CARE COORDINATOR, REGISTERED NURSE (RN) - PHYSICIAN PRACTICE
Join us to apply for the CARE COORDINATOR, REGISTERED NURSE (RN) - PHYSICIAN PRACTICE role at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute.
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better — advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
Responsibilities
Participate in daily patient reviews and maintain communication with other team members, office staff, and providers.
Communicate regularly with assigned patients by telephone or face‑to‑face encounters. Monitor patients’ health status and teach self‑management skills needed to maintain the highest level of function. Communicate issues and concerns back to providers and office staff.
Collect health history data from patient, family, PCP, office staff, and other health care team members as needed. Use critical thinking to identify the patients’ bi‑psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, environmental, and educational needs.
Collaborate with other team members and outside resources to develop a comprehensive plan of care incorporating current diagnosis, interventions, beneficiary self‑management skills, and educational needs. Consider all chronic conditions when creating the plan of care.
Document all data and findings consistently and comprehensively under regulatory requirements. Complete documentation in the EMR for all patients. Focus on the Rising Risk population, determine health‑care needs, and enter patients into disease coordination programs when applicable.
Write care plans in EPIC Healthy Planet for high‑risk patients being care‑managed.
Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adhere to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications
Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program.
Minimum 2‑3 years of experience in managed care or health education/coaching (preferred).
Ability to prioritize, plan and handle multiple tasks/demands simultaneously.
Strong communication skills to engage patients/families over the phone and in person.
Experience working with large EMR/health systems.
Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
RN degree (preferred).
New Jersey State Professional Registered Nurse license.
Compensation
Minimum rate of $90,750.40 annually.
HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market‑competitive total rewards package.
EEO Statement
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.