Clinical Coordinator

About This Role

This nursing role coordinates and facilitates safe, patient-centered care for individuals undergoing medically supervised withdrawal from alcohol and/or other substances. The Clinical Care Coordinator RN performs comprehensive nursing assessments, coordinates the patient's plan of care, monitors withdrawal symptoms and clinical status, collaborates with physicians and behavioral-health professionals, and facilitates appropriate discharge and transition to the next level of treatment.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments on patients admitted for detoxification and withdrawal management
• Review and audit documentation
• Conduct video audits for hourly patient safety rounding completion
• Administer medication audits, post administration re-assessment
• Monitor patients for signs and symptoms of alcohol and substance withdrawal and promptly communicate significant changes in condition
• Monitor the appropriate usages of withdrawal-assessment tools: CIWA, COWS & RASS
• Audit EKG completions and proper escalation when abnormalities are noted
• Administer medications and treatments according to provider orders and facility policies
• Monitor effectiveness and adverse effects of medications, including medications used for withdrawal management and medication-assisted treatment when applicable
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized nursing care plans
• Coordinate care among physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, counselors, social workers, therapists, case managers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team
• Participate in treatment-team meetings and communicate changes in patient condition, progress, barriers, and discharge needs
• Identify patients requiring higher levels of medical or psychiatric intervention and facilitate appropriate escalation of care
• Coordinate transfers to emergency departments, hospitals, residential treatment, PHP/IOP, or other appropriate levels of care when clinically indicated
• Provide patient and family education regarding withdrawal, medications, recovery, relapse prevention, treatment options, and follow-up care
• Assist with discharge planning beginning early in the patient's admission
• Coordinate follow-up appointments, referrals, transportation, medications, and connections to community resources
• Advocate for patients and ensure that their clinical and psychosocial needs are communicated to the treatment team
• Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive documentation in the electronic medical record
• Ensure compliance with facility policies, New Jersey nursing requirements, applicable regulatory standards, and evidence-based practices
• Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, infection-control, and performance-improvement activities
• Assist with maintaining a safe therapeutic environment for patients experiencing withdrawal, behavioral health symptoms, or substance-use-related crises
• Recognize and respond appropriately to behavioral emergencies, psychiatric deterioration, falls, seizures, overdose risk, and other acute changes in condition
• Provide clinical guidance and support to nursing staff and other members of the care team as appropriate
• Manage alcohol withdrawal
• Manage opioid withdrawal
• Manage benzodiazepine withdrawal
• Manage stimulant withdrawal
• Perform withdrawal scoring/monitoring
• Assess seizure and delirium risk
• Conduct vital signs and neurological monitoring
• Manage withdrawal medications
• Manage PRN medications
• Perform medication reconciliation
• Monitor medication response and adverse effects
• Coordinate MAT when appropriate
• Conduct suicide/self-harm risk assessment
• Monitor psychiatric symptoms
• Manage agitation and behavioral escalation
• Address co-occurring mental-health disorders
• Implement safety precautions
• Communicate with physicians/APN/PA
• Coordinate counseling and therapy
• Collaborate with social-work
• Coordinate insurance/utilization-review
• Plan transfers and discharges
• Facilitate placement into residential treatment, PHP, IOP, outpatient treatment, or community services
• Handle admissions
• Conduct initial assessments
• Perform daily clinical reviews
• Coordinate treatment-team activities
• Manage transfers
• Manage discharges

Requirements

• Active, unrestricted New Jersey RN license
• Associate Degree in Nursing or BSN; BSN may be preferred
• BLS/ACLS certification
• Previous acute-care, behavioral-health, psychiatric, emergency, detox, substance-use-disorder, or addiction-treatment experience is mandatory
• Minimum 1 year of detox experience
• Strong assessment, critical thinking, communication, and organizational skills
• Experience with electronic medical records
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and respond to changes in patient condition

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and Disability Insurance
• Whole Life, Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Paid Holidays and a generous Paid Time Off Plan

About the Company

CareWell Health provides healthcare services.