RN Nursing Coordinator - Neurology

Job Description

Description

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The UNC Neurology Clinic at Hillsborough is expanding our team and seeking to hire a Nursing Coordinator! This Faculty Physicians based clinic is housed on the UNC Hillsborough campus, in the Medical Office Building. We serve patients across multiple divisions in the Neurology department including Epilepsy, General Neurology, Integrative Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis/Neuroimmunology, and Neuromuscular. 

This position is salaried, with a 40-hour workweek. The typical hours for this position are 8:00am-4:30pm Monday through Friday. 

The ideal candidate has a background in caring for Neurology patients and a passion for patient and team education. The responsibilities of this position include assisting clinical staff in day-to-day operations, in addition to developing an educational platform for the Bodford Family Transverse Myelitis Center. Transverse Myelitis is a sub-specialty of the Multiple Sclerosis division. This position will work closely with providers from the MS Division to develop multiple avenues of education for the TM Center, with included outreach and the possibility for travel to lecture and conferences. The ideal candidate will have interest in obtaining a Multiple Sclerosis certification. Day-to-day operations of the clinic include rooming patients, responding to patient inquiries, coordinating infusions, completing prior authorizations, assisting providers, vaccine administration, lab draws, and other clinical and administrative tasks. 

Please submit a cover letter with your application for this role. 

This position qualifies for a $10,000 incentive. To learn more visit: https://jobs.unchealthcare.org/pages/unc-medical-center-unc-faculty-physicians-outpatient-commitment-incentive-program

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

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:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians

Organization Unit: UNCFP Neurology HBR Payroll

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $34.65 - $49.81 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:Hillsborough

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System.

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

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