RN Care Coordinator

St Anthony Hospital; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado is seeking an RN Care Coordinator to oversee care progression and discharge planning for identified patients, partnering with utilization management, nursing, physicians, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure safe transitions.

You will advocate for patients and families, address barriers to care transitions, and apply care coordination principles with a strong commitment to patient advocacy and experience.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience or a Master’s degree in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience
• RN license in the state(s) covered: Colorado RN:CO or Compact and other listed states
• BLS required within 3 months of hiring
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field (preferred)
• At least five (5) years of nursing experience (preferred)
• Certified Case Manager (CCM), Accredited Case Manager (ACMRN), or UM Certification (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan with the health team, patient, and postacute providers.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and postacute service providers to ensure timely transitions to appropriate postacute services.
• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment and reassesses as needed.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements interventions for at least 30 days.
• Oversees and evaluates the discharge plan implementation.
• Collaborates with the team to ensure progression of care and appropriate inpatient resource utilization.

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN Care Coordinator, you will oversee the progression of care and discharge planning for identified patients, promoting quality and cost-effective outcomes while adhering to all hospital policies and regulations. Every day you will coordinate, communicate, and collaborate with utilization management, nursing, physicians, ancillary departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to progress care toward optimal outcomes at the appropriate level. You will also advocate for patients and families, identifying and addressing barriers to care transitions, and striving to enhance the patient experience. To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with strong clinical judgment, exceptional communication and collaboration skills, a deep understanding of care coordination principles, and a fervent commitment to patient advocacy and enhancing the overall patient experience.

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

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience or a Master'ss degree in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience
• RN license in the state(s) covered: Arizona RN:AZ or Compact Arkansas RN:AR or Compact California RN:CA Colorado RN:CO or Compact Georgia RN:GA or Compact Iowa RN: IA or Compact Kansas RN:KS or Compact Kentucky RN:KY or Compact Minnesota RN:MN Nebraska RN:NE or Compact Nevada RN:NV North Dakota RN:ND or Compact Ohio RN:OH or Compact Oregon RN:OR Tennessee RN:TN or Compact Texas RN:TX or Compact Utah RN:UT or Compact Washington RN:WA or Partial
• BLS required within 3 months of hiring

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field
• At least five (5) years of nursing experience
• Certified Case Manager (CCM), Accredited Case Manager (ACMRN), or UM Certification

Where You'll Work

Located in Lakewood, Colorado, St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center where we provide a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding region through our state-of-the-art medical campus and home base for Flight For Life Colorado. With four trauma rooms including the T-10 room, a dedicated field-to-surgery suite ready 24/7 for trauma surgeons and specially trained teams, our staff can provide life-saving care to the most severely ill and injured patients. In 2023, we received our exciting Magnet designation! We are so proud of our staff for this achievement, which is awarded to only 10 percent of hospitals around the world. Numerous other awards, certifications, and accreditations have been granted to us from the American Heart Association; Chest Pain Center (CPC); American College of Cardiology; The Joint Commission's National Quality Approval; the Emergency Nurses Association Lantern Award; NAPBC Accreditation; American College of Radiology and many others. At St. Anthony Hospital. We combine a heritage of expert care with the latest in technology and innovation.