Registered Nurse-Outpatient Cardiology ACT RN Coordinator

About the role

The role requires at least three years of RN experience, preferably in cardiology, and operates Monday through Friday from 7:30–3:30 or 8:00–4:00 with no weekends or holidays. The position is onsite for the first 90 days with potential for a hybrid schedule thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Manage prior authorizations, DME and infusion insurance approvals, address insurance denials, and coordinate care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum.
• Play a key role in care coordination for the heart transplant patient and facilitate the transition from pediatric to adult care for heart transplant and heart failure patients.

Qualifications

• Employee will provide clinical and administrative coordination to their program.
• Independently and without supervision provides oversight of administrative issues for clinics.
• Reviews patient schedule ahead of time and assembles all materials and records required by clinical staff for the clinic session.
• Follows up to obtain results of post-clinic studies for review by the clinical team.
• Supervises scheduling process for patients, assists in triaging new patients for urgency, assigns new patients/consults to appropriate providers, and works with clerical staff to ensure coordination for patients in need of multiple clinic visits.
• Maintains and enhances database by updating patient demographic and clinical information regularly, accurately, and independently.
• Runs a variety of queries and reports from the database.
• Provides information and instructions to study participants, reviews informed consents with patients and families, and assists in the preparation of grant and foundation proposals.
• Writes narrative descriptions and other forms necessary for IRB review and implementation of studies, reviews and edits data collection forms and consents, and assists in writing of new studies and protocols.

Skills

• Excellent clinical, organizational and communication skills.
• Knowledge of and ability to use standard computer programs.
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, database programs, plus understanding of data management concepts.
• Basic understanding of academic, research and/or clinical setting.

Benefits

At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), we are committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Pay

SALARY RANGE: $92,100.00 - $117,400.00 Annually

Schedule

The role operates Monday through Friday from 7:30–3:30 or 8:00–4:00 with no weekends or holidays. The position is onsite for the first 90 days with potential for a hybrid schedule thereafter.