Job Location
The Transitional Care Nurse position is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Job Duties
The TCN follows predetermined high risk for readmission patients from the hospital into their homes, and using an evidence-based care coordination approach, provides services designed to streamline plans of care and interrupt patterns of frequent acute hospital or emergency department use and health status decline.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum 5 year hospital experience.
- Additional case management or home care experience preferred.
Education
Graduate of National League for Nursing (NLN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) accredited school of nursing.
License
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Health Professions Bureau in Indiana.
Skills
- Strong clinical skills, including an understanding of and ability to implement evidence-based care.
- Understanding of the health care system and its component parts including sites of care, delivery models, and the roles of various providers and health care professionals.
- Understanding of the community-based social service delivery system and its interaction with the healthcare system.
- Ability to manage patient complexity and multiple patients with diverse needs.
- Comfort with an independent role.
- Experience in providing care in a hospital and home setting.
- Flexibility and adaptability.
- Assertiveness, maturity, and confidence.
- Ability to think broadly and longitudinally, constantly assessing and anticipating the needs of the patient and his/her environment.
- Effective communication skills including both good listening and verbal and non-verbal abilities.
- Ability to collaborate and facilitate relationships and consensus among the patient, family, and multidisciplinary providers from many different disciplines.
Keywords: RN, Nurse, Registered Nurse
Ranked among the nation’s most integrated healthcare systems, Community Health Network is Central Indiana’s leader in providing convenient access to exceptional healthcare services, where and when patients need them – in hospitals, health pavilions and doctor’s offices, as well as workplaces, schools and homes. Exceptional care, simply delivered.
Community is a non-profit health system that is deeply committed to the communities we serve with more than 200 sites of care and affiliates throughout Central Indiana. Guided by our PRIIDE Values – Patients First, Relationships, Integrity, Innovation, Dedication and Excellence – our team of caregivers is committed to providing an exceptional experience with every life we touch.
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