Registered Nurse (RN) Care Coordinator

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Job Type

Regular

Scheduled Hours

16

Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare

At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do.

Benefits That Support You

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• Competitive pay and comprehensive health coverage within the first 30 days.
• Generous paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Retirement savings with employer match
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Wellness, mental health, and recognition programs
• Career advancement through mentorship and internal mobility

Job Summary

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St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse for a Care Coordinator position for the Care Coordination unit located at the Fort Thomas, Kentucky hospital.

Shift & Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm shift; 16 hours weekly. Scheduled workdays are Sunday and Monday.

Job Description

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The Care Coordinator, in collaboration with the patient/family, social workers, physicians and interdisciplinary team, ensures patient progression through the continuum of care in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Primary responsibilities include:

• Identifying, initiating and managing optimum patient flow/throughput to enhance continuity of care.
• Planning and facilitating coordinated, safe transitions to the next level of care required
• Promoting patient satisfaction, and quality outcomes.
• Targeting an optimal length of stay based on the patient’s individual response to treatment, procedures, and interventions. Maximizes contracted benefits and available services in care management planning.
• Providing care management planning to ensure quality patient care, ensures regulatory compliance, and meets patient/family needs.

Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education, Credentials, Licenses:

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or related field from an accredited school. If eligible, must have a Compact (multi-state) License in their primary state of residence. Licensed as an RN to practice nursing in the state where work is being performed. Meets contact hour requirements for licensure, including all state required courses.

Specialized Knowledge:

Knowledge of state and federal regulatory issues, payor strategies, payment methodologies, benefit plan designs and limitations. Working knowledge of SEHC policies and procedures. Good organization, critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills. Excellent human relations skills and team leadership abilities.

Kind and Length of Experience:

2 years’ experience in acute care.

FLSA Status

Non-Exempt

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