Job Description
Job Address: 2125 Royce StreetPortsmouth, OH 45662
Bridgeport Healthcare Center, a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies, is currently recruiting an RN Clinical Assessment Coordinator to join our clinical team. WHAT WE OFFER Beyond our competitive wages and Paid Time Off, we offer all full-time employees a variety of benefit options including:
- Life
- LTD/STD
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- 401(k) Employer Match with Flexible Spending Accounts
CATCH THE SPIRIT! When you join the CommuniCare family, you'll quickly catch the team spirit. Coworkers and residents become family, the workplace becomes a home, and a touch of spontaneity and fun keeps everyone smiling. Our core values promote an environment of respect, courtesy, and professional excellence where you can dedicate yourself to a career you love.
Do you have what it takes to be our next RN Clinical Assessment Coordinator? Job duties & responsibilities - Assumes responsibility for the implementation of facility approved policies, procedures and processes related to in-house disease management and hospital re-admissions.
- Participates in Clinical Meeting daily.
- Monitors Saiva daily and participates in Grand Rounds with the Nurse Practitioner as necessary.
- Monitors Stop and Watch alerts, order listing reports and any other changes to resident condition and condition management needs.
- Assumes responsibility for rounding with Physician and Physician Extenders (Nurse Practitioners, Physician's Assistants, etc.) for the purpose of assessment and management of changes in condition and disease processes.
- Assess resident responses to medications and treatments and makes appropriate recommendations to Physician(s) and Nurse Practitioner(s) as necessary.
- Communicates with Physicians, and Physicians Extenders such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician's Assistants, etc., as necessary for the purpose of disease and condition management at facility level.
- Obtains, transcribes and implements, any prescriber orders necessary to manage resident conditions at the facility level.
- Utilizes Telehealth and Virtual Rounding for the purposes of symptom management for any short stay resident experiencing a change in condition. May assist with Long Term Care residents as time allows.
- Performs education with resident, resident representative and/or resident family members as needed for the purpose of disease and symptom management during stay and after discharge from facility.
- Communicates all pertinent information related to resident conditions and developments to evening and weekend licensed nurses, for the purposes of continuity of care and disease process management in facility, with physician and practitioner involvement as necessary, via telehealth.
- Collaborates with the Clinical Management Team on Rehospitalizations and any education need opportunities for direct care givers.
- Track and Trend Rehospitalizations and review with Clinical Management Team for the purpose of process and outcome improvement.
- Performs all job duties utilizing standards of nursing practice.
Qualifications - Must hold an unencumbered Registered Nurse License, in the state in which the facility operates, or a multi-state license for which the state the facility operates in is included.
- 2 years experience in Long Term Care Management.
- Must be knowledgeable for the nursing and medical practices, and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to long term-care.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with the Physicians and Physicians Extenders.
- Must have strong Clinical Assessment Skills, Organization Skills and Communication Skills.
- Must have the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such actions.
- Must have knowledge and the ability to use Point Click Care, EHR, and programs such as Word and Excel.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities - Must have knowledge of nursing and medical practices, standards of practice and state practice acts and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
- Must have the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Must be able to deal tactfully with team members, other staff, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, and the general public.
- Must poses leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with team members in all positions.
- Must be able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care.
- Must be willing to seek out methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices.
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,