Registered Nurse Care Coordinator Neuroscience - Catholic Health System : Job Details

Salary: 74,431.50-111,637.50 USD

Facility: Trinity Neurology and Headache Center

Shift: Shift 1

Status: Full Time FTE: 1.000000

Bargaining Unit: Trinity Medical

Exempt from Overtime: Exempt: Yes

Work Schedule: Days and Evenings

Hours: Varying hours between 7a-5pm

Summary:

The Neuroscience Registered Nurse Care Coordinator is a leadership role within an interdisciplinary team performing transitional process navigation to influence optimal clinical outcomes. This is achieved by identifying the patient population to ensure effective transitional care by performing real time audits and care transition, tracking proactive care to at risk patients following an acute neurological event to reduce the burden of illness, improve compliance with evidence based clinical guidelines, care protocols/care pathways, the coordination of care, resources and services across the continuum while reducing the total cost of care and improving the patient experience of care. This role provides direct clinical support to CHS and Trinity Ambulatory Neurology offices including phone triage, patient assessment, patient education, care documentation and disease management activities under the supervision of Physicians and/or Mid-Level Providers.

Responsibilities:

EDUCATION

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing, BSN preferred

• Current, unrestricted licensure by New York State as a Registered Nurse (RN) required

• Current BLS certification

• Current ACLS, or completion required within 3 months of employment

• Current NIHSS Certification

EXPERIENCE

• One (1) year experience with an electronic medical record (EMR)

• Two (2) years' experience in outpatient neurosciences

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of prior authorizations for medications, surgeries, and imaging

• Knowledge of basic neuro pathology

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Ability to set priorities when organizing care for patients with varying acuity

• Strong telephone and technology navigation skills

• Collaborative teamwork abilities

• Ability to function autonomously using the nursing process

• Strong problem-solving skills, excellent oral and written communication skills

• Attention to detail, and a high degree of professionalism

• Ability to think creatively and work collaboratively to address problems

• Demonstrates understanding of evidence based guideline (EBG) and neuroscience related care pathways/care protocols

• Ability to serve as a patient advocate to ensure timely, effective follow up care in the community

• Ability to handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Most work performed in office setting

• Ability to travel to and work at multiple Neuro Ambulatory Practice Locations

ENVIRONMENT

• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances

• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations in a hospital based office setting, handles emergency or crisis situations

• Subject to many interruptions

• Occasionally subjected to irregular hours, flexibility in scheduled working hours/days to meet needs of patient population

• Ability to multitask in a fast paced office environment

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