RN Care Coordinator - Orthopaedic Surgery

ccf; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital in Florida is seeking an RN Care Coordinator for Orthopaedic Surgery to join a multidisciplinary team focused on patient-centered care and outcomes.

The role coordinates care across the continuum, manages disease and care plans for high-risk patients, and supports surgical patients with scheduling, referrals, and insurance verifications, in a day shift from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN, BSN)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• Three to five years of nursing experience

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary care team across the continuum of care for high-risk patients in Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Provide longitudinal care coordination and disease management for patients with chronic conditions.
• Coordinate insurance verifications, schedule appointments, and facilitate referrals.
• Collaborate with different facilities to ensure timely and appropriate patient care.
• Conduct patient outreach and coordinate care to improve outcomes and satisfaction.
• Serve as liaison and advocate for patients and families.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient education

Care planning

Collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

Diploma/ADN/BSN nursing

Registered Nurse licensure

Tools

EPIC

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

RN Care Coordinator - Orthopaedic Surgery

Location

Weston

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

Department

Orthopaedic Surgery-Weston Hospital

Job Code

000281

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Care Coordinator, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary care team members across the continuum of care to support high-risk patients within Orthopaedic Surgery. In this role, you will provide longitudinal care coordination and disease management for patients with chronic conditions, as well as episodic care coordination for surgical patients. You will coordinate insurance verifications, schedule appointments, facilitate referrals, and collaborate with different facilities to ensure patients receive timely and appropriate care. This position conducts patient outreach and care coordination for an assigned panel of patients to promote wellness, achieve optimal outcomes, reduce preventable emergency department visits and readmissions, and improve patient satisfaction.

A caregiver in this role works days from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary care team across the continuum of care for high-risk patients to develop goals, planinterventionsand maximize patient outcomes.
• Provide care and disease management coordination.
• Identifypatients in the specialty care practice that have ongoing coordination needs and conduct targeted outreach.
• Outline the nature and duration of involvement needed by the specialty care team and specialty care coordinator andidentifythe primary care team involved.
• Utilize assessment skills and risk assessment tools toidentifypatients with actual or potential care needs that would require care coordination.
• Utilize technological tools (registries, patient lists, care teamtab, etc.) to manage populations.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments that include disease-specific, age-specific, medical, behavioral, pharmacy, social andend of lifeneeds of each patient.
• Inform and work with patients and their familiesregardingcoordination of their care, provide education and coaching,monitorpatient compliance with their care plan, perform reassessmentsregardingpatient progress towardgoalsand update plan of care.
• Serve as a liaison and advocate for patients and families.
• Assistin managing transitions of care across care settings, ensuringoptimalcommunication and planning.
• Identifybarriers,facilitatesolutionsand connect others to community resources.
• Partner with other care coordinator teams such as primary and transitionalcaresocial work, rehabilitation, pharmacy, palliativecareand others.
• Define and ensure compliance with disease-specific care paths for specialty care or chronic disease.
• Coachpatientand familyonself-management support.
• Educate about managing a specialty or surgical condition (inclusive of preoperative, perioperative, postoperative and recovery) inclusive of prevention and health maintenance tasks.
• Educate and connect to other care providers and community resources to enhance care.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN, BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• Three to five years of nursing experience

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’sof Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Specialty certification
• Case management background
• Orthopaedic background
• Experience with adult populations
• Experience with EPIC

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
• May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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