Discharge & Care Coordination Associate

Danbury Hospital; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 27,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Danbury Hospital is seeking a Care Coordination Assistant to support discharge planning on the Danbury Campus. Under the Clinical Care Coordinator, you will coordinate transfers to home or long-term care, arrange transportation, and ensure timely communication among physicians, patients, families, and care teams.

Responsibilities include preparing documentation, transmitting referrals, updating the EMR, and assisting with audits and special projects.

Qualifications

• Requires a minimum high school diploma (some college preferred) and at least two years experience in an acute care hospital or equivalent.
• Ability to prioritize and problem-solve independently; communicate with physicians, patients and families.
• Proofread and check documents for errors; ability to use a keyboard to enter, retrieve, and transform data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Care Coordination team to prioritize discharges.
• Transmit clinical information to post-acute providers through EMR/referral systems.
• Inform team and families of discharge arrangements (time, transport).
• Prepare and send documentation to next level of care.
• Update discharge plan in EMR and ensure co-signatures.

Skills

Communication skills

Prioritization

Problem solving

Proofreading

Independent work

Education

HS Diploma

Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

Northwell Danbury Hospital is seeking a Care Coordination Assistant to support discharge planning on the Danbury Campus. Under the Clinical Care Coordinator, you will coordinate transfers to home or long-term care, arrange transportation, and ensure timely communication among physicians, patients, families, and care teams.

Responsibilities include preparing documentation, transmitting referrals, updating the EMR, and assisting with audits and special projects.