Clinical Coordinator in East Orange, New Jersey at CareWell Health

Job Summary

The Clinical Care Coordinator RN is responsible for coordinating and facilitating safe, patient-centered care for individuals undergoing medically supervised withdrawal from alcohol and/or other substances. The 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.

Essential Functions

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments on patients admitted for detoxification and withdrawal management.
• Documentation review and audits
• Video Audits for hourly patient safety rounding completion.
• Medication administration 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.

Other Duties

Detox-specific responsibilities:

Withdrawal management

• Alcohol withdrawal
• Opioid withdrawal
• Benzodiazepine withdrawal
• Stimulant withdrawal
• Withdrawal scoring/monitoring
• Seizure and delirium risk
• Vital signs and neurological monitoring

Medication management

• Withdrawal medications
• PRN medications
• Medication reconciliation
• Monitoring medication response and adverse effects
• MAT coordination when appropriate

Behavioral health

• Suicide/self-harm risk assessment
• Psychiatric symptoms
• Agitation and behavioral escalation
• Co-occurring mental-health disorders
• Safety precautions

Care coordination

• Physician/APN/PA communication
• Counseling and therapy coordination
• Social-work collaboration
• Insurance/utilization-review coordination
• Transfer and discharge planning
• Placement into residential treatment, PHP, IOP, outpatient treatment, or community services

Patient flow

• Admissions
• Initial assessments
• Daily clinical reviews
• Treatment-team coordination
• Transfers
• Discharges

Minimum Education/Certifications

• Active, unrestricted New Jersey RN license.
• Associate Degree in Nursing or BSN; BSN may be preferred.
• BLS/ACLS certification.

Minimum Work Experience

• Previous acute-care, behavioral-health, psychiatric, emergency, Min 1 Year of detox, substance-use-disorder, or addiction-treatment experience is mandatory.
• 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.

CareWell Health provides a salary/hourly rate range for all open positions to comply with New Jersey Law. The rates listed for each position is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity). The salary range does not include bonuses/incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation which can be discussed in detail with your talent acquisition specialist.

The salary/hourly rate range for this position is: $52.00 - $55.00

Salary ranges shown on third-party job sites may not accurately reflect ranges provided by CareWell Health. Candidates should discuss salary/hourly compensation and details of our comprehensive benefits with our talent acquisition specialist if selected for an interview.

We offer an excellent benefit package including but not limited to the following benefit offerings:

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