Patient Flow & Care Navigator

Grady Health System; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Financial Security

Work-Life Balance

Career Growth

Employee Support

Job summary

Grady Health System in Atlanta seeks a Clinical Care Coordinator (C3) to actively identify and remove barriers to patient flow by serving as a consultant and educator with medical staff on patient status, bed placement, payor requirements and utilization of resources.

The role acts as the main liaison across emergency and surgical services, nursing, behavioral health, finance and physicians to ensure appropriate bed assignment and delivery of care plans at the appropriate levels, improving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2+ years of RN experience.
• American Heart Association BLS required.
• Nurse Case Management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a spoke of the "Hub" by partnering with other C3s and unit staff to facilitate each patients progression of care at the unit level.
• Collaborates with the "Hub" to ensure appropriate unit and level of care assignment, and provides "Hub" with visibility into potential unit transfers in a timely manner.
• Works with Unit Staff and support teams Medical Social Worker (MSW), Clinical Documentation (CDI), etc.) to progress each patients care toward discharge, and to ensure patient status (anticipated transfers, discharges, location and patient alerts) is accurately reflected in the system.
• Reviews Physician admission order to validate status and level of care.
• E-Reviews Physician admission order to validate status and level of care.
• Rounds with physicians and/or maintains daily communication to discuss patient progression and barriers to discharge.
• Identifies and assesses patient for readmission, readmission risk and communicates to care team.
• Coordinates patients plan of care using patient progression plans and other tools, in conjunction with physicians and nursing for appropriate sequencing of care/interventions.
• Communicates with patients and families about plan of care and discharge goals, along side MSW and nursing.

Skills

RN Experience

BLS

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Grady Health System in Atlanta seeks a Clinical Care Coordinator (C3) to actively identify and remove barriers to patient flow by serving as a consultant and educator with medical staff on patient status, bed placement, payor requirements and utilization of resources.

The role acts as the main liaison across emergency and surgical services, nursing, behavioral health, finance and physicians to ensure appropriate bed assignment and delivery of care plans at the appropriate levels, improving