Care RN

MJHS; Englewood (NJ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus $15,000

Job summary

MJHS Home Care is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to coordinate in-home patient care, assess needs, manage medications and educate patients and families. You will lead the care planning process and collaborate with physicians, social workers and caregivers to support recovery at home.

The ideal candidate will hold a current NYS RN license, have at least one year of acute medical-surgical nursing experience, and be bilingual English/Spanish.

Qualifications

• Creates initial comprehensive interdisciplinary patient-centered home health plan of care.
• Coordinates activities involved in each care plan and reviews patient insurance information.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge in community health nursing and home care practice.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, implement and continually evaluate home care needs for patients.
• Review patient insurance information and coordinate care plan activities.
• Communicate findings with family and professional caregivers; document and manage time effectively.

Skills

Excellent clinical assessment skills

Problem-solving

Bilingual English/Spanish

Driver license and car

Education

NYS RN license

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance!

MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.

MJHS Home Care provides advanced clinical services and emotional support to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. With a comprehensive range of services supported by an integrated health system, patients can recover in the familiar surroundings of their home.

Someone with your depth of compassion, clinical insight and strong decision-making capabilities is the ideal person to map out and oversee the process of a patient’s recovery from illness, injury or surgery at home. You will provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education.

In this role, you will assume the ongoing, primary responsibility to coordinate, implement and continually evaluate the home care needs of your patients. You will also review patient insurance information, coordinate activities involved in each individual care plan and make sure that pertinent findings are shared with family and professional caregivers. Your excellent communication, documentation and time management capabilities will be essential to your success. And all along the way, you will experience the respect for your opinions and the high level of autonomy you need to do the job

right.

• To create the initial comprehensive and interdisciplinary patient centered home health plan of care; update the home health plan of care in collaboration with the physician
• To effectively case manage the care and services for assigned patients resulting in positive clinical outcomes and minimized risks of rehospitalization
• Supports agency established financial goals
• Demonstrate expert knowledge unique to the practice of community health nursing

• Excellent clinical assessment skills
• Strong ability to solve problems independently and interact with an integrated team
• Current NYS RN license and registration
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
• Minimum of one year acute medical-surgical nursing experience
• CHHA experience preferred
• Driver license and car required
• Bilingual English / Spanish preferred