Registered Nurse (RN)-Acute Care - Care Coordination Team Lead - FT Days

Wellstar Health System; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Cobb Hospital is seeking a Care Coordination Team Lead (RN) for daytime hours to mentor and guide the care coordination team within the acute hospital setting. You will support discharge planning, transitional care, and inter-disciplinary collaboration to optimize patient outcomes.

The role requires a minimum of 3 years in care coordination and active RN licensure with BLS; leadership and process improvement experience are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital care coordination or case management.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities are essential.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse with BLS certification required on hire.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and lead the care coordination team in acute hospital settings.
• Oversee schedules, coverage, and team workflows; participate in interviewing.
• Provide precepting and ongoing education to new staff; support quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Crucial conversations

Team leadership

Discharge planning

Care coordination

Analytical thinking

Education

RN - Registered Nurse

BLS Certification

Job description

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)Care Coordination Daytime Team Lead (RN FT Days - Cobb Hospital.

About the Facility

Learn more about Wellstar Cobb Hospital, including our teams, culture and campus environment:

https://www.wellstar.org/locations/hospital/cobb-medical-center

Hours: FT Days

Shift: M-F 8-5pm or 8:30-5:30pm

Onsite interview

Relocation assistance for eligible candidates

The Care Coordination Team Lead (CC TL) is responsible for development and mentoring of a care coordination team. The CC TL's function is to support the care coordinators and leadership team during the patient's acute hospitalization or in the ambulatory case management program, working with acute, chronic and long-term stages of illness for a defined patient population. The role includes critical patient assessment, transitional care planning, discharge planning, physical and psychosocial assessment, patient advocacy, education of the patient /family and monitoring quality indicators to demonstrate outcomes for the team resulting from the service provided. The CC TL collaborates with interdisciplinary care team to provide a comprehensive assessment of the patient's plan of care, goal/outcome fulfillment and continued care needs. The CC TL provides hands on support to the team in their assigned area and is the first point of contact for team members. The CC TL may have responsibility for training new hires, overseeing floor / area workflow, and facilitate coverage for staff schedule. Additionally, the CC TL may be required to work on process improvement projects with leaders, as well as, pulling data and metrics based on the team's performance to update dashboards and visual management lanes in the department

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

• Initiates assessment for necessity and appropriateness of health services by the application of established screening criteria. Factors assessed include support system, psychological, functional, socioeconomic, and cultural needs.
• Assesses insurance and coverage issues such as managed care, PPO, HMO, and the identification of preferred providers.
• Identifies issues relating to patient type and/or appropriateness of admission and collaborates with physician/physician advisor for resolution.
• Strong assessment skills 15% Disposition Planning
• Implements discharge planning and provides resource information in a timely and efficient manner.
• Identifies and documents barriers for timely disposition.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team in developing an appropriate transitional care plan.
• Provides education/counseling to patient/family in understanding, accepting, and following medical recommendations of his/her conditions.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions % TIME

• Understands eligibility processes and criteria for Local, State and Federal resources.
• Responds to referrals from hospital staff, physician offices, community, and family to provide resource information, and education when requested.
• Performs financial needs assessment for patients in need of assistance for follow-up care throughout the continuum.
• Provides follow-up for patients needing post-discharge assistance.
• Helps promote respect of cultural, ethnic, or religious beliefs to assist Care Coordinators develop an appropriate/comprehensive transitional plan to the next level of care.
• Effectively elevate issues to payers and or team members to help resolve delays in discharge related to post-acute authorizations.
• Engage patient, family and/or team members in discharge planning in those events where payor denial is received.

Documentation

• Record all assessments completed in the medical record.
• Document chart notes accurately and timely per departmental protocol in EPIC.
• Monitor for compliance of departmental documentation standard work 15%

Team Lead Responsibilities

• Oversight, coach, and mentor team utilizing evidence-based care coordination principles.
• Promotes a healthy work environment.
• Assist with department schedules and coverage plans (as required).
• Participate in the interviewing process with departmental leadership of potential team members.
• Provide precepting and education during the orientation process ensuring that new team members understand the care coordination functions and identifies any additional training needs.
• Provide feedback to assist in completing yearly performance evaluations for team.
• Assist in quality/safety and performance improvement activities for the team.
• Assist with ongoing training of new initiatives for the department along with departmental leadership.
• Help facilitate indigent patient contracts.

Required Minimum Experience Experience

Experience Details Required/ Preferred Minimum 3 years recent Care Coordination experience in a hospital setting. Exposure to multiple medical populations preferred

Required Required Minimum Skills KSAs Proficiency

Proficiency Strong interpersonal skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Competency and confidence with crucial conversations in high stress environment. Ability to organize and guide care coordination team functions, effectively coach, and lead change, perform critical analysis, promote patient/family autonomy and plan/organize efforts effectively for the continuum of care.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

Licenses/Certifications Time Frame Required/ Preferred BLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required and( ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor Upon Hire Required or) RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) Upon Hire Required and( RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact Upon Hire Required or LCSW - Lic Clinical Social Worker GA Upon Hire Required or LMSW - Lic Master Social Worker GA Upon Hire Required or MSW - Master Social Worker Upon Hire Required or)

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