RN Care Coordinator

CHI Health Immanuel; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health Immanuel in North Omaha is seeking an RN Care Coordinator to guide patients through the healthcare journey, coordinating discharge planning and transitions with physicians, nursing, insurers and post-acute providers.

You will assess, plan, and advocate for patients, identify readmission risks, and ensure timely, high-quality care while aligning with evidence-based guidelines.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum two years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Master's in Case Management or Nursing.
• 1 year of relevant experience preferred.
• RN license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment for patients identified by the screening process or upon request.
• Facilitates the multidisciplinary discharge plan with relevant health team members, patient, and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the care team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources.
• Collaborates with post-acute service providers to ensure timely transitions based on patient needs.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements interventions for at least 30 days.

Skills

Nursing

Acute-care experience

Case management

RN license

BLS/CPR

Education

Master's in Case Management or Nursing

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

Job description

Where You'll Work

CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.

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