Pediatric Care Navigator & Case Manager

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Care Coordinator to assess, plan, implement and monitor patient care across the continuum. The role partners with physicians and families to optimize health outcomes, coordinate services, and manage costs while ensuring safety and quality.

Qualifications include RN licensure in Texas, BSN or ADN with BSN progression, BLS, and 3 years acute care experience. The position emphasizes community health experience and collaboration with care teams to support

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or an associate's in nursing with enrollment in a BSN program.
• Current RN Licensure by the Texas Board of Nurses or Nursing licensure compact.
• BLS from AHA.
• 3yrs of nursing experience in an acute care setting.
• experience in community health, complex pediatric patient care, home care, case management, managed care, or utilization review highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Assesses, develops, implements and monitors a comprehensive plan of care through an interdisciplinary team process in conjunction with the patient/family in internal and external settings.
• Reviews clinical documentation and collaborates with medical and nursing staff to ensure smooth facilitation of level of care and patient placement.
• Identifies actual and potential problems and discusses with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate interventions to mitigate barriers to successfully implementing plan of care.
• Serves as content expert related to level of care and maintains open communication with the care team to support appropriate utilization of resources.
• Appropriately screens patient for level of care and ensures clinical information in the medical record accurately reflects the level of care requested.
• Coordinates timely transition of information to unit Care Coordinator to support effective revenue cycle process.
• Completes visits with patient across the continuum of care as indicated.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new department members.
• Identifies and monitors quality improvement opportunities along the continuum of care.
• Identifies and reports quality of care, safety and quality of services issues and refer to appropriate Quality Management staff.
• Solves problems, identifies appropriate resources, adapt to ongoing change, and handle conflict management with a professional and supportive attitude.
• Uses positive and effective interpersonal skills when dealing with patients/families, visitors, peers, and other health care team members

Skills

Nursing expertise

Care coordination

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient education

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Associate’s degree in nursing with BSN enrollment

RN licensure (Texas or compact)

BLS from AHA

Job description

Texas Children’s Hospital is seeking a Care Coordinator to assess, plan, implement and monitor patient care across the continuum. The role partners with physicians and families to optimize health outcomes, coordinate services, and manage costs while ensuring safety and quality.

Qualifications include RN licensure in Texas, BSN or ADN with BSN progression, BLS, and 3 years acute care experience. The position emphasizes community health experience and collaboration with care teams to support