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Posted: 10-May-22
Location: Grand Junction, Colorado
Salary: Unpaid
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Internal Number: 11608
You.
You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a RN Care Coordinator.
Your compassion is tangible: whether your patient is 18 or 85, they feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support.
You know when to move quickly. When to sit quietly. When to laugh loudly.
Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.
Us.
St. Maryâ™s Medical Center is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 346-bed regional medical center is in Grand Junction, one of the most beautiful places on earth. Our mission is to bring health and hope to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
We.
Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. Weâ™ll honor each otherâ™s dignity and surpass the standards we set. Weâ™ll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity.
Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.
Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn. And instead of placing blame weâ™ll learn and grow together.
Your day
As a Registered Nurse Care Coordinator you know that every day is different, which is why you need to know how to:
- Performs comprehensive assessment of patientsâ™ health needs, including health status and behaviors, level of function, psychosocial situation, and available support systems and determines potential needs.
- Establishes care plans in collaboration with the primary care physician and the patient care team
- Provides health education.
- Identifies patients at risk for proactive intervention.
- Pulls and manipulate data to identify risk patients and present information to the care team.
- Refers patients to a variety of resources including, but not limited to, nutrition, social work, rehabilitation, behavioral specialist, diabetes education, Healthy Living Workshop, etc.
- Contacts patients who utilize ED or have been hospitalized after discharge to determine the reason for the ED visit or hospitalization and works with patient to develop a plan to avoid those facilities.
- Coordinates care for complex cases or those patients seeing multiple specialists.
- Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of patient assessment and plan provided to the patient to ensure the effective integration of information for use by the health care team to ensure on-going and continued quality of care, in accordance with evidence-based practice, Analyzes patient care trends and actively seeks out and collaborates with the care team to improve overall quality and efficiency of care
Your experience
We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:
- ASN from an accredited program
- BSN from an accredited program required within 4 years of your hire
- Current Colorado RN license
- Current BLS certification
- Two (2) years clinical experience in an outpatient setting or Two (2) years experience coaching individuals with complex and/or chronic conditions is required.
- Prior experience in care coordination in a community setting or primary care practice is preferred.
Your next move
Now that you know more about being a RN Care Coordinator on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At St. Maryâ™s Medical Center youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
