What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Coordinator RN position at UnityPoint Health?
UPH Additional Information:
$5,000 sign-on bonus for external hires
Why UnityPoint Health?
Commitment to our Team – We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org
Overview:
UnityPoint Clinics
RN Care Coordinator
West Des Moines, IA
- Will support the following clinics:
- Ankeny Prarie Trail Family Medicine
- Ankeny Prarie Trail Internal Medicine
- Southglen Family Medicine
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8AM-5PM
32 hours/week
Full-time benefits
This position is hybrid, 2 days in the office, 2 days from home splitting time between the supported clinics
$5,000 sign-on bonus for external hires
Why UnityPoint Health?
Commitment to our Team – We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and an unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Caring is what we do, and it starts with our team members: expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program as we support you both personally and professionally.
- You can only give your best when you feel your best, and we help you live well with dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members to give you peace of mind.
- We strive to make things easier and more personal in health care to set us apart from the rest, and you can experience that commitment through early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, a tuition reimbursement program designed to help you further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family in the way that works for you.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – At UnityPoint Health, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. Our collective goal is to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected.
Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org
As a key member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes important knowledge regarding coordinating team-based care for patients with health concerns by involving the patient, their family, the physicians, and community resources. Also uses nursing skills to educate patients on subjects to include medication, procedures, diet and exercise, and other care requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and facilitate patient centered interdisciplinary care and communication, including home health and referring physicians’ around interventions leading to the best outcome.
- Provide regular and consistent follow-up during transitions of care with patient, coordinators and other healthcare professionals in other care settings; including Care Navigators and Patient Care Facilitators.
- Demonstrates competence in the skills necessary to carry out assigned duties.
- Utilize patient registry tools to guide action plan for designated patient populations.
- Identify high-risk patients and intervene with the guidance of the provider to improve outcomes.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership as a role model for other staff and provide direction that ensures top of licensure duties for all team members.
- Utilize critical thinking in making independent judgments related to patient care. Maintain responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patient populations.
- Engage in process improvement work and quality initiatives to ensure efficient, high quality multidisciplinary care is provided.
- Coach and educate designated patient population and family regarding chronic disease self-management and preventative health maintenance using predefined protocols and evidence based medicine.
- Work with patients and families to develop and work towards self-management goals through RN only visits.
- Completion of an accredited Bachelor of Science nursing program and/or be eligible to take licensure exam.
- Minimum 3 years of cardiovascular (office or hospital) nursing experience.
- Possess a current Iowa RN license.
