RN Nursing Coordinator - Endocrinology at Eastowne

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina. Come join our growing team at UNC Hospitals Outpatient Center at Eastowne, a specialty clinic for the evaluation and treatment of conditions related to hormone-producing glands. We provide care for patients with a wide range of endocrine conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, parathyroid disease, adrenal disorders, pituitary disorders, and tumors or cancers of the endocrine glands. We also provide gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary adults.

Schedule and Location

Address: 100 Eastowne Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Monday-Friday, 8a-5p
No weekends
No holidays

Commitment incentive: $10,000 (equal payments made to the teammate every six (6) months during a three (3) year work commitment).

About the Role

Provides clinical administrative nursing care coordination in support of a patient care area. Duties include one or more of the following: care coordination, discharge planning, data analysis and performance metrics, and patient/staff education.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient status of a specialized population.
• Rounds with an interdisciplinary health care team to determine patient care needs and coordinate ongoing acute care and long-term needs.
• Uses expertise and experience in specialty practice to facilitate patient care.
• Acts as a liaison between the patient, family and health care team to communicate patient care needs including coordination of patient/family care conferences.
• Collaborates with health care team to provide information and resources to facilitate patient care.
• Provides inservices and formal presentations to nursing, medical and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population.
• Assists staff in the development of patient education materials for the patient population.
• Performs patient teaching related to specific topics and patient needs.
• Documents patient teaching in the medical record in the appropriate sections.
• Collects data related to specialized patient population and analyzes for trends.
• Enters data or coordinates its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking purposes.
• Participates in performance improvement activities to promote quality patient care.
• Analyzes data for trends and makes suggestions for revisions to patient care protocols for the patient population.
• Monitors outcomes of care for patient population and collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team on evaluation of outcomes.
• Coordinates patient care for post-hospitalization care and discharge planning.
• Makes referrals to other care providers during acute care episode and for post-discharge care.
• Communicates discharge needs to interdisciplinary health care team, patient and family.
• Coordinates appointments with clinics, outside referral sources, home care, durable medical equipment providers and other providers to ensure continuity of care for the patient.
• Attends care conferences and interdisciplinary care rounds.
• Documents care planning and communication with health care providers in the medical record.
• Promotes own professional development through attending inservices and presentations.
• Keeps current in practice through conferences, reading current literature and research.
• Role models professional nursing practice to others through use of the nursing process and professional behaviors.

Requirements

• Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.

Pay

Salary Range: $35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Job Details

• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Day
• Exempt From Overtime: Yes