Nurse Care Coordination

Dignity Health • Chandler, AZ • 1h ago

Job Summary and Responsibilities

The Care Coordination Department at Chandler Regional Medical Center plays a critical role in providing exceptional patient care to its birth to adult in-patient population. By coordinating the delivery of healthcare and social services while balancing individually identified patient and family medical and psychosocial needs with cost-effective and available resources members of the Care Coordination Team are dedicated to furthering the mission of the Hospital.

The RN Care Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the progression of care and discharge planning for identified patients requiring these services. The RN Care Coordinator performs this role to meet the individual's health needs while promoting quality of care, cost effective outcomes and by following hospital policies, standards of practice and Federal and State regulations. The position's emphasis will be on care coordination, communication and collaboration with utilization management, nursing, physicians, ancillary departments, insurers and post acute service providers to progress the care toward optimal outcomes at the appropriate level of care. The RN Care Coordinator advocates for the patient and family by identifying, valuing, and addressing patient choice, spiritual needs, cultural, language and socioeconomic barriers to care transitions. In addition, the RN Care Coordinator strives to enhance the patient experience.

Responsibilities:

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.

Dignity Health now offers an Education Benefit program for benefit-eligible employees after 180 days. This program provides debt relief and student loan assistance to help you achieve your goals. Full-time employees can receive up to $18,000 over five years, while part-time employees can receive up to $9,000. Join our team at Dignity Health to take advantage of this amazing opportunity!

Job Requirements

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience or a Masters degree in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience.

Active Arizona or Compact state RN License

American Heart Association BLS required within 3 months of hiring.

Preferred:

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field.

At least five (5) years of nursing experience.

Certified Case Manager (CCM), Accredited Case Manager (ACM-RN), or UM Certification

Training:

Knowledge of managed care and payer environment

Must have critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders

Understand how utilization management and case management programs integrate

Ability to work as a team player and assist other members of the team where needed

Knowledge of CMS standards and requirements

Where You'll Work

Hello Humankindness (https://hellohumankindness.org/)

Chandler, Arizona , has a stable suburban population with an economy anchored by many large financial, and high tech companies. Located southeast of Phoenix, Chandler is a skillfully developed community of friendly, diverse neighborhoods with expansive parks, great schools, convenient shopping, and excellent career opportunities.

For more than 50 years, Dignity Health's Chandler Regional Medical Center has focused on quality patient care and service to the community. As the longest established hospital in the southeast valley, Chandler Regional has provided care for the Chandler community since 1961. The hospital recently added a new five-story tower with 96 patient beds, increasing the acute-care bed count to 338. This expansion increased emergency and trauma services, as well as the surgical unit and intensive care offerings.

The word "dignity" perfectly defines what our organization stands for: showing respect for all people by providing excellent care. At Chandler Regional, our employees are the heart and soul of our organization. They are the reason we are able to live out our healing ministry within the communities we serve. Our doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are a regular self-contained support system for each other. This unique working culture is one of the reasons why a career with us is so rewarding. Now is the perfect time to come grow your career with one of Arizona's Most Admired Companies (https://hospitals.dignityhealth.org/chandlerregional/Pages/default.aspx) .

Look for us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ChandlerRegionalMC) and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChandlerRegiona)

Pay Range

$39.18 - $58.28 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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