RN Care Coordinator

Description

Children’s Clinics is seeking a Full-Time RN Care Coordinator.

This position is responsible for:

• Adheres to approved standards of triage and nursing practice throughout the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation phases of the nursing process.
• Facilitates scheduling of patient appointments to ensure urgent patient needs are met .  Assesses the severity and urgency of telephone calls and triages patient calls and develops a plan using the triage process and nursing assessment.
• Reviews the medical record and coordinates the acquisition of patient records, procedure reports, diagnostic test results, data base information, slides and any missing reports or information.  Assesses and documents patient intake information and determines nursing actions required. 
• Provides supervision/guidance to Medical Assistants to assure effective patient flow as needed.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of patients to include nursing assessments; observing, recording and reporting pertinent patient status information; administering medications and vaccines as well as other nursing procedures; and the provision of patient/family education.
• Collaborates with physician and other care members in the assessment of the patient’s status and delivery of patient care.  Participates in discharge planning and performs necessary patient/family teaching based on communication with the physician and other health care providers.  Provides medically necessary patient information to agencies/organizations.
• Performs other duties as required and assigned

Age of Patients attended to by employee in this position:

• Neonatal (newborn)
• Pediatric (birth-13)
• Young Adult (14-21)
• Adult (21-65)

In addition to competitive salary, we offer you and your family a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Group Term Life in addition to voluntary life insurance
• Corporate Care (sick child/adult/pet)
• Pet Care program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Supplemental insurance
• Flexible Work Strategies (depending on position)
• And more…

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing institution required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred

Experience: 

• Two or more years pediatric nursing experience preferred
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred

Licenses and Certificates:

• Registered Nurse License in the state of Arizona required
• BLS certification required

Fingerprint Clearance:

• Employees are required to maintain a current Department of Public Safety Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card. Proof of a current fingerprint clearance card must be received within 90 days of employment.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of that which an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may potentially be exposed to infectious organisms during routine and emergency situations. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Children’s Clinics reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time in accordance with business needs.  This document is not intended to list all duties of the job.  It is descriptive only of the chief duties and responsibilities.

Salary : $74,321 - $94,229