Clinic Registered Nurse Coordinator - USFTGP Urology

Tampa General Hospital•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Clinic Registered Nurse Coordinator collaborates with the health care team to develop theory-based patient care for patients undergoing complex care and surveillance. The coordinator reviews patient records, interviews patients, refers patients for initial visits, and documents incoming communications in the electronic medical record. The role includes reviewing medical records to anticipate clinical stability and understand patients before follow-up with the patient and physician, monitoring progress through clinical milestones, and adjusting treatment plans as needed. The coordinator works with interdisciplinary team members to identify effective strategies for resolving barriers, reducing chronic disease severity, and coordinating transitions between inpatient, emergency department, and ambulatory care. The role escalates clinical, social, and environmental barriers through appropriate channels, educates patients, significant others, and nursing staff about complex disease management, and provides clinical health coaching to support chronic disease self-management and lifestyle changes. The position performs duties in accordance with the mission, vision, and values of Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida Tampa General Physicians.

Requirements

Associate's degree in Nursing.
Florida Department of Health nursing license.
Three years of nursing experience in an acute care or ambulatory setting.

Responsibilities

Review patient medical history, physical conditions, diagnoses, treatment options, financial resources, and physician orders; compare them with the care plan and revise as needed.
Perform patient intake, evaluation, and referral; screen, monitor, and document patient progress.
Request images and records and order required pre-operative labs or imaging to facilitate clinic visits.
Complete frailty screening and initiate a risk assessment chart before patients are seen in clinic.
Determine appropriate courses of treatment and develop and implement individualized care plans.
Collaborate with MA and LPN teams to ensure pre-visit chart checks are complete and accurate.
Coordinate surveillance and maintain a comprehensive patient list.
Refer patients to appropriate ambulatory, hospital, and community resources.
Document assessments, care plans, education, reassessments, and involvement with physicians accurately and consistently.
Collaborate with Social Work to address the needs of patients with high-acuity psychosocial needs and medical-care needs, mitigating the risk of hospital admission or readmission.
Partner with physicians to consider alternate levels of care when patients are not meeting clinical stability.
Participate in department and organizational performance-improvement activities.
Participate in orientation and education of new team members and students.
Use AKTiVE and USFTGP behaviors and values in interactions with patients and staff.
Perform duties according to established procedures, protocols, and professional standards.
Collaborate with the health care team on complex patient care and surveillance, clinical milestone monitoring, treatment-plan adjustment, and care transitions.
Educate patients, significant others, and nursing staff on complex disease management and coach patients in chronic disease self-management and lifestyle changes.
Escalate clinical, social, and environmental barriers to care through appropriate channels for resolution.