Registered Nurse - Heart Institute Referral RN

Job Overview

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.

Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Heart Institute Referral RN serves as the clinical front door to the Heart Institute, ensuring timely, coordinated access for patients referred to for pediatric cardiology consultation, procedures, second opinions, and complex cardiac care. This role provides expert clinical triage, evaluates referral urgency, and synthesizes outside medical records, diagnostic studies, and imaging to support efficient clinical decision-making by Heart Institute physicians.

Working collaboratively with referring cardiologists, advanced practice providers, physicians, schedulers, and multidisciplinary care teams, the Heart Institute Referral RN facilitates seamless transitions into the Heart Institute while serving as a primary clinical resource for referring providers and families throughout the referral process. The position is responsible for maintaining proactive, closed-loop communication with referring physicians, identifying barriers to timely care, and ensuring patients arrive with complete clinical information needed for evaluation and treatment.

This role practices at the top of RN scope by applying advanced clinical judgment, coordinating care across a seven-state referral region, and supporting a consistent, high-quality referral experience that strengthens relationships with referring providers and improves patient access to specialized pediatric cardiac services.

Department Name:
Cardiology Clinic

Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits

Shift: Monday through Friday 8am - 4:30pm

This position is eligible for relocation assistance, if relocating from 100 miles or greater.

• Family-Centered Care:
  Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
• Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
• Care is guided by the Professional Practice Model throughout the continuum of…