PRN Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coor

Position Summary

The PRN Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator is a licensed registered professional nurse who provides ethical, evidence-based, safe and compassionate nursing care. The 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. The RN Care Coordinator supports physicians by communicating with the patient/family/caregiver, relaying information to the physician, ensuring the plan of care is understood, verifying all orders placed during the clinic session have been completed, and notifying the physician of results.

• Manage patient flow, triage, and direct patient care.
• Liaise communication between front desk staff, nursing staff, physicians, and clinic manager.
• Develop expected patient outcomes, define appropriate resource utilization, and work with the provider to set patient goals.
• Provide nursing support/coordination to optimize patient outcomes and improve patient 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 patients with multiple comorbidities or high risk for readmission to a hospital setting, including a registry.
• Develop relationships with patients and competently use assessment skills to identify physical, psychosocial, financial, and environmental health care needs of the patient.
• Educate the patient and appropriate ancillary personnel about health care needs, safety issues, and benefits, including patient education.
• Utilize available electronic tools, such as EMR, to efficiently document assessments, clinical finds, plans of treatment, and progress toward goals.
• Observe, record, and report patient condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians. Educate patient/family about diagnostic procedures, medications, nutrition, and maintenance of health and wellness.
• Maintain/review patient records, charts, and other pertinent information. Record tests and examination results and then follow up with patient. Post tests and examination results.
• Respond to and refer incoming patient treatment‑related phone calls. Instruct patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Document using EMR to maintain and/or develop patient records in compliance with practice standards.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree Nursing (For existing employees in role, BSN required within 5 years)
• 2 or more years RN experience

• Will consider in lieu of RN experience a TUKHS Ambulatory Clinic LPN with 4 years of TUKHS experience that would remain in the same clinic setting.
• Previous medical office experience

• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non‑Clinical) – American Heart Association (AHA) or obtained within 14 days
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) – Multi‑State – State Board of Nursing licensed in the state in which they will be working and proof of compact licensure submitted/applied for in the state in which the employee lives. Must have current active multistate RN license in good standing in the state they live or active single state RN license in good standing in the state they will be working with proof of application of a multistate RN license in the state they live.
  
  Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multistate state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026.

Part time

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally‑protected status. The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using asktalentacquisition
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