RN or LPN Care Coordinator

Job description

At Mahaska Health, the primary role of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Care Coordinator is to provide high quality, holistic healthcare to patients with multiple chronic and preventive conditions (high risk patients) through a patient-centered approach to improve their lives. Primary responsibility of Remote Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to: - Supports and empowers patients throughout health care continuum to include holistic counseling, problem solving “barriers to care” issues and coaching clients as needed re: treatment and medication adherence, healthy life choices, and self-help behaviors. - Responsible for providing appropriate care and follow up to high-risk patients. - Use monthly reports to monitor patient outcomes, review results with providers, and take appropriate follow up action with patients. - Performs nursing assessment/medical triage of acute medical issues and medication side effects and refers or monitors appropriately. - Provides chronic disease and preventive screening education to clients/families/partners, internal staff and external agencies in an organized and appropriat...