Nurse Specialty Care Coord - CARDIOLOGY

Phoenix Children’s is hiring a Nurse Specialty Coordinator to support our growing Cardiology program! As a key member of the cardiac care team, this role offers the opportunity to directly improve the patient and family experience during the transition from inpatient care to home.

Due to continued hospital growth, this is an addition to our Cardiology team. The Nurse Specialty Coordinator will manage care for patients post-cardiac surgery or cardiac procedures, coordinating all aspects of discharge planning and post-hospital needs. The role will be highly collaborative with our Cardiac Lead Nurse Practitioner and team of providers.

• Coordinate patient discharges from the Cardiac ICU inpatient unit
• Manage medications and prescriptions
• Arrange follow-up appointments and outpatient care needs
• Serve as the primary point of contact for cardiac post-discharge questions
• Provide patient and family education prior to discharge
• Participate in morning/afternoon rounds to identify upcoming discharges
• Support a team of approximately 9 providers (physicians and NPs)

Works in the inpatient CVICU, but classified as a clinic position reporting to the clinic

4/10 schedule - NO weekends or holidays

Reports directly to the Clinic; clinical direction and training led by Lead NP

• Minimum 3 years of hospital-based Cardiology experience
• RN candidates must come with strong clinical knowledge in cardiac patient care
• No new grads

This position utilizes advanced critical thinking to develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care that educates, empowers and optimizes patient outcomes throughout all transitions within the continuum of care. It provides leadership, clinical expertise/integration and functional direction to team members in order to ensure quality and continuity of patient services. Serves as the expert resource within a specialty area and participates in assessing specialty population needs and health outcomes.

It facilitates continuity of care using nursing process, interprofessional collaboration, coordination of and access to appropriate health care services and community resources.

• Four year degree (BSN) in nursing, or a Diploma Nursing degree or two year (ADN) degree in nursing coupled with directly related work experience. (Required)
• Masters degree in Nursing. (Preferred)

• Three years of clinical practice experience. (Required)
• Experience with pediatric or specialty populations. (Required)

• Current State of Arizona RN License from a compact state with multistate privileges or the ability to establish licensure according to Arizona law prior to start date. (Required)
• Specialty and/ or Care Coordination and Transition Management Certification. (Preferred)
• Current BLS Certification for Healthcare Provider from the America Heart Association. (Required)