PRN Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Care Coordinator

Position Summary / Career Interest:

Clinic hours: M-F 8-5:30, most nurses work 9's. This nurse would be working with all teams in the CTS group; pre op, structural, cardiac and thoracic. This nurse will work with all 9 surgeons. The team of nurse coordinators work closely with all 7 CV surgeons and 2 thoracic surgeons to assure the highest pt satisfaction. The CTS 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

• Actively participates in quality improvement initiatives, utilizing information from relevant sources, such as databases and benchmarks.
• Applies principles of teaching/learning and health literacy to design, provide and evaluate patient and health care provider education.
• Collaborates effectively with team members and other disciplines.
• Demonstrates leadership through participating in hospital committees, councils and taskforces.
• Develops skills for effective communications and team building.
• Employs strategies to promote health in a safe environment.
• Implements and evaluates evidence-based nursing interventions.
• Incorporate ethical principles into healthcare planning and delivery.
• Promotes efficient delivery of patient care throughout the healthcare system.
• Seeks opportunities to share expertise and mentor others.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Bachelor Degree Nursing
• 2 or more years RN experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master Degree Nursing

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing
  As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire. This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states. You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires. If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance. Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.