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Location: Columbia, Missouri

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8a - 4p

Department:Neuro and Ancillary Services

Salary Range: $36.19 - $52.67/hour - final salary based on experience

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE>MU Health Care is a growing academic health system in mid-Missouri comprised of multiple hospitals including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital and over 50 specialty clinics located throughout the region.>As an MU Health Care employee, you'll be part of an exceptional team committed to our mission of saving and improving lives. Our core values of inclusion, respect, service, discovery, responsibility and excellence foster a collaborative work environment where you can grow your career.

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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here .

JOB DUTIES

Coordinate care along the continuum for specified disease processes or populations.>Act as a resource for patients, families, nursing staff, and other health care professionals in their area of expertise.>Provide education on disease processes and individualized treatment plans to patients and caregivers.>Drive best practices around programmatic quality indicators and lead/participate in quality/performance improvement activities.>Create processes specific to the disease area of focus to ensure access to care is achieved in a timely manner.>Deliver transitional care per area of specialty to ensure an appropriate level>of care and compliance with a treatment plan.>Provide triage/symptom management and route the patient to the appropriate level of care.>Assure care pathways/order sets are followed per disease specialty.>Review disease-specific mortalities and 30-day readmission for improvement opportunities.>Provide populations at risk with systematic, coordinated care management to reduce fragmentation and cost of care.>Provide care management services as contractually obligated.>Reduce variations in care and coordinate amongst specialty and primary care providers.>May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department document.

Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.

One of the following:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and three (3) years of RN experience; or
• five (5) years of RN experience; or
• one (1) year of RN experience and five (5) years of LPN care coordination navigator experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.