RN - Hospitalist Nurse

Waterloo IMPACT Team

Part-time Days (Monday, Tuesday, Friday, no weekends)

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.

• 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

• 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.