RN Care Coordinator

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs is seeking an RN Care Coordinator to lead discharge planning and coordinate care across the continuum. You will advocate for patients and work with physicians, nursing, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.

You will assess needs, develop plans, and monitor implementation while applying evidence-based guidelines to optimize patient care and reduce readmissions. Strong communication and clinical acumen are essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum two years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 90 days.
• Registered Nurse license in NE (state license).
• Preferred: BSN and at least five years of nursing experience.
• Certified Case Manager or Accredited Case Manager may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan with the health team, patient, family and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team to ensure progression of care and appropriate inpatient resource use per evidence-based guidelines.
• Coordinates with post-acute providers to ensure timely, safe transitions to appropriate care settings.
• Identifies readmission risks and implements interventions for at least 30 days.

Skills

Clinical acumen

Communication skills

Advocacy

Care coordination

Education

Graduation from accredited school of nursing

Master’s in Case Management or Nursing

Registered Nurse license (NE)

Job description

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.

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