Clinical care coordinator vs nurse

Differences between clinical care coordinator and nurse duties and responsibilities

Clinical care coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Provide long-term case management, problem resolution, and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy to out-patient cancer patients.
• Rehabilitate patients with cardiopulmonary diagnoses, and experience physical therapy interventions on trauma, orthopedics, & NICU floors
• Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies.
• Perform regular telephone contact with providers to discuss accurate CPT and ICD-9 coding to ensure account resolution.
• Monitor and assess patient response to anesthesia and surgical procedures; provide resuscitation measures as necessary.
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Nurse example responsibilities.

• Monitor patients' status during surgery (circulate in operating room) and manage patients in PACU.
• Manage high-acuity cardiac/pulmonary and psychiatric patients
• Monitor patients for cardiac rhythm changes and implement medication according to ACLS guidelines.
• Educate patients and families on diseases processes, medications, wind care, and iv infusion.
• Provide care for patients on medical/surgical, transplant, cardiac, orthopedic, postpartum, neonatal ICU, and psychiatric units
• Demonstrate competence in CPR and other medical emergency situations.
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