Posted 12 August, 2026
Patient Care Coordinator RN, On Call, Children's Hospital
Kaiser Permanente
Washington, DC, US
Full Time
Job Description
\n Job Summary:\n
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\n The Patient Care Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the management and coordination of care for the acute inpatient population. The PCC collaborates with rounding MAPMG Hospital Based Service Physicians, patient/family, nursing, utlization review and other members of the healthcare team to assure continuum of patient care progression for clinical and cost-effective outcomes. The PCC facilitates and coordinates with community providers and ambulatory case managers to assist with the appropriate level and transition of care for a safe discharge and preventing a re-admission.\n
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Essential Responsibilities:\n
\nEssential Responsibilities:\n
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- Completes an initial face-to-face assessment for every admitted member to identify discharge needs within 24hrs of admission. \n
- Document in KPHC and communicate the assessment outcomes to determine the appropriate transition plan with MAPMG physician healthcare team and patient/family. \n
- Active participant in daily Care Without Delay (CWD) rounds reporting on patient progression towards the established discharge plan. \n
- Review and document discharge plan in accordance with KP discharge planning documentation policies, facility policies, and regulatory requirements. \n
- Document any updates, care progression and barriers to discharge daily, and as indicated on assigned patients. \n
- Manage timeliness of care progression with physician and nursing staff to prevent avoidable delays and or days. \n
- Collaborate with Social Worker to coordinate, long-term care, assisted living, financial assistance, and other services, as required. \n
- Send referrals/communicate with in-network vendors for coordination of post-acute levels of care such as Home Health, DME, IV infusion, SNF, Sub-Acute and Acute Rehab. \n
- Timely identification, recording, and escalation of delays in care and barriers to discharge. Provide solutions to correct delays and recognize systemic patterns that require corrective action. \n
- Assure follow up appointments and referrals to ambulatory case manager for high-risk patient population are scheduled and communicated to patient/family prior to discharge. \n
- Observe all facility safety policies and procedures (infection control, Members Rights policies, and any regulatory requirements) \n
- Participate in Quality Assurance duties and implementation of programs to improve care Quality Indicators. \n
- Maintain professionalism with all duties in an effective and timely manner as directed or assigned by designated supervisor. \n
- Consistently work cooperatively with patients, patients representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants, and ancillary service providers. \n
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\n Every other weekend and holidays required; will be required to float to cover other hospitals for operational staffing standards\n
\n\n Basic Qualifications:\n
\n\n Experience\n
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- Minimum of one (1) year in an acute medical/surgical/ED or critical care nursing area. \n
\n Education\n
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- Associate Nursing degree required. \n
\n License, Certification, Registration\n
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This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.
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- Registered Nurse License (Maryland) within 6 months of hire AND Registered Nurse License (Virginia) within 6 months of hire \n
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Compact License: Registered Nurse within 6 months of hire
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Registered Nurse License (District of Columbia) within 6 months of hire
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- Basic Life Support
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\n Additional Requirements:\n
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- Experience using an electronic medical record system \n
- Some awareness or knowledge of health/care reimbursement systems (Medicare Advantage, Commercial payer, Medicaid and CMS regulatory rules). \n
- Annually: Successful completion of PCC Assessment of Critical Skills, Passing score on inter-rater reliability. \n
- Must be able to effectively communicate with physicians, members and their family or representatives, and hospital staff. \n
- Ability to work independently and apply critical thinking skills for problem solving and decision making. \n
- Adheres to KP Employees Handbook and facility policies and procedures. \n
- Must have excllent time management skills to develop organized work processess in a high-volume envirornment with rapidly changing priorities. \n
- Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Office Suite proficiency). \n
- Ability to tolerate and cope with ambiguity. \n
- Ability to pormote teamwork and to work effectively as a team member. \n
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. \n
- Ability to interact/communicate effectively with key internal and external stake holders. \n
- Provide excellent customer service to promote excellence in the patient experience. \n
\n Preferred Qualifications:\n
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- Recent acute care, case management, or home health experience preferred. \n
- BSN preferred. \n
- Previous case management/discharge planning experience preferred
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