Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Hematology

Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Hematology

Position Title:

Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator - Hematology. Clinic

Location:

913 Shawnee Mission Pkwy Level G, Westwood, KS 66205. Clinic

Hours:

Monday - Friday 8 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m.

The Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator is a licensed registered professional nurse who is a clinical expert providing ethical, evidence-based, safe and compassionate nursing care. The RN Care Coordinator focuses on patient safety and 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 supports assigned physicians, communicates with patients/families/caregivers, confirms orders, and ensures that results and care plans are communicated to the physician.

• 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 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 patients with multiple co-morbidities or high risk for readmission.
• Develop relationships with patients and competently use 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 findings, plans of treatment and progress toward goals.
• Observe, record and report patient's condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians; educate patient/family about diagnostic procedures, medications, nutrition and maintenance of health and wellness.
• Maintain/review patient records, charts and other pertinent information; record tests and examination results and then follow up with patient; post results.
• Respond to and refer incoming patient treatment-related phone calls; instruct patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Document using EMR to maintain and/or develop patient records in compliance with practice standards.
• Perform professional, clinical and/or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

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

• Previous medical office experience

• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) or obtained within 14 days
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing
• Current active multi-state Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in state in which you live or active single state RN license in good standing in the state you will be working, with proof of application of a multi-state RN license in the state in which you live.

Staff hired prior to 2/1/2024 are required to obtain a multi-state RN license from the state in which they live at the time of their next RN license renewal by 3/31/2026.

• Basic typing and word processing ability
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Full time

R-48936

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution- and signing the agreement to the DRP.