Registered Nurse Parkinson’s Elevated Program - Cottonwood Medical Clinic

Job Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care of patients. The Clinic RN utilizes the nursing process by using technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice, and coordination of care with other health team members in an outpatient clinic setting. Clinic RNs are pivotal members of the care delivery team headed by the physician and have specialized knowledge, skills, and ability pertinent to ambulatory care patient needs.

Scope of performance includes prioritization and triage of care delivery, implementing established standing orders and protocols, performing procedures and therapies consistent with training and licensure.

• Benefits Eligible:
  Yes
• Shift Details:
  Full time (40 budgeted hours). Monday – Friday, hours are TBD.
• Unit/
  
  Location:
  
  Cottonwood Medical Clinic
• Preferred Qualifications:
  
  RN with Clinic experience preferred

Parkinson's Elevated seeks a highly motivated, entrepreneurial nurse to join a passionate team helping build and refine a groundbreaking care model designed to redefine care for people living with Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism. This innovative program pairs a movement disorders neurologist and primary care provider who share responsibility for the patient's complete medical care, creating a single, integrated team accountable for outcomes across all care settings.

Care is delivered through a combination of in-person and telemedicine visits, providing continuity whether patients are at home, traveling, hospitalized, or receiving rehabilitation services. The program emphasizes rapid access to a care team that knows each patient personally and incorporates activity and exercise as a core therapeutic intervention.

The Parkinson's Elevated Nurse will play a central role in this model, serving as a primary clinical contact for patients and helping coordinate care across specialties, settings, and disciplines. This is a unique opportunity to help build and refine a novel care delivery model while developing deep, longitudinal relationships with patients and families.

Successful candidates will demonstrate strong clinical judgment, initiative, problem‑solving skills, and a commitment to patient‑centered care designed in a proactive way to maintain an elevated healthspan.

• Provide nursing care for patients with Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in an ambulatory setting.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for patients and caregivers through phone, MyChart, telemedicine, and in‑person interactions.
• Triage clinical concerns and facilitate rapid access to appropriate team members.
• Coordinate care across specialty, primary care, hospital, rehabilitation, and community settings.
• Coordinate transitions of care following emergency department visits, hospitalization, or rehabilitation stays.
• Perform post‑discharge outreach and medication reconciliation.
• Support patient recruitment and onboarding into the Parkinson's Elevated program.
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding proactive disease management, medications, exercise, and available resources.
• Identify caregiver burden and connect families with resources.
• Lead group education programs and community events.
• Attend community outreach activities.
• Complete prior authorizations, disability paperwork, patient letters, and other clinical documentation.
• Partner with and mentor medical assistants regarding clinic workflows, inbox management, and patient communication.

• Help develop, implement, and continuously improve workflows for this emerging care model.
• Maintain and distribute patient education materials, website content, and other program resources.
• Develop and oversee patient communication systems and outreach strategies.
• Assist with scheduling and operational coordination, including urgent visit access and care coordination.
• Support community engagement, provider outreach, and program growth initiatives.
• Work closely with program leadership to identify opportunities for innovation, quality…