Description
**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:** Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
**Organization:**
CHOC Clinic Admin 20
**Job Summary:**
JOB SUMMARY
Serves as the clinical leader on day of discharge and days leading up to discharge for patients and care providers. Leads all elements of executing safe patient discharge. Collaborates with the health care team to coordinate safe and timely discharge of patients requiring care coordination and resources. Assesses barriers to discharge for patients in hospital after the estimated date of discharge and solves problems. Effectively collaborates with patient/family to referral sources and demonstrates a strong customer focus while removing barriers and promoting efficient and effective use of resources.
Years of experience required: 2 of recent hospital-based experience
Shift requirement: Weekend (Saturdays and Sundays)
Working hours: 8a-6p flexible
Education: BSN required
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Works closely with administrative team to highlight and problem solve potential barriers to timely patient discharge that would negatively impact throughput.
- Proactively collaborates with unit base leadership and provider groups to identify patients 24-48 hours from estimated date of discharge and completes elements of the Discharge Checklist.
- Maintains collaborative relationship with community based service providers.
- Assists treatment team in locating resources necessary to patients' safe discharge.
- Assists in identifying system level service gaps and/or system issues that interfere with timely/appropriate discharge.
- Serves as entity subject matter expert involving the necessary elements of safe patient discharge.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
- Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of patient assessments and evaluations in practical applications of a difficult nature. Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations. Conducts inquiry with a thorough series of questions when patients state an ailment or complaint in order to accurately identify and elaborate on the problem. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to role model and coach less experienced peers.
- Evidence-Based Practice (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to integrate evidence from multiple sources and determine if a practice change should occur. Shares knowledge with peers and other clinical team members independently.
- RN Access Patient Education (Intermediate): Demonstrates mastery of patient education in practical applications of a complex nature. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable of successfully delivering patient and family education services without requiring support and instruction from others.
- Consulting Services (Intermediate): Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of consulting services in practical applications of a difficult nature. Possesses mastery of the core technology, products, services and operations within field of work and is fully capable of their delivery without requiring support and instruction from others. Able to train and educate by setting the example and giving technical instruction. Demonstrates acute knowledge of industry trends and emerging technologies. Attends industry seminars and forums on a regular basis.
- Planning & Organizing (Intermediate): Demonstrates ability to anticipate complex resource needs, identify discrete tasks, set priorities, define dependencies, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work beyond areas of direct responsibility. Merges diverse points of view into a coalition with shared goals and objectives. Plans for and anticipates events outside of immediate responsibility. Anticipates problems and obstacles before they arise. Able to absorb changes to major assignments while maintaining a high level of performance. Competently handles multiple assignments and projects simultaneously. Sets priorities with a proper sense of urgency and importance. Develops creative ideas and takes innovative action. Understands and identifies with the basic goals and values of the organization.
**Our Nursing Philosophy:**
We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.
As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:
Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
Dental and /or vision plan
403 (b) retirement plan
Paid Time off (flex PTO)
Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
Short-Long term disability
Subsidized backup childcare
And many more... **Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!**
**Achieve the Remarkable:**
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**Life In Nashville** :
**VUMC Nursing** : http://www
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