Registered Nurse Hospitalist Coordinator

Job Description:

The Hospitalist Coordinator RN plays a vital role in supporting the delivery of safe, efficient, and patient-centered care for hospitalized patients at St. Mary's Regional Hospital. Serving as a key partner to physicians, care managers, nurses, and interdisciplinary team members, this position helps coordinate daily patient care activities, facilitate communication, optimize patient flow, and support seamless transitions throughout the hospitalization and discharge process.

This clinically focused role combines nursing expertise, care coordination, patient advocacy, and operational support to help ensure exceptional outcomes and experiences for patients, families, and caregivers.

Hospitalist Coordinator RN

St. Mary's Regional Hospital | Grand Junction, Colorado

At Intermountain Health, we're committed to helping people live the healthiest lives possible. As part of our Hospitalist team, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team dedicated to clinical excellence and compassionate service.

What You'll Love About This Role

Meaningful Impact
Help patients navigate their hospital stay by coordinating care, supporting communication, and enhancing the patient experience.

Collaborative Team
Partner with hospitalists, nurses, case managers, pharmacists, social workers, and community providers to deliver exceptional care.

Care Coordination
Use your clinical expertise to support admissions, discharges, patient assignments, and daily rounding activities.

Professional Growth
Expand your knowledge in care coordination, healthcare operations, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Work-Life Balance
Enjoy a consistent schedule that supports a healthy balance between your professional and personal life.

Comprehensive Benefits
Competitive pay, healthcare coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, tuition assistance, and career development opportunities.

What You'll Do

• Coordinate daily patient assignments, patient census management, and workflow support for the hospitalist team.

• Conduct pre-round preparation by reviewing patient information, confirming key demographics, coordinating follow-up needs, and collaborating with care management and ancillary teams to identify discharge barriers. 

• Participate in multidisciplinary bedside rounds, facilitating communication among physicians, nurses, patients, families, interpreters, and other members of the care team. 

• Support physician rounding activities by updating patient care plans, coordinating family discussions, documenting verbal orders within scope, and ensuring care team alignment. 

• Coordinate discharge planning activities, including follow-up appointments, durable medical equipment needs, medication authorization support, and transitions of care. 

• Serve as a liaison between patients, families, physicians, community providers, pharmacies, and hospital departments to enhance communication and continuity of care.

• Promote patient engagement through education, care plan reinforcement, post-discharge follow-up, and resolution of medication or care coordination concerns. 

• Support quality, safety, patient experience, and operational improvement initiatives while helping ensure efficient patient flow and exceptional care delivery.

Why Join St. Mary's Regional Hospital?

Located in beautiful Grand Junction, Colorado, St. Mary's Regional Hospital is a trusted healthcare leader serving western Colorado and eastern Utah. As part of Intermountain Health, you'll join an organization known for clinical excellence, innovation, and a commitment to helping people live the healthiest lives possible.

Whether you're drawn to collaborative medicine, care coordination, or creating exceptional patient experiences, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.

• Two years of clinical hospital experience.

• Basic computer proficiency.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• RNs hired or promoted into this role must obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within three years of hire or promotion if not already completed.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution. Education will be verified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hospital-based care coordination, case management, utilization review, or hospital medicine.

• Knowledge of patient throughput, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary care coordination.

• Experience with quality improvement, process improvement, or clinical operations initiatives.

• Familiarity with electronic medical records and healthcare information systems.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess patient needs.

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, etc.

Location:

St. Marys Regional Hospital

Work City:

Grand Junction

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$35.22 - $53.29

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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