Care Coordinator-RN

ACTS is a non profit organization that has been serving the community for over 30 years providing individualized behavioral health services in substance abuse and mental health. ACTS mission is to apply the best of contemporary physical and behavioral health interventions and social support services available to assist individuals and families to engage and succeed in Recovery.

LOCATION: Tampa, FL

The Care Coordinator is a Registered Nurse who provides community-based care coordination, medical and disease education, and outreach services to assist patients in navigating health care transitions, and support patient empowerment through health education and coaching. Services will be provided at scattered, community-based housing units.

• Conducts medical assessments for development and maintenance of care plans and promoting health programs and services
• Provides patient healthcare Care planning based upon the nursing process to include: assessment, plan, implementation/intervention and evaluation, as well as a method for monitoring and intervening.
• Makes appropriate referrals and provide resources to support patient/families in self-management to meet health care treatment goals, assess readiness to learn and validate learning outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams and health care team members both internal and external to the organization to improve patient care through effective utilization and monitoring of health care resources
• Facilitate pre-planning, patient education and empowerment, and assessment of patient barriers to support the most effective and efficient interactions between patients and providers.
• Assist patient and providers from across the care continuum to ensure post-emergency department, hospitalization, and/or specialist follow up.
• Utilize electronic health record to appropriately document interactions, findings, and continuum of care-related activities.
• Participate in evaluating outcomes at the individual level with each patient/client and at the same time participate in agency-wide evaluative efforts to ensure and improve the overall quality of service being delivered.
• Completes pre-admission medical screening of clients to determine admission eligibility; apply nursing principles and practices in the care and treatment of clients, administer and read PPDs, and makes assessment of clients' conditions and documents per services provided, completes and records vital signs, observes and assesses clients for deviations from normal conditions/behaviors
• Within limits of licensure, administers and/or assists with medication/narcotics/treatments as prescribed by protocol or physician's order .
• Adheres to regulatory bodies and licensing rules, guidelines and all established protocol to carry out all duties required by contract, licensure, accreditation, and certification relative to program or service assignment.
• Participates in "on-call" rotation for afterhours responsibilities

Pre-requisite Requirements:

• Active licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse in accordance with Florida Law.
• Two(2) years of general nursing experience in a clinical setting
• Case Coordination with chronically homeless population preferred.
• Must possess valid Florida Driver License, industry accepted driving history and maintain vehicle insurance required by State of Florida.

The omission of specific statements does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed herein if such duties are a logical assignment to position.

ACTS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. ACTS is an EEO/AA DFWP Employer.