RN Care Coordinator - Orthopedics

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS is seeking an RN Care Coordinator for Orthopedics to support disease management tasks including proactive monitoring, assessment, education, and follow-up of patients with chronic conditions.

This role emphasizes education for patients and families, cost-effective care, and coordination with a care team; requires current RN license and at least two years of RN experience.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed as RN for two years.
• Valid RN license.

Responsibilities

• Provides education and preventive health measures while helping patients with chronic disease or condition to set behavior change goals.
• Participates in cost-effective services with appropriate staffing, equipment, supplies, and patient care management.
• Adheres to restorative care philosophy in daily patient care.
• Evaluates, develops, and implements clinical program components to optimize patient care strategies.
• Demonstrates interviewing and assessment skills to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care with residents and families.
• Delivers timely, professional customer service.
• Management reserves right to add or change duties.

Skills

Evidence-based guidelines

Care management

Computer skills

Multitasking

Analytical thinking

Cost and quality awareness

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Education

RN licensure

Job description

Job Title

RN Care Coordinator - Orthopedics

Job Summary

To support disease management tasks which include clinical responsibilities such as proactive monitoring, assessment, education, and follow-up of patients. To empower patients and their families in self-care practices and motivational and behavioral change modalities. To provide competency-based education to patients, staff, and providers and maintain care management databases.

Education & Experience

• Must be licensed as RN for two (2) years

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required

• Valid RN license

Preferred Qualifications

• RN experience in clinical nursing with chronic disease, utilization review and/or quality management

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical guidelines across a wide variety of conditions and age groups.
• Knowledge of care management and resource/utilization management.
• Skill in the use of personal computers and related software applications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under time constraints; ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Understanding cost and quality issues.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides education and preventive health measures while helping the patient with chronic disease or condition to set behavior change goals.
• Participates in the control of cost effective services that reflect appropriate levels of staff, proper use of equipment, appropriate use of supplies, and effective management patient care.
• Adheres to restorative care philosophy by incorporating principles into direct care provided to residents on a daily basis.
• Evaluates, develops, and implements clinical program components to optimize patient care strategies and goals.
• Demonstrates effective interviewing and assessment skills and integrates new or current techniques to obtain information from the resident/family to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Provides timely internal/external customer service in a cooperative, professional, and respectful manner.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)