RN Care Coordinator

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1941, Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital is a 188-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Cruz, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, orthopedics, and a Family Birthing Center. Additionally, Dominican Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has been awarded the AMA/ASA’s Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to providing the best stroke care.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Staff RN, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

The RN Care Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the progression of care and discharge planning for identified patients requiring these services.

The RN Care Coordinator performs this role to meet the individual's health needs while promoting quality of care, cost effective outcomes and by following hospital policies, standards of practice and Federal and State regulations. The position's emphasis will be on care coordination, communication and collaboration with utilization management, nursing, physicians, ancillary departments, insurers and post acute service providers to progress the care toward optimal outcomes at the appropriate level of care.

The RN Care Coordinator advocates for the patient and family by identifying, valuing, and addressing patient choice, spiritual needs, cultural, language and socioeconomic barriers to care transitions. In addition, the RN Care Coordinator strives to enhance the patient experience.

Job Requirements

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• in Case Management or Nursing field in lieu of 1 year experience
• Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA)
• Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) from American Heart Association 

Preferred: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) or related healthcare field.
• At least five (5) years of nursing experience
• Certified Case Manager (CCM)Accredited Case Manager (ACM)