AZ Fetal Care Ntwk Nurse Coord

Phoenix Children's Hospital•Phoenix, AZ

60d•Hybrid

About The Position

Posting Note: RN Coordinator - Fetal Care Network Phoenix Children's Join the compassionate and specialized team at Phoenix Children's Fetal Care Network, where we guide expectant families through some of their most challenging moments. Our Fetal Care Coordinators work closely with parents whose babies may have a diagnosed anomaly, ensuring they feel supported, informed, and cared for every step of the way-from diagnosis through delivery. What You'll Do: Coordinate care for expectant mothers after a fetal anomaly is identified. Schedule multidisciplinary meetings and follow-up appointments with specialists (e.g., cardiology, neurosurgery, surgery) after diagnostic testing such as fetal MRI. Facilitate family meetings to ensure all questions are answered and care plans are clearly understood. Serve as a compassionate liaison between families, physicians, and other care teams throughout pregnancy and delivery. Maintain frequent communication with families, providing emotional support and guidance. Collaborate with internal and external specialists, including those in cardiac, NICU, and surgical services. Partner with another full-time RN to manage a caseload of 25-30 patients. Support families through sensitive situations, including comfort care, adoption, or pregnancy termination, ensuring their wishes are honored and supported. Schedule & Flexibility: Full-time, 4/10s schedule (Monday-Friday), typically 8 AM-5 PM with flexibility based on patient needs. Occasional early start times (as early as 6 AM). Shared on-call rotation for deliveries (calls are rare). Primarily based at the Thomas Campus, with the option to work remotely or from partner hospitals (Mercy Gilbert or Arrowhead) when appropriate. What You'll Bring: Minimum of 3 years of RN experience in NICU or OB. Strong communication and collaboration skills. Compassion, emotional resilience, and the ability to support families through difficult conversations. Desire to make a meaningful impact during a family's most vulnerable time. This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families while working alongside world-class specialists and compassionate colleagues. This position is responsible for patient care services, workflow, and communicating activities for/with nursing and support staff of assigned program. This position requires guidance and support to ensure consistent provision of developmentally appropriate quality patient care in accordance with all applicable federal, regulatory, and professional standards and requirements. Provides a vital role in patient care at the Arizona Fetal Care Network at Phoenix Children's.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of RN experience in NICU or OB.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Compassion, emotional resilience, and the ability to support families through difficult conversations.
Desire to make a meaningful impact during a family's most vulnerable time.

Responsibilities

Acts as a communication liaison between patient, family, and interdisciplinary team by providing teaching and support to recognize limitations and strengths within the patient/family system.
Assists with identification of patient and community learning needs from a group and individual perspective.
Collaborates with medical staff, nursing and auxiliary staff within the institutions and with outside providers for purposes of care planning. Cultivates and maintains effective interaction/ communication between team members and families to drive the care coordination process to facilitate continuity of patient care
Works with the team to streamline clinic visits by performing prior authorizations and assuring families are prepared for clinic visits
Maintains appropriate records to facilitate accurate data collection, patient tracking and timely preparation for the upcoming patient visits.
Provides developmentally appropriate clinical care within professional domain to ensure delivery of quality and developmentally appropriate patient care.
Regularly reviews research-based literature and attends role related conferences to improve clinical care for specific clinical populations as well as compliance with regulatory bodies
Serves as a clinical role model, patient advocate, and resource to staff, patients, and families. Shares knowledge and skills of specialty area to assist in problem solving collaborations. Maintains skill, knowledge proficiency, and competency within specialty area
Works collaboratively with program leadership and lead coordinator to take an active role in planning, decision-making, and communication to healthcare team of issues affecting the interdisciplinary team and integration of patient care activities.
Provides outreach to the community and servicing providers in order to educate the community regarding the services that can be offered to their patients, maintain relationships with referring provider, improve communication amongst the interdisciplinary team
Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.