Kidney Care Coordinator, RN
Oakland, CaliforniaAt Kaiser Permanente our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, and scientists who are contributing toward being an industry-leading voice for advancing evidence-based care. Whether supporting the patient directly in our hospitals or clinics, providing care at home, serving our patients through innovative virtual technology, or managing care delivery teams, Kaiser Permanente nurses utilize scientific evidence and our integrated care model to optimize the total health of our members and the communities we serve. We invite nurses who are passionate about nursing excellence, high-quality compassionate care delivery, professionalism, integrity, teamwork and patient and family centeredness to join our teams so that we can continue to sustain and build upon our culture of excellence.
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Level: Individual Contributor
- Travel: No
Success Profile
We’re looking for Nurse Leaders who possess the following traits.
- Collaborative
- Compassionate
- Flexible
- Leadership
- Socially Conscientious
- Trustworthy
Benefits
We offer several benefits to our nurses.
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Medical, Vision & Dental
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Retirement Plans
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Educational Opportunities & Tuition Reimbursement
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Supportive Teams & Resources
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Career Growth & Development
Our Culture
At Kaiser Permanente, we cultivate an environment of compassion, integrity, trust, and open communication that helps our teams do their best work. We believe that lifelong learning will expand our knowledge so we can better serve our patients. Our practice is rooted in research and evidence-based care. Our nurses reflect the rich diversity of our members and communities and provide culturally responsive and competent care that promotes understanding of our members needs and preferences. At Kaiser Permanente, nurses are highly skilled professionals who exemplify leadership, critical thinking, and collaborative problem solving and deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.
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Kidney Care Coordinator, RN
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Essential Responsibilities:
- Acts as care coordinator for the care and follow up of patients in the nephrology specialty clinic and dialysis centers and including contracted transplant centers. Provides holistic proactive coordination care of chronic disease under Nephrologist supervision.
- Using standardized policies, procedures, and standing orders provides coordination of clinical care and education for symptoms, complications, labs, and medications by protocol.
- Navigation of complex care including arranges and monitors follow-up appointments, encourages members to follow prescribed course of care (e.g., drug therapy, physical therapy), and makes referrals to appropriate community/contracted services.
- Collaborates with patient, patient support, and interdisciplinary team members in assessing patients needs. Examples including scheduled follow up for self-care skill building; diet and other risk factor counseling; and medication management in the medical office setting. Assess patients readiness to learn and make lifestyle changes using motivational interviewing technique, teach and reinforce self-care skills.
- Provides patient education and consultation for patient and family members throughout disease progression.
- Coordinates care using the interdisciplinary care approach to providing continuity of care for CKD/ESKD patients. For example, coordinates with other programs such as chronic condition management, specialty care, surgical care, supportive care services and others to assure seamless transitions.
- Participate in performance improvement activities to enhance and monitor the quality and the level of care provided for patients with CKD/ESKD disease under nephrology care.
- Identifies and promotes improved innovative clinical practice based on new knowledge and research in field of specialization, using a broad scope of nursing expertise.
- Maintains up-to-date knowledge of current activities in Nephrology, CKD/ESKD/RRT care.
- Ensures that accurate clinical information and data is maintained.
- Performs other Nephrology specific duties to support CKD and ESKD patient population needs.
Secondary Functions:
- Certified Nephrology Nurse(CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse(CDA).
- Minimum of two (2) years of dialysis and/or nephrology case management experience within the past five (5) years.
- Bachelors degree in nursing or health related field, OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
- Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
- Knowledge of Nurse Practice Act, The Joint Commission and other federal/state/local regulations.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
- Previous care coordination experience in Nephrology preferred.
- Masters degree preferred
- Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) or Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) preferred upon hire date, but required to obtain within 2 years of hire.
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