Registered Nurse (RN)-Acute Care- Care Coordination Sr. (ED 12 Hour Daytime)

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

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Job DescriptionCome join our Cobb Hospital Care Coordination team!

About the Facility

Learn more about Wellstar Cobb Hospital, including our teams, culture and campus environment:

https://www.wellstar.org/locations/hospital/cobb-medical-center

Hours: FT Days 12 hour shift covering the Emergency Department

The Care Coordinator RN Sr.

(RN Sr) 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 most complex cases during the patient's acute admission.

The RN Sr requires strong clinical expertise to partner with physicians and care teams to drive optimal and efficient treatment plans to streamline progression of care while in the hospital, as well as, planning for post discharge care.

The RN Sr will serve as an expert resource and consultant to the other team members in regards to care progression and assisting in planning to effectively 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:
Transitional care planning, clinical care progression, psychosocial and functional status assessment, attending patient/family care conferences, 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 healt...