As a Orthopedics Care Coordinator RN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Job Summary and Qualifications
* This is a Full Time Day shift position, Monday - Friday *
The Orthopedic Care Coordinator is responsible for providing and/or coordinates educational and process improvement activities for both staff and patients. Acts as a community liaison on behalf of the program and hospital. Directly involved in the marketing/promotion of services provided.
What You Will Do In This Role:
- Oversees the overall care of orthopedic/Joint patients following a holistic and interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with medical staff, patients/family members and other members of the health care team
- Serve as a leader for the overall program management, process improvement plans, patient satisfaction plans and communicate goals and status to staff and other team members
- Coordinate and drive the monthly performance Interdisciplinary meeting. Collect, analysis and report the quality metrics data with team members and plan interventions, ensure appropriate action /process is in place to achieve great outcome/goals
- Responsible for coordinating and providing education for patients and families before surgery (Pre-op classes) and before discharge (discharge education). Coordinate teaching materials for patients/families and physician’s office
- Collaborate and facilitate staff education on various aspects of orthopedic patient care to assist the team following best practices/clinical practice guidelines in align with current process/protocol
- Make daily clinical rounds on patients, assess the therapy and other need of patients from admission through discharge and coordinate care needs with other team members
- Daily rounding with physicians, provide update on patient progress/ any challenges, need for any interventions to improve the patient care, treatments and overall experience
- Concurrent chart reviews are performed to obtain data, analysis documentation of clinical components that meets the joint protocol/standards
- Collaborate with other disciplines ensuring the discharge needs are met including discharge education, after discharge therapy, HHC, DME’s, follow up appointment etc.
- Collaborate/create measurement system for tracking surgical outcomes, patient satisfaction, identify areas that require improvement
- Oversees, plan and develop formal and informal educational material for patients/families and ensure educational needs are met. Coordinate teaching materials with physician’s office
- Act as a Liaison to the patient/family, physicians/office staff and other team members involved with the orthopedic patient care/treatment
- Coordinate patient post discharge calls to ensure continuum of care pathways are followed/met
- Coordinate/collaborate community outreach programs to involve the community with educational opportunities.
- Coordinate all the aspects required for recertification of joint program with Joint Commission and any other accreditation bodies
What qualifications you will need:
- Graduate of an accredited school of Professional nursing
- BSN is required
- Advanced Practice Nursing/Masters prepared preferred
- Current RN licensed in the State of TX or compact license
- Orthopedic Nurse Certified
- Must have a minimum of 5 years recent clinical nursing in area of orthopedics
- Recent experience in Orthopedic outcomes research and intervention is desirable
- Current BLS issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross
- Current ACLS preferred, issued by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association
Benefits
Medical City Dallas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."
Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare
Medical City Dallas is recognized for its advanced medical facilities and commitment to excellence in patient care. We are an 895+ bed tertiary care center. Our medical team consists of more than 1,500 physicians, many are recognized as the world's best in their specialties. Patients travel to Medical City Dallas from all over the United States and from other countries. We offer sophisticated treatment by our 400+ in-house physician specialists. Medical City Dallas has a full-service adult hospital and pediatric hospital. We have separate adult and pediatric emergency rooms, outpatient clinics and diagnostic centers. Our providers have access to state-of-the-art technology and are pioneering new medical procedures to accommodate patient needs. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations across the network.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Orthopedics Care Coordinator RN opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
