RN Nursing Coordinator - Imaging Support Services Hedrick

Description

It's an exciting time to join the Interventional Radiology team at UNC Health! Our services are expanding to include a more inclusive offering of Pediatric Interventional Radiology (VIR) at both UNC Medical Center and UNC Hillsborough campuses.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Registered Nurse to join our growing team as a Nursing Coordinator. In this role, you will work alongside three dedicated coordinators to manage and schedule Pediatric VIR procedures across both campuses.

The Nursing Coordinator plays a vital role in ensuring a seamless patient experience by receiving, verifying, and transcribing provider orders; obtaining prior approvals when needed; and coordinating procedure scheduling for pediatric patients requiring VIR services.

This position offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with providers, the VIR clinical team, patients, and families to deliver high-quality, compassionate care throughout every step of the process.

The ideal candidate will bring:

• A minimum of five years of hospital nursing experience
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• The ability to work independently and take initiative in a fast-paced environment
• Previous VIR experience preferred

This position is scheduled Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with no weekends, holidays, or on-call responsibilities. Flexible scheduling options are available. Following six months of training and orientation, the role will transition to a fully remote position.

If you are passionate about procedural nursing and dedicated to creating exceptional patient care experiences, your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of communities across North Carolina.

Summary:
Provides clinical administrative nursing care coordination in support of a patient care area. Duties include one or more of the following care coordination, discharge planning, data analysis and performance metrics, and patient/staff education.

Responsibilities:
1. Assesses patient status of a specialized population. Rounds with an interdisciplinary health care team to determine patient care needs and coordinate ongoing acute care and long-term needs. Uses expertise and experience in specialty practice to facilitate patient care. Acts as a liaison between the patient, family and health care team to communicate patient care needs including coordination of patient/family care conferences.
2. Collaborates with health care team to provide information and resources to facilitate patient care. Provides inservices and formal presentations to nursing, medical and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population. Assist staff in the development of patient education materials for the patient population. Perform patient teaching related to specific topics and patient needs. Documents patient teaching in the medical record in the appropriate sections
3. Collects data related to specialized patient population and analyzes for trends. Enters data or coordinates its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking purposes. Participates in performance improvement activities to promote quality patient care. Analyzes data for trends and makes suggestions for revisions to patient care protocols for the patient population. Monitors outcomes of care for patient population and collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team on evaluation of outcomes.
4. Coordinates patient care for post-hospitalization care and discharge planning. Makes referrals to other care providers during acute care episode and for post-discharge care. Communicates discharge needs to interdisciplinary health care team, patient and family. Coordinates appointments with clinics, outside referral sources, home care, durable medical equipment providers and other providers to ensure continuity of care for the patient. Attends care conferences and interdisciplinary care rounds. Documents care planning and communication with health care providers in the medical record.
5. Promotes own professional development through attending inservices and presentations. Keeps current in practice through conferences, reading current literature and research. Role models professional nursing practice to others through use of the nursing process and professional behaviors

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: Imaging Support Svcs Hedrick

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.