RN / Nurse Care Coordinator at UW Medical Center - Northwest

Three years of professional nursing experience.

Experience in Care Management strongly preferred.

$46.97 hourly

$86.17 hourly

BSN (or higher degree) Premium - $1.00/hour ; Certification (Specialty Certs) Premium - $1.25/hour
Weekend Shift Premium - $4.00/hour
Overtime Pay

For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-temporary-per-diem-and-less-than-half-time/

to join our Care Management team with the goal of achieving coordinated patient flow through an inpatient stay, culminating in a safe and timely discharge.

This position works 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.

Identification and monitoring of high medical needs patients to ensure timely completion of consults, procedures and tests, ongoing team communication, and facilitates coordination between providers across the continuum of care.

Lead medical team and nursing huddles and work creatively on removing barriers to discharge due to medical complications and/or system or team obstacles.

Assist with ordering complex medical equipment and in ensuring safe transitions of care.

Develop and monitor outcome measures related to care coordination and staff and patient satisfaction with discharge planning and providing ongoing consultation and education to staff on how to achieve improved patient flow through the UWMC system.

UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring

Northwest Outpatient Medical Center

and

Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion

.