RN Care Coordinator - Orthopedics Trauma

Cleveland Clinic; Lorain (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital as an RN Care Coordinator in Orthopedics Trauma, providing care coordination for a high‑risk surgical population. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes and reduce readmissions.

Must have RN licensure, BLS, and 3–5 years of nursing experience; BSN preferred. Work mainly 7:30am–5:00pm, with occasional float to other facilities within the system.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing.
• Current state RN licensure.
• BLS Certification through AHA or Red Cross.
• Three to five years of nursing experience.
• Cancer certification or ongoing qualifying education if oncology practice.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary care teams to coordinate care for high‑risk patients.
• Provide disease management coordination across the continuum of care.
• Identify patients needing ongoing coordination and conduct targeted outreach.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments including medical, behavioral and social needs.
• Educate patients and families, monitor progress, and update the plan of care.
• Act as liaison and advocate and assist transitions of care across settings.

Skills

RN licensure

BLS Certification

Care coordination

Chronic disease management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Patient education

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Graduate from an accredited nursing program

Job description

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Job Title

RN Care Coordinator - Orthopedics Trauma

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Fairview Hospital

Department

Orthopaedics-Integrated Surgical Institute

Job Code

T99128

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:30am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. On our team, you will provide stellar care at one of the top healthcare organizations in the nation.

As a Care Coordinator in this department, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary care team staff across the continuum of care for high-risk patients. In this role, you will provide coordination of care and disease management longitudinally for patients with chronic conditions or episodic care for a surgical population. You will focus on patient outreach and care coordination for a panel of patients to achieve optimal outcomes and promote wellness, helping to decrease preventable emergency department visits and readmissions while improving patient satisfaction.

A caregiver in this position works Monday through Friday primarily 7:30am to 4:30pm. This role is stationed at Fairview but will also float to Richard E. Jacobs, Westlake and Lorain facilities.

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, plan interventions and maximize patient outcomes.

• Provide care and disease management coordination.

• Identify patients in the specialty care practice that have ongoing coordination needs and conduct targeted outreach.

• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments that include disease/age-specific, medical, behavioral, pharmacy, social and end of life needs of each patient.

• Inform and work with patients and their families regarding coordination of their care, provide education and coaching, monitor patient compliance with their care plan, perform reassessments regarding patient progress toward goals, and update plan of care.

• Serve as a liaison and advocate for patients and families.

• Assist in managing transitions of care across care settings, ensuring optimal communication and planning.

• Identify barriers, facilitate solutions, and connect others to community resources.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing

• 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

• Any registered nurse or advanced practice nurse must obtain a cancer specific certification or demonstrate ongoing qualifying education within the timeframe of the facilities accreditation cycle, if they work in medical oncology, radiation oncology, cancer center or cancer clinic and/or administer chemotherapy within an accredited Cleveland Clinic facility

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

• Specialty certification

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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