Assessment 3 Instructions: Assessing the Best Candidate for the Role: A Toolkit for Success
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• Prepare a job description, 4-6 interview questions, and a 2-3 page narrative overview.
Introduction
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Communities and organizations are in need of care coordination experts who can lead inter-professional team efforts across a region and for multiple populations. Organizations and communities need to be able to define and assess the best fit for these highly important roles. An expert who can do this kind of job should know everything there is to know about the scope and standard of practice for care coordination, as well as how they are used in real life to get the best care coordination results. Having a toolkit as a guide can help organizations understand how to find the best person for this kind of important position and make that choice. An expert who is capable of this type of role should have comprehensive knowledge related to the scope and standard of practice for care coordination and how they are applied in practical ways to achieve best practice outcomes for care coordination. Having a toolkit as a guide can help organizations to understand and achieve the selection of the best candidate for this type of critical position.
Note: Complete the assessments in this course in the order in which they are presented.
Preparation
For this assessment, you will create a toolkit that includes a brief job description, interview questions, and a narrative overview in the form of a scholarly document.
Review the Resources for this assessment and conduct your own library research to develop and support your ideas.
Note: Remember that you can submit all, or a portion of, your work to Smarthinking for feedback, before you submit the final version for this assessment. However, be mindful of the turnaround time of 24–48 hours for receiving feedback, if you plan on using this free service.
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
Data and quality outcomes are a vital piece of planning and measuring care coordination practices.
• What are the key elements that leaders in care coordination should understand about measuring quality outcomes?
• What type of data do you want any type of care coordination to monitor and evaluate when effecting change for care delivery?
As a leader in practice, you will have many stakeholders to consider with every care coordination effort.
• How do you define and build stakeholder engagement to create and sustain change with the care coordination team?
• How would you define responsible and accountable care coordination, when leading a team for enhanced care?
• What type of characteristics does a care coordination team leader need to embody to be an advocate for continual care improvements?
Requirements
Prepare a job description, 4–6 interview questions, and a 2–3 page narrative overview.
Toolkit Format
Use APA format. Create headings based on the scoring guide criteria. Your faculty may provide a template.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 5–7 sources of credible, scholarly, or professional evidence to support your claims and solutions.
Directions
Your community is in need of a new care coordination role to Help with care in an organization or on larger scope in the region. For this assessment, you, as a care coordination leader, design the role of a care coordinator by creating a job description and describing the attributes that you are looking for in a candidate to fill this position.
Following these instructions will help ensure you meet the scoring guide criteria:
• Describe the care coordinator role need specific to your chosen community or region. This description should include the attributes you deem essential to the role, related to standards of practice.
• Provide 4–6 interview questions that demonstrate the qualities of an effective, ethical, and culturally aware nurse leader. Think about the standards of practice for care coordination and transition management, leading the interprofessional team in collaborative change, and the candidate’s ability to be a visionary for change in the organization or community.
• Analyze the ideal candidate’s knowledge related to legal and ethical considerations, stakeholder and interprofessional teams, cultural competence, and data use to improve care coordination in a 2–3 page narrative. In other words, explain what knowledge and skills a care coordinator should demonstrate for this role, such as knowledge of legal and ethical considerations as well as stakeholder and interprofessional team collaboration, being culturally competent, and knowing how to assess and use data to enhance care.
The result will be a toolkit to Help the interview team in understanding how to choose the best candidate.
Scoring Guide Criteria
Your assessment should meet the following scoring guide criteria:
9. Create a job description and interview questions for a care coordination leadership position.
10. Analyze the candidate’s knowledge related to ethical guidelines and practices to improve care coordination.
11. Analyze the candidate’s knowledge of laws and policies within care coordination.
12. Analyzes the candidate’s knowledge related to stakeholder and interprofessional teams to implement care coordination.
13. Analyze the candidate’s knowledge related to data outcomes use to enhance care.
14. Communicate effectively in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable professional and scholarly standards.
Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:
• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Your paper should demonstrate current APA style and formatting.
• Number of resources: Include 5–7 resources, appropriately cited throughout your paper and in your reference list.
• Length: 2–3 pages, typed and double-spaced, not including the title page and reference list.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save this learning activity to your ePortfolio.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Analyze the use of ethics to enhance coordinated care.
o Analyze the candidate’s knowledge related to ethical guidelines and practices to improve care coordination.
• Competency 2: Evaluate the legal implications in care coordination.
o Analyze the candidate’s knowledge of laws and policies within care coordination.
• Competency 3: Critically appraise collaborative and interprofessional relationships with care coordination stakeholders.
o Analyzes the candidate’s knowledge related to stakeholder and interprofessional teams to implement care coordination.
• Competency 5: Determine components of an effective, culturally competent, diversity-aware care coordination environment.
o Create a job description and interview questions for a care coordination leadership position.
• Competency 6: Assess data outcomes for care coordination processes.
o Analyze the candidate’s knowledge related to data outcomes use to enhance care.
• Competency 7: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
o Communicate effectively in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable professional and scholarly standards.
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