Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Heart Failure Device Team

## Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator
- Heart Failure Device Team Apply locations:
Kansas City, KStime type:
Part time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-56296# Position Title Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator
- Heart Failure Device Team Days - PRNBell Hospital## Position Summary / Career Interest:

The PRN Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert who provides ethical, evidence-based, safe, and compassionate nursing care. The PRN Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator focuses on patient safety and the quality of nursing care by identifying and clarifying patient needs, conducting health education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating healthcare services, and evaluating patient outcomes.
This position specifically supports the Heart Failure Device Team and is responsible for coordinating the care of patients with advanced heart failure and implantable monitoring and therapeutic devices. The RN Care Coordinator manages patients with pulmonary artery pressure monitoring devices, including ongoing review of transmitted data, communication of clinical findings, patient education, and coordination of interventions in collaboration with the provider team.

The RN Care Coordinator also participates in the evaluation and workup of patients being considered for implantable heart failure therapies and devices, coordinating testing, specialty consultations, patient education, and follow-up throughout the treatment journey.
The RN Care Coordinator provides support to assigned physicians by communicating with patients, families, and caregivers and relaying pertinent information to the physician. They provide support during physician clinic sessions and ensure the patient, family, and caregiver understand the plan of care. The RN Care Coordinator serves as a key member of the multidisciplinary Heart Failure Device Team, promoting continuity of care, optimizing patient outcomes, and ensuring timely coordination of care across the ambulatory setting.
** Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
*** Responsible for management of patient flow, triage, and direct patient care.
* Liaison of communication between front desk staff, nursing staff, physicians, and clinic manager
* Manage the care of the patient population by developing expected patient outcomes, defining appropriate resource utilization, and working with the provider to set patient goals.
* Provide nursing support/coordination to the practice in order to optimize patient outcomes and to improve patient’s quality of life through clinical and educational programs and/or support services.
* Support patient self-management of disease.
* Coordinate continuity of patient care with patients and families following hospital admission, discharge, and ER visits.
* Manage high risk patient care, including management of patients with multiple co-morbidities or high risk for readmission to a hospital setting, including a registry.
* Develop relationships with patients and competently uses assessment skills to identify physical, psychosocial, financial, and environmental health care needs of the patient.
* Educate the patient and appropriate ancillary personnel about the health care needs, safety issues and benefits which include patient education.
* Utilize available electronic tools, such as EMR, to efficiently document assessments, clinical finds, plans of treatment and progress toward goals.
* Observes, records and reports patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians. Educates patient/family about diagnostic procedures, medications, nutrition and maintenance of health and wellness.
* Maintains/reviews patient records, charts and other pertinent information. Records tests and examination results and then follows up with patient.  Posts tests and examination results.
* Responds to/refers incoming patient treatment-related phone calls.  Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
* Maintains patient confidentiality.
* In providing patient care, document using EMR to maintain and/or develop patient records in compliance with practice standards.
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