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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.

We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation’s top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.

The Clinical Care Coordinator is a Registered Nurse (RN) who manages a specific panel of patients identified as having rising risk or high risk. The Clinical Care Coordinator is involved in the coordination of care for a designated panel of patients across the continuum of care, as well as identify and monitor patients with rising risk. The Care Coordinator utilizes the nursing process and serves as the leader and driver of care coordination efforts for their panel of patients, in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team. The coordinator ensures that the care provided is patient and family centered, evidence-based, cost-effective, holistic in nature, and leads to better outcomes. The coordinator is responsible for partnering with the patient and family for seamless transitions in care between the hospital, home, school and community.

Department: Oncology Clinic
Hours per week: 24, eligible for benefits
Shift: Alternating 2 days per week and 3 days per week; Monday-Friday

Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Experience: Four years nursing experience

Equivalency: None

Equivalency: None

Certification(s):

• BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
• Achievement and maintenance of certification in one of the two categories:
  • Certified Case Manager (CCM) through the Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC), Accredited Case Manager (ACM) through the American Case Management Association (ACMA) or certification in Care Coordination and Transition Management (CCCTM) through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
    • A plan to obtain certification will need to be in place with the team member’s direct leader within 6 months of hire with the expectation that the certification exam will be taken once all accrediting body eligibility requirements are met.
  • ANCC or Magnet approved clinical specialty certification inclusive of care coordination activities as approved by the Director of Patient Care Services.
    • A plan to obtain certification will need to be in place with the team member’s direct leader within 6 months of hire with the expectation that the certification exam will be taken once all accrediting body eligibility requirements are met
• Successful completion of required internal Care Coordination training within six (6) months of hire or transition into role.

Licensure(s): Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of Colorado is required.

Professional Membership(s): Active membership in a professional nursing or healthcare organization is required.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

Neonate - <30 days

Infancy - >30 days to 1yr

Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs

Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs

School age - >5yrs to 13yrs

Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs

Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• assessing patient/family needs in hospital, home, school, or other community location
• establishing and implementing a care plan in partnership with the patient/family and multi-disciplinary team to proactively support the patient/family
• linking families to relevant community providers/services, home-based services, school-based services, parent support and advocacy groups
• documenting within the standardized care coordination tools and maintaining the Care Plan
• evaluating patient/family needs and outcomes to continuously update the Care Plan
• tracking care coordination interventions and outcomes.

Guidelines: Full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience.

Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.

Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

Communications: Contacts are of a remedial nature involving the resolution of problems and where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.

Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for organizing complex, varied, and simultaneous coordination of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Body Movement: Will frequently stand/walk up to 12 hours per day.

Body Movement: Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.

Body Movement: Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.

Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying): Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 35 pounds.

Vision: Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.

Hearing: Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.

Others: Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.

Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.

Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Salary Information

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to a best-in-class education benefit with 75+ tuition-free programs to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children’s Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.