Hospitalist Nurse - IMPACT Team

Overview: RN - Hospitalist Nurse Waterloo IMPACT Team Full-time Days Monday - Friday, Daytime The Hospitalist Nurse is a registered nurse who collaborates with the hospital care team / IMPACT care team to coordinate and manage the process of patient care from the point of admission through discharge and hand-off to their primary care provider.
Responsibilities: Requires bedside marketing to educate patients & their families on what the role of the Hospitalist Program is.
At the same time, verifies primary care provider and determines any barriers to discharge & set expectations for hospital stay.
Actively participates in morning report/hand-off and can serve in the role of census coordinator.
Collaborates with hospital care team to ensure that all current labs, test results, consults, orders, etc.
are carried out in a timely fashion.
Initiates proactive planning and coordination of the patient’s plan for the day and plan for the stay with the rest of the team.
Participates actively in quality improvement initiatives; reviews core measure indicators and ensures that the team goals are being met.
Assess with patients & their family members that their needs are being met & collaborates to set up follow-up needs upon discharge Resolves post-discharge issues needing follow-up & provide post-discharge homecoming calls to follow-up with high-risk patients.
Educates patients at the bedside and over the phone; needs to recognize limits of when to collaborate with a physician regarding the patients care either in the hospital or during a homecoming call.
Fill out documents for both patients and family as needed regarding hospital stay.
F/u on lab and other pending items post discharge.
Coordinate care with patient until patient has been seen by established or new pcp provider Qualifications: Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nurses.
3-5 years of nursing experience preferred.
Current license to practice nursing in the State of Iowa/Illinois for Registered Nurse.
BLS Ability to use the computer effectively in order to navigate several electronic programs related to patient care.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to work as a team member.
Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.