Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

Position Title

Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

College Square Medical Pavilion, Medical Pavilion

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Join a fast‑growing Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine team where Sleep Medicine is the fastest‑expanding subspecialty within Pulmonary Care. Our program ranked No. 29 among the nation's best in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2025-26. This highly collaborative team manages a wide range of conditions including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, parasomnias, and circadian rhythm disorders, while supporting advanced therapies such as the Inspire implantable device for obstructive sleep apnea.

In this ambulatory role, the RN Care Coordinator partners closely with providers to support care coordination, patient education, and long-term management of complex pulmonary and sleep conditions-helping patients improve breathing, sleep quality, and overall health.

The 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 Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator focuses on patient safety and the quality of nursing care by identifying and clarifying patient needs, performing clinic related patient care, conducting health education, promoting patient advocacy, coordinating healthcare services, and evaluating patient outcomes.

The RN Care Coordinator will provide support to their assigned physicians by communicating with the patient/family/caregiver and relaying the information to the physician. They will provide support and nursing care services during the physician's clinic sessions and ensuring the patient/family/caregiver understands the plan of care. They will verify all orders placed during the clinic session have been completed and the physician has been notified of the results.

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 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

* Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

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