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Job Requisition ID: R******** Job Category: Nursing Organization: SOM-Medicine-HOSP Director Location/s: Main Campus Jackson Job Title: Hospitalist Clinical Coordinator - SOM Medicine Hospitalist Job Summary: To provide expert clinical services specializing in an assigned area of nursing practice. To integrate the specialized nursing practice which focuses patient services with medical diagnosis and disease treatment. To provide direct nursing care and clinical consultation, research, and education for patients and other nursing and clinical staff. To implement improvements in the delivery of care when necessary. To mentor and/or train to develop quality standards within the assigned nursing practice. To perform job duties in accordance with the medical center's purpose. Education & Experience
Bachelor's degree in Nursing with a minimum of three (3) years nursing experience in Medical/Surgical, Critical Care and/or Hospice, Home Health or Public Health required. Graduate of an approved School of Nursing with valid RN license.
Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:
Valid RN license.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Communicates effectively with a wide range of age groups, ethnic, educational, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Demonstrates physical and psychosocial assessment skills. Displays and utilizes effective organizational skills, with ability to prioritize with accuracy and speed. Demonstrates effective problem solving and critical thinking skills. Illustrates effective computer skills. Maintains clinical and professional competency levels required of age specific populations. Ability to identify cost and quality issues relatedto patient care. Able to communicate effectively in groups and on move. Ability to work independently, exercising sound judgement, discretion, and initiative to facilitate change.
Responsibilities
Directs patient care by assessing, planning, executing, administering, and evaluating treatments and procedures for patients. Coordinates acquisition of outpatient records from primary care provider or referring provider.
Consults, educates, and monitors patient evaluation and treatment decisions. Acts as a liaison and facilitator between hospitalist, staff members, case managers, and attending physicians regarding patients.
Rounds with hospitalist ensuring all lab work, diagnostic results and other test results are available on chart and notifies hospitalist as appropriate.
May be involved in auditing or evaluating process improvements in the quality of patient care and nursing research or assist in designing tools and systems to optimize nursing patient care.
Acts as an internal and external consultant to promote clinical and patient care standards. Facilitates coordination and development of a comprehensive and individual plan of care in collaboration with patient, family and multidisciplinary team.
Manages/produces/coordinates "MD TRU" rounds every morning. Checks admission criteria and prospective plan for obs. Acts as a hospitalist service liaison with patient care staff.
Facilitates one on one communication with primary care physician regarding current and ongoing patient care needs. Follows up discharged patients within 48 hours of discharge. Copies and sends appropriate discharge paperwork to primary care physician. Works with case managers to track avoidable days and adverse events.
Participates in development and surveying for staff satisfaction. Verifies PCP/referring physician notification of admission. Works with clinical pharmacists to ensure most up to date medications from home.
Navigates patients through the healthcare system based on individual and patient population needs. Directs liaison activities to integrate patient in the healthcare continuum including procuring of services, health promotion and counseling, and prevention screening. Applies approved criteria to monitor admissions and continued stay. Monitors implementation of guidelines for resources, trends and tracks variances. Coordinates the use of outside agencies and community resources in establishing maintenance plans.
Track hospitalist program data on a monthly basis. Acts as a liaison of clinical staff and physicians and staff on integral criteria. Analyzes and synthesizes all data related to catastrophic cases including data related to quality of care as well as cost effectiveness.
The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, occasional sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Time Type: Full time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:
Yes Pay Class: Salary FTE %: 100
Work Shift:
Rotating Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible Grant Funded: No Job Posting Date: 04/1/2024 Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):
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