Ambulatory Clinic Nurse Care Coordinator (RN)- Advanced Heart Failure

About the Role

The Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert providing ethical, evidence-based, safe, and compassionate nursing care. This role focuses on patient safety and quality of nursing care by identifying and clarifying patient needs, performing clinic-related patient care, conducting health education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating healthcare services, and evaluating patient outcomes.

The RN Care Coordinator supports assigned physicians by communicating with patients, families, and caregivers, relaying information to the physician, and ensuring understanding of the plan of care. They provide nursing care during clinic sessions, verify completion of orders, and notify physicians of results.

Schedule

Full time, 4 ten-hour shifts per week (Days).

Responsibilities

• Manage patient flow, triage, and direct patient care.
• Serve as a liaison for communication between front desk staff, nursing staff, physicians, and clinic manager.
• Develop expected patient outcomes, define appropriate resource utilization, and work with providers to set patient goals.
• Provide nursing support and coordination to optimize patient outcomes and improve quality of life through clinical and educational programs.
• Support patient self-management of disease.
• Coordinate continuity of patient care following hospital admission, discharge, and ER visits.
• Manage high-risk patient care, including patients with multiple co-morbidities or high risk for readmission, using a registry.
• Develop relationships with patients and use assessment skills to identify physical, psychosocial, financial, and environmental healthcare needs.
• Educate patients and ancillary personnel about healthcare needs, safety issues, and benefits.
• Utilize electronic tools (EMR) to document assessments, clinical findings, treatment plans, and progress toward goals.
• Observe, record, and report patient conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments to physicians.
• Educate patients and families about diagnostic procedures, medications, nutrition, and wellness.
• Maintain and review patient records, charts, and pertinent information.
• Record, follow up on, and post test and examination results.
• Respond to and refer incoming patient treatment-related phone calls.
• Instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Document patient care using EMR in compliance with practice standards.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

Requirements

• High School Graduate.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• 2 or more years of RN experience.
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing.
• Current active multistate RN license in good standing in the state of residence.
• Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 must obtain a multistate RN license by 4/30/2026.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) certification within 14 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous medical office experience.

Skills

• Basic typing and word processing ability.
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.