What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Care Coordinator - Fairmont position at Windom Area Health?
Description
The RN Care Coordinator serves as a key member of the clinic care team, responsible for coordinating care across the continuum while supporting daily clinic nursing operations. This position promotes quality outcomes through proactive care management, chronic disease management, transitional care management, patient education, and population health initiatives. The RN Care Coordinator works collaboratively with providers, patients, families, specialists, community resources, and healthcare partners to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care.
In addition to care coordination responsibilities, the RN Care Coordinator supports primary care clinic operations through telephone triage, result management, patient follow-up, care gap outreach, and clinical support activities that improve access, patient satisfaction, and continuity of care.
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred). A minimum of 2-years of nursing experience required, preferably in a primary care setting.
REQUIRED CREDENTIALS (License, Certification, Registration)
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Minnesota. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Employment Variables
Typical daytime clinic hours with occasional evening/weekend commitments for service promotion.
The RN Care Coordinator serves as a key member of the clinic care team, responsible for coordinating care across the continuum while supporting daily clinic nursing operations. This position promotes quality outcomes through proactive care management, chronic disease management, transitional care management, patient education, and population health initiatives. The RN Care Coordinator works collaboratively with providers, patients, families, specialists, community resources, and healthcare partners to ensure coordinated, patient-centered care.
In addition to care coordination responsibilities, the RN Care Coordinator supports primary care clinic operations through telephone triage, result management, patient follow-up, care gap outreach, and clinical support activities that improve access, patient satisfaction, and continuity of care.
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred). A minimum of 2-years of nursing experience required, preferably in a primary care setting.
REQUIRED CREDENTIALS (License, Certification, Registration)
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Minnesota. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Strong knowledge of primary care clinical practices and population health principles.
- Knowledge of EPIC, care coordination tools, and patient communication platforms.
- Strong telephone triage and clinical decision-making skills.
- Knowledge of chronic disease management and care coordination strategies.
- Excellent communication, patient education, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build productive relationships with patients, families, providers, and community resources.
- Strong organizational, time-management, and prioritization abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced clinic environment.
- Knowledge of quality metrics, preventive care guidelines, and value-based care initiatives.
- Provide care management and ongoing support for patients with identified priority conditions, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, COPD, asthma, obesity, and other chronic illnesses, to improve patient outcomes and the health of the community.
- Utilize electronic health record reports, registries, and population health tools to identify patients due for preventive care and chronic disease monitoring.
- Perform primary care nursing needs to support an efficient and care-centered clinic.
- Collaborate effectively with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, behavioral health professionals, and community partners.
Employment Variables
Typical daytime clinic hours with occasional evening/weekend commitments for service promotion.
Salary : $31 - $47