Care Coordinator RN
St Luke's Health - Memorial - Lufkin
Lufkin, Texas
Posted Aug 19 · Not open to new grads
- Unit
- Case Management
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Overtime
- $37.22/hr
The median for nursing in Texas is $35/hr, across 709 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
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.
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- 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: TX, 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
Where You'll Work
St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care.
Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.
Pay Range
$37.22 - $55.37 /hour
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“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 experienc…” · from this posting
Requirements
- 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: TX, 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
Place
- City
- Lufkin, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,079/mo
- Local household income
- $57,048/yr
- State price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Texas index 97.1, where 100 is the national average.
Lufkin sits in the Piney Woods of East Texas, offering a small-city pace with deep regional roots and easy access to forested outdoors. A practical home base for nurses seeking a quieter lifestyle away from major metro traffic.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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