RN Clinical Nurse Coordinator - Pediatric Endocrinology

Position Summary

This role serves as the clinical heartbeat of a premier pediatric endocrinology outpatient team, offering a 40‑hour, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM schedule with no weekends or holidays. The RN Clinical Nurse Coordinator balances direct provider support and patient care during ambulatory sessions with critical care coordination, supporting a multidisciplinary team of 12 faculty, 4 fellows, 9 NPs, 6 RNs, and a robust clinical support staff.

Key responsibilities include:

• Clinical Triage:
  Managing patient calls and ordering outpatient testing.
• Advocacy:
  Facilitating care team communication and patient education.
• Efficiency:
  Navigating complex patient care workflows and tasks within Epic.

• Provides direct patient care including assessment, planning, and evaluation of patients.
• Completes health history and conveys findings to physicians.
• Documents all patient interactions in the EHR system.
• Provides diabetes education to patients, families, and caregivers.
• Analyzes blood sugar trends and recommends dose/technology changes.
• Develops and coordinates diabetes education material and programs.
• Provides phone consultation for prescription refills, sick calls, education, and other patient concerns.
• Attends outpatient clinic sessions with providers to provide care, education, and comprehensive assessment of patients.
• Coordinates patient care, orders diagnostic tests, conveys findings to physicians, assists in coordinating appointments and referrals to outside sources.
• Allocates resources such as home health, project concerns, and DME.
• Provides individual or small‑group education to initiate and coordinate diabetes care and diabetes equipment technology.
• Performs nursing administrative duties including compliance with environmental safety regulations, infection control standards, quality assurance, ADA standards, and HIPAA regulations.
• Acts as liaison and team member by facilitating communication and coordination of care between patients, families, and health team members.
• Educates patients and families about endocrinology‑related information.
• Develops, maintains, and provides education resources for non‑diabetic endocrine patients.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Normal office environment.
• Exposure to blood‑borne pathogens.
• Requires protective devices.
• Patient care setting.
• Direct patient care setting.
• Physical effort:
  Typically sitting at desk or table; standing or walking; bending, crouching, stooping; occasional lifting up to 25 lb.
• Equipment:
  Office equipment; clinical/diagnostic equipment.

Education: Diploma, certification or degree is not required.

Certifications / Professional Licenses: Basic Life Support – American Heart Association;
Basic Life Support – American Red Cross;
Registered Nurse – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation;
Registered Nurse – Missouri Division of Professional Registration.

Work Experience: Nursing 2 years.

Skills: Not applicable.

Driver's License: Not required.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program with two years of nursing experience.
• Current RN licensure in Missouri and/or Illinois, in accordance with the Compact Act.
• Basic Life Support certification or obtain certification within one month of employment.
• Experience in pediatrics and endocrinology/diabetes medicine.
• Ability to attend conferences to gain up‑to‑date knowledge on endocrine and diabetes.

Education: B.S. – Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Certifications / Professional Licenses: None additional unless stated elsewhere.

Work Experience: None additional unless stated elsewhere.

Skills: Clinical Knowledge, Clinical Research Coordination, Database Management, Effective Written Communication, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Emergency Situations, Epic EHR, General Nursing, Infection Control Nursing, Interpersonal Communication, Onboarding, Oral Communications, Patient Care Plans, Patient Education, Research Development, Research Methodologies, Safety Practices, Spreadsheets, Statistical Analysis Software (SAS), Team Leadership, Work Collaboratively.

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$60,800.00 – $ per year.