Bloodless Care Coordinator

Number of Positions In Requisition

1



Job Details

The Bloodless Medicine Care Coordinator coordinates a high-quality and consistent standard of interaction with patients and care team members within Jefferson Health/Abington. The liaison will serve as an advocate, educator, and facilitator for patients requiring blood management. Collaborates with care team to facilitate the needs of the patient. Serves as liaison and resource to patients, providers, families, and patient care colleagues.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.

• Conducts daily patient rounds and chart review, generates bloodless program inpatient report daily, assists with data collection, compiles monthly activity, referral and statistical reports.

• Serves as liaison and resource to patients, providers, families, and colleagues regarding blood management.

• Assists patients in completion of advanced directives related to alternatives to blood utilization. Meets with patients to discuss blood management options.

• Assists with hospital-hospital transfers, conducts follow up calls on discharged patients, provides after hours on-call and call back coverage to offer 24/7 coverage

QUALIFICATIONS

Education - Required

• Associate’s Degree

Experience - Required

• 2 years experience in blood management

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Abington Memorial Hospital

Primary Location Address

1200 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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