Registered Nurse RN Progression Care Expeditor

Altamonte Springs, Florida


Employer: AdventHealth
Industry: Patient Experience
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Full-Time

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
  • Benefits from Day One
  • Paid Days Off from Day One
  • Debt-free Education (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind, and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
  • Schedule: Full Time

    Shift: Days

    Location: 601 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

    The community you'll be caring for:
    • Located north of Orlando in the community of Altamonte Springs, our facility is consistently named "Best Hospital" for overall quality, reputation, doctors and nurses by local residents
    • As the largest satellite campus within the AdventHealth system, AdventHealth Altamonte has been providing state-of-the-art healthcare to the community since 1973
    • The 398-bed hospital cares for more than 168,000 patients a year. We are proud to be revolutionizing health care with visionary leadership and world-class resources


The role you'll contribute:

The Nurse Clinical Expeditor is an effective steward of scarce resources, using clinical expertise, critical thinking skills,
organizational awareness, and leadership to play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of care, removal of barriers, and
lowering the cost of care. The Expeditor is skilled in coaching, mentoring, and leading a professional and technical team
in the delivery of services to our patient population. The Expeditor partners with physicians and providers, care
management team, nursing teams, and support service teams to facilitate patient throughput and progression of care.
Personal and professional development is an expectation of the role to ensure consistent application of procedures, patient
progression, and optimal communication. Actively participates in outstanding customer service and accepts responsibility
in maintaining relationships that are equally respectful to all.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Consistently demonstrates, through behavior, AdventHealth's core values of Integrity, Compassion, Balance, Excellence,
Stewardship, and Teamwork. Adheres to the ANA Code of Ethics, the ANA Scope and Standard for Nursing Practice, and
the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies.
• Liaises between Care Management, Nursing, and Hospital providers, working collaboratively to solve patient
challenges which includes, but not limited to, financial barriers, religious beliefs, and cognitive issues.
• Incorporates the patient/family care goals and preferences as much as possible into the transition of care planning and
communicates these goals and preferences to the multidisciplinary team
• Follows-up on any outstanding diagnostic test results, pending consults, patient requests or barriers for discharge.
Avoids delay by ensuring test results are available for review and decision making.
• Connects with hospital providers each day to review transition plans on all patients. Identifies patients that have a
discharge delay and identifies barriers to discharge. Works with providers to facilitate safe and appropriate discharges.
Collaboratively manages interdisciplinary patient transition plan. Effectively communicates across continuum of care.
• Proactively identifies patients who no longer meet medical necessity and escalates potential denials, documents
avoidable days, and facilitates progression of care
• Participates in length of stay meetings as appropriate.
• Uses discretion and adherence to policies and procedures when discussing patient related issues that are confidential in
nature. Protects patient privacy with all interactions. Maintains the confidentiality of employees, patients, administrative
staff, functions, and medical staff information with no infractions.
• Actively participates collaboratively with the Campus Leadership including Nursing and Care Management in support
of system goals for capacity management.
• Plays an active role in educating nursing and care management on patient care management from a clinical progression
standpoint.
• Maintains knowledge of federal and regulatory policies in the patient care management.
• Participates in facility and department regulatory and certification preparations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE STRONGLY PREFERRED:
• Ability to function in stressful, fast paced environment
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead the employees of their unit in the progression of patient care
• Ability to lead performance improvement initiatives on their assigned unit and/or campus
• Ability to assist and mentor other in relation to the technology utilized on the unit
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse populations
• Excellent clinical practice knowledge and is able to apply this knowledge to the work setting
• Ability to influence relationships and behaviors in relation to meeting the needs of the patient
• Ability to think proactively
• Act as a role model for professionalism
• Self-motivated and able to work independently

Qualifications
The expertise and experiences you'll need to succeed:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Bachelors and 2+ years experience
• Computer skills that include Microsoft applications and Hospital Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

PREFERRED:

• Three to five years of experiences as an RN
• Acute care experience
• Prior leadership experience
• Experience in Case Management, Managed Care, Discharge Planning and Utilization Management
• Case Management training
• Specific knowledge and skills delineated by the unit of work (see competencies)

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert
• Registered Nurse

Created: 2024-05-03
Reference: 24014081
Country: United States
State: Florida
City: Altamonte Springs