RN Care Coordinator

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs; Council Bluffs (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs is seeking a dedicated RN Care Coordinator to guide patients through the care continuum, ensuring safe, timely transitions and a high-quality experience. You will assess, plan, and facilitate discharge planning, collaborating with physicians, nursing teams, insurers, and post-acute providers to optimize outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Strong communication and advocacy are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Two years of acute hospital clinical experience required.
• Active RN license and CPR certification.
• Master’s degree in case management or nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform discharge planning assessments and update plans as patient needs change.
• Develop multidisciplinary discharge plans with the care team and post-acute providers.
• Oversee discharge plan implementation and care progression.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, insurers, and post-acute partners to ensure smooth transitions.
• Identify readmission risks and implement mitigation strategies for at least 30 days.

Skills

Nursing

Care coordination

Discharge planning

Communication

Education

RN license

Master’s in Case Management or Nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a RN Care Coordinator, you will be a central figure in patient care, seamlessly navigating the healthcare journey to achieve optimal outcomes and an exceptional patient experience.

Every day, you will strategically assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care across the continuum, expertly advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing, departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong clinical acumen, exceptional communication and advocacy skills, and a strategic mindset, all driven by a passion for optimizing patient care across every touchpoint.

• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request. Reassess the patient as appropriate and update the plan accordingly.
• Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative and post acute care providers in accordance with the patients clinical or psychosocial needs, choices and available resources.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources using established evidence based guidelines/criteria.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and post-acute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of post-acute services based upon patients clinical needs.
• Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience, upon hire or
• Masters Other Case Management or Nursing field. and 1 year of experience, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least five (5) years of nursing experience., upon hire
• Certified Case Manager, upon hire and
• Accredited Case Manager, upon hire

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.