Care Coordinator RN

Ideal candidates will posses prior experience as a Care Coordinator in an Acute Care setting.

Job

Summary

The Care Coordinator RN (CC RN) is responsible for assessing transitional care needs, coordinating care across the continuum, and engaging with patient and family to assure care needs are met. The CC RN plans effectively to meet the patient's needs, manage the length of stay and promote efficient utilization of resources. Overall, the role integrates and coordinates care facilitation, care progression and transitional care planning functions.

Specific functions within this role include

Psychosocial and functional status assessment, transitional care planning, clinical care progression, facilitate patient/family care conferences, participate in interdisciplinary rounds, and patient/family education Collaborates effectively with the utilization review nurse, patient's physicians and the interdisciplinary care team to provide a comprehensive assessment of the patient's medical care needs, psychosocial needs, any social determinants of health needs, goals/outcome attainment and continued care needs Assures that the patient is progressing towards their discharge goal and assists to alleviate barriers Seeks consultation from appropriate disciplines/departments as required to proactively identify and resolve delays to expedite care and facilitate discharge. May have other duties assigned

Core Responsibilities and

Essential Functions

Assessment

• Based on preliminary screening of patients, initiates assessment of patients chronic disease management needs and psychosocial risk factors and availability of resources to assist upon discharge.
• Partners with the PAS, financial counselor and/or UM nurse to assess insurance and coverage requirements for all payers to ensure adherence to those requirements.
• Collaborates with the patient and family, along with the physician(s) and other members of the care team to fully establish and support both the patients care progression and discharge plans..
• Meets with physicians and care team routinely to collaborate on timely and efficient patient management.

Disposition Planning

• Manages all aspects of discharge planning for assigned patients.
• Implements discharge planning timely and provides resources in an efficient manner.
• Meets with patient/family to assess needs and develop an individualized discharge plan in collaboration with physicians.
• Identifies and documents barriers for timely disposition.
• Ensures/maintains discharge plan consensus with patient/family, physicians, care teams and payers.
• Responds to referrals for patients post-acute needs from physicians and the care team.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Rounds with the patients care team to confirm estimated date of discharge and make recommendations for best level of care transition at discharge.
• Initiates/facilitates post-acute referrals through departmental processes for timely transition to the next level of care.
• Refer appropriate cases for social work intervention based on departmental protocol.
• Allows for any cultural or religious beliefs in providing service and continuity of care.

Care Progression

• Collaborates with physicians and care team to facilitate communication regarding patients care progression to ensure timely and efficient delivery of care.
• Proactively identifies delays/obstacles in diagnostic or