Coordinator of Care RN (Community Health Nurse) - Home Care CHHA

Job Description

Job Description

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance!

As an employer, MJHS attracts individuals who see their work as a calling as well as a job. Professionals in every job category have cited that they appreciate being left to make their own decisions, are encouraged to voice their opinions, and are given the necessary breathing room to do their work with minimal supervision. Yet, at the same time, they feel that management and their co-workers are solidly behind them and readily accessible.

MJHS Home Care provides advanced clinical services and emotional support to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. With a comprehensive range of services supported by an integrated health system, patients can recover in the familiar surroundings of their home.

Someone with your depth of compassion, clinical insight and strong decision-making capabilities is the ideal person to map out and oversee the process of a patient's recovery from illness, injury or surgery at home. You will provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education.

In this role, you will assume the ongoing, primary responsibility to coordinate, implement and continually evaluate the

home care needs of your patients. You will also review patient insurance information, coordinate activities involved in

each individual care plan and make sure that pertinent findings are shared with family and professional caregivers. Your

excellent communication, documentation and time management capabilities will be essential to your success. And all

along the way, you will experience the respect for your opinions and the high level of autonomy you need to do the job

right.

• To create the initial comprehensive and interdisciplinary patient centered home health plan of care; update the home health plan of care in collaboration with the physician
• To effectively case manage the care and services for assigned patients resulting in positive clinical outcomes and minimized risks of rehospitalization
• Supports agency established financial goals
• Demonstrate expert knowledge unique to the practice of community health nursing

• Excellent clinical assessment skills

• Strong ability to solve problems independently and interact with an integrated team

• Current NYS RN license and registration

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred

• Minimum of one year acute medical-surgical nursing experience

• CHHA experience preferred

• Valid Driver License and car required