RN Coordinator - Pulmonary Hypertension

Responsibilities

• Trips patient calls and referrals from outside facilities and coordinates appropriate care.
• Assesses and trisades patients.
• Develops and executes plan of care and upholds medical records.
• Implements and evaluates appropriate patient care interventions.
• Collaborates with E Health efforts in Hepatology.
• Collects and evaluates data.
• Maintains and evaluates patient function according to assigned specialty area and identifies complications and interventions.
• Provides specialty area education to the patient, family, and community.
• Conducts research with physicians, including gathering of data and analyzing results.
• Works in conjunction with the Business Office to coordinate financial aspects of patient care.
• Collaborates with Tumor Board and E-health efforts in Hepatology, if working with adult population.
• Obtains pre-authorizations as needed.
• Utilizes evidence-based information to achieve and ensure patient safety and quality of care, while improving patient outcomes.
• Reports to a Nurse Manager in either the CHF, Hepatology or Pulmonary Hypertension specialty areas.

Qualifications

• REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 3 years clinical hospital experience and/or outpatient clinic experience - 2 years LPN and/or Medical Assistant experience in a hospital and/or outpatient Clinic may be substituted for 1 year of RN Experience OR 2 years RN critical care experience may be substituted for 3 years RN experience in a hospital and/or outpatient clinic OR Bachelor's degree in Nursing may be substituted for 2 years of RN experience.
• EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in lieu of 2 years of RN experience.
• LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS: RN (Registered Nurse) Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Oklahoma or current multistate license from a Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) member stateBLS (Basic Life Support) Issued by American Red Cross or American Heart Association within 30 days of hire.
• MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN ENGLISH (VERBAL/WRITTEN).