Hospitalist Nurse

UnityPoint Health Information

Hospitalist Nurse

Monday-Friday 7a-3:30p, occasional weekends

Full Time Benefits

The Hospitalist Nurse is a registered nurse who collaborates with the hospital care team and floor staff to coordinate and manage the process of patient care from the point of admission through discharge and hand-off to their primary care provider.

* Requires bedside marketing to educate patients & their families on what the role of the Hospitalist Program is. At the same time, verifies primary care provider and determines any barriers to discharge & set expectations for hospital stay.

* Actively participates in morning report/hand-off and can serve in the role of census coordinator.

* Collaborates with hospital care team to ensure that all current labs, test results, consults, orders, etc. are carried out in a timely fashion.

* Initiates proactive planning and coordination of the patient's plan for the day and plan for the stay with the rest of the team.

* Participates actively in quality improvement initiatives; reviews core measure indicators and ensures that the team goals are being met.

* Assess with patients & their family members that their needs are being met & collaborates to set up follow-up needs upon discharge

* Obtain medical records & assists with medication reconciliation.

* Required to occasionally set-up care team meetings with both physicians and families about ongoing hospital care, safe discharge plan & disposition

* Serve as continuity for patients during physician hand-offs

* Collaborates with physician and care coordinators regarding care delays

* Resolves post-discharge issues needing follow-up & provide post-discharge homecoming calls to follow-up with high-risk patients.

* Educates patients at the bedside and over the phone; needs to recognize limits of when to collaborate with a physician regarding the patients care either in the hospital or during a homecoming call.

• Graduate of an accredited program for Registered Nurses.
• Current license to practice nursing in the State of Iowa/Illinois for Registered Nurse.
• Meets educational/competency requirements per policy.
• Ability to use the computer effectively in order to navigate several electronic programs related to patient care.
• Mandatory Reporter certification.
• CPR certification.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to understand and apply guidelines, policies and procedures.
• 3-5 years of nursing experience preferred.
• Bachelor's education in health related field preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.