**Description** **This is a Full time, day shift, Continuum of Care Coordinator position working at Northwest Medical Center.** **Job Summary:** The Continuum of Care Coordinator (CCC) is responsible for improving patient's level of wellness, reducing unnecessary readmissions and ensuring appropriate utilization of in-network healthcare resources. The CCC will collaborate with Leadership and Case Management to review trends. **Requirements:** Education: Preferred: Bachelors degree in nursing, social work or relevant clinical field Experience: Preferred - Two (2) years of clinical/healthcare experience. Current working knowledge of discharge planning, utilization management, case management and disease management. Understanding of pre-acute and post-acute venues of care and post-acute community resources, physician office routines, and transitional procedures for pre and post acute care. Supervisor or project leadership. Skills: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in person and via telephone with patients, families/caregivers, physicians, physician office staff, and post-acute providers using appropriate dialogue and customer service competencies. Can aggregate and evaluate patient level data focusing on medical, psychosocial, and the education needs utilizing established post-acute criteria. Ability to perform multiple activities, meet deadlines, solve problems, utilize resources, make independent decisions, and work well in a team-based environment. Attention to detail, high accountability and strong drive for self development. _Northwest Medical Center (NMC)is a 287-bed hospital, seven urgent care facilities, a freestanding emergency center, Northwest Transitions Inpatient Rehabilitation, Women's Center, and a large physician group, we offer you a variety of settings in which to work. Every location is dedicated to providing safe, quality care, but more than that is the commitment to employees. NMC provides a culture of teamwork, respect and appreciation for all staff, whether they care for patients directly or work in a support role. With employee appreciation celebrations throughout the year, opportunities for growth and the satisfaction that you are part of a hospital leading the way with accessible, convenient healthcare in Tucson, NMC is a great place to work. Accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor - priority referral Protected Veterans requested._ **Qualifications** **Education** **Required** + Bachelors or better in Nursing **Licenses & Certifications** **Preferred** + C-AHA BLS Basic Cardiac + L-AZ-RN License Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Equal Employment Opportunity This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.