What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Coordinator - Colon and Rectal Surgery position at Cleveland Clinic?
Join Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital and experience healthcare at its best. This facility is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will provide stellar patient care, work with state-of-the-art technology and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Cleveland Clinic Care Coordinators have been very successful in helping patients manage their own care. In this role, your dedication and commitment can decrease Emergency Department visits, observation status, inpatient stays and hospital readmission to the Colon and Rectal Surgery Department. This position offers a unique opportunity to enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience and leave a lasting impression on patients, their families and the community.
A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM-5:00PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
Physical Requirements:
Cleveland Clinic Care Coordinators have been very successful in helping patients manage their own care. In this role, your dedication and commitment can decrease Emergency Department visits, observation status, inpatient stays and hospital readmission to the Colon and Rectal Surgery Department. This position offers a unique opportunity to enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience and leave a lasting impression on patients, their families and the community.
A caregiver in this position works days from 8:00AM-5:00PM.
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
- Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary care team across the continuum of care for high-risk patients to develop goals, plan interventions and maximize patient outcomes.
- Provide care and disease management coordination.
- Identify patients in the specialty care practice that have ongoing coordination needs and conduct targeted outreach.
- Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments that include disease/age-specific, medical, behavioral, pharmacy, social and end of life needs of each patient.
- Inform and work with patients and their families regarding coordination of their care, provide education and coaching, monitor patient compliance with their care plan, perform reassessments regarding patient progress toward goals, and update plan of care.
- Serve as a liaison and advocate for patients and families.
- Assist in managing transitions of care across care settings, ensuring optimal communication and planning.
- Identify barriers, facilitate solutions, and connect others to community resources.
- Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
- Three to five years of nursing experience
- Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Specialty certification
- Wound Care Experience
Physical Requirements:
- Requires full range of motion, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
- Requires corrected hearing and vision to normal range.
- May requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.
- Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
- Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.