Responsibilities/Job Description:
Fairview is looking for a Care Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team our Bethesda Clinic in St. Paul, MN. This is a full-time, salaried position 1.0 FTE, Monday through Friday, with 8-hour shifts between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m..
This position focuses on Care Coordination of Family Medicine patients. Serves as a resource and educator to patient, medical and hospital staff within the specialty. Coordinates care efforts for a safe, effective, efficient and patient centered transition along the health continuum. Provides pro-active disease management using evidence based practices. Acts as a liaison between patient/family, medical staff and others involved in treatment, promoting patient centered care based on jointly determined health care goals and priorities.
Responsibilities
- Accesses, analyzes, plans and provides follow-up care.
- Facilitates timely referrals and fosters positive relations with community providers.
- Evaluates and documents status and follows patient progress through phone calls, test results and report preparation. Evaluates quality of nursing care via patient rounds.
- Identifies problems that are specific to the clinical specialty.
- Provides pro-active disease management using evidence based practices.
- Serves as a liaison between patient/family, medical staff and others involved in treatment, promoting patient centered care based on jointly determined health care goals and priorities
- Collaborates with appropriate staff to provide coordinated transition of care across the healthcare continuum.
- Provides direct patient care in the area of specialty.
- Establishes individual nursing care plans.
- Provides education, counseling, medication management, and general health information to patients and patient representatives.
- Triages patient concerns and responds to patient concerns between visits under provider direction, to reduce relapse or inpatient care.
- Functions as a resource to patient care units, outpatient clinics and medical staff regarding the clinical specialty.
- Identifies need and assists in writing and implementing policies and procedures.
- Serves on task forces and committees related to the clinical specialty.
- Keeps up to date on technological advances and new pharmaceutical products.
- Consults with other areas regarding specialty.
- Assists with research projects which may include collection data, data analysis and evaluation. May identify research projects.
- Manages database to track patient outcomes and other specific categories as directed by physician.
- Serves as a community liaison.
- Performs other duties including Performance Goals developed by manager and employee and reported in the employee’s Performance Review as part of Fairview Performance Management tools
- Develops and maintains critical competencies listed in this job description and the competencies drop down list in the employee’s online performance management tool.
Required Qualifications
- 1-2 years experience doing care coordination or
- 5 years licensed RN with five years of clinical experience and ability to learn new specialty area
- MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
- Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross) *this requirement does not apply to dept 8901 Ambulatory Care Coordination within 30 Days
Preferred Qualifications
- Licensed RN with four year Baccalaureate Degree
- 2-3 years RN experience in the specialty area or previous care coordination experience
- Specialized knowledge of the specialty and conditions of served population
Qualifications:
$89,980.80- $127,025.60 Annual