Patient Care Coordinator

NurseDeck Inc; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

NurseDeck Inc. seeks a Patient Care Coordinator to oversee care management for acute inpatient populations.

You will collaborate with physicians, patients, families, nursing staff, utilization review teams, and other healthcare professionals to promote continuous care progression and cost-effective outcomes. The role includes coordinating with community providers and ambulatory case managers to support appropriate care transitions, safe discharges, and readmission prevention.

Qualifications

• Experience in discharge planning.
• Experience working with physicians and ancillary teams.
• Experience working with patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate discharge planning to ensure appropriate discharge plans for patients.
• Collaborate with physicians and the ancillary team to ensure seamless care.
• Engage with patients and families to develop and communicate discharge plans.
• Coordinate with rounding physicians to align on care plans.
• Ensure continuity of patient care progression for clinical and cost-effective outcomes.
• Coordinate with community providers and ambulatory case managers.
• Assist with selecting appropriate level and transition of care for safe discharge.
• Implement measures to prevent readmissions.

Skills

Discharge planning

Experience with physicians and ancill

Experience with patients and families

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

The Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the management and coordination of care for the acute inpatient population. This role involves collaborating with physicians, patients, families, nursing staff, utilization review teams, and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuous patient care progression, promoting clinical and cost-effective outcomes. The Patient Care Coordinator also facilitates and coordinates with community providers and ambulatory case managers to assist with appropriate levels of care transitions, facilitate safe discharges, and prevent readmissions.

Key Responsibilities

• Discharge planning, ensuring patients have appropriate discharge plans.
• Collaborating with physicians and the ancillary team.
• Working with patients and families to create discharge plans.
• Collaborating with rounding physicians.
• Assuring continuum of patient care progression for clinical and cost-effective outcomes.
• Facilitating and coordinating with community providers and ambulatory case managers.
• Assisting with the appropriate level and transition of care for a safe discharge.
• Preventing readmissions.

Required Qualifications

• Experience in discharge planning.
• Experience working with physicians and ancillary teams.
• Experience working with patients and families.