Registered Nurse, RN - Health Coach
Altru Health

Location:
Altru Family Medicine Residency725 Hamline StreetGrand Forks, ND 58201

Pay Range: $29.19 - $43.79

Summary:
The Health Coach develops an ongoing relationship with patients who have chronic complex diseases by acting as a liaison between the patient and their healthcare team. The Health Coach is active in patient education, goal setting, and self-management support for these patients.

Essential Job Functions:

• Acts as the primary contact person for the patients/families with chronic disease care to ensure and promote continuity of care. Contacts patients prior to and/or after physician visits, monitors patient compliance with the treatment plan and appointments and assists with reminder calls if appropriate.
  
• Provides ongoing communication with physicians and staff regarding patients appropriate for chronic disease care and works closely with physicians, staff and patients in coordinating chronic disease care. Coordinates necessary patient education material.
  
• Collaborates with physicians and staff in patient care visits using evidence based medicine guidelines for chronic disease care. Assists physicians utilizing Healthy Planet, running reports, and interpreting results.
  
• Facilitates data collection and analysis of chronic disease measures and identifies opportunities for improvement. Assists in the development of data collection tools and collection of data related to these tools for chronic disease care.
  
• Manages and monitors the database registries for chronic disease care and prevention wellness.
  
• Assists physicians and staff with clinical information regarding patients/families with chronic disease care. Participates in the facilitation of continuous access to the medical record and plan of care.
  
• Participates in patient safety, Joint Commission, and audits for primary care clinics. Acts as a resource for compliance reporting and accreditation requirements according to established guidelines and within established time frames.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
  

Certifications

• Registered Nurse | North Dakota Board of Nursing (NDBON) or Compact State Agreement | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  
• Registered Nurse | Minnesota Board of Nursing | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  
• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Within 90 Days of Start Date | Learning Management System
  
  
• Specialty certification/training as required by the work area:
  
• Behavioral Health Clinic: Registered Nurse or Social Work License acceptable in state where practice is occurring
  

Notes

• Need to be licensed in primary state location prior to start.
  

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Carry: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:
Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R4743

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