Req #: 236532

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER - CARE COORDINATION

Posting Date: 08/27/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $6691 - $15000 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For detailed information on Benefits for this position, click here. ( https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-contract-covered-exempt-20240419-a11y.pdff)

UW Medical Center has an outstanding opportunity for a RN Manager to join our Nurse Care Coordination team. WORK SCHEDULE

• Full Time, Days

• Monday-Friday DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION Our Care Management team's goal is to achieve coordinated patient flow through an inpatient stay, culminating in a safe and timely discharge, and work closely with all members of the interdisciplinary health care team, ensuring that the team is aware of the patient’s plan of care and that all disciplines are working toward the same goals for the patient. PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees the staff and processes that support patient progression of care throughout the continuum, including: emergency services, pre-admission, inpatient stay, post-acute care strategies and intensive outpatient case management.

• Provides leadership and vision to positively help build collaborative and flexible teams with clear goals.

• Provides oversight to staff who ensure all incoming patients are screened to identify potential discharge barriersand readmission risks, and that all service teams are moving the patient forward to discharge, eliminating orlimiting internal or external barriers throughout the stay.

• Oversees, or collaborates with partners/departments to track LOS, Discharge Delays and Readmission metrics and helps to identify best practices in progression of care, discharge planning and transitions of care.

• Will share on-call duties as needed. REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's Degree from an accredited School of Nursing program (MSN)

• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Washington

• Minimum of 7 years of nursing experience; 5 years of clinical experience working in a Care Coordination role

• ACM or CCM Certification preferred and required within one year of employment

• Leadership experience in a healthcare setting preferred.

• Strong data management skills, preferred. ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs) Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.