Nurse Clinical Coordinator - UI Health Care Cedar Rapids

University of Iowa • Cedar Rapids, IA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Community Clinics (UICC) is seeking a patient centered Nurse Clinical Coordinator to support our UI Community Cedar Rapids Clinics; Dermatology, OBGYN, Endocrine, Primary Care Family Medicine, Pedatrics, and multiple outreach clinics. This position provides nursing leadership and oversight for primary and specialized patient care populations that are served within UI Community Clinics and Clinical Outreach. Functions as a clinical nurse expert for patients and UICC. The clinical coordinator will facilitate communications between medical staff, management, patients and/or family to provide excellent customer service. This position will serve as a liaison role to provide the dissemination of information and education to clinical care team.
This position will support and have time divided between both administrative and clinical support and being flexible to providing staffing support is essential.

Requirements

• A Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is required
• 1-3 years of nursing experience is required
• Valid license to practice nursing in the state of Iowa
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Internet
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Current valid driver’s license and the ability to meet the University Driving Policy Standards

Nice To Haves

• 1 to 3 years' experience in patient care, particularly those with ambulatory specialty, family med and/or pediatrics
• Demonstrated leadership and training skills (might include but not limited to: Charge Nurse or Lead Staff Nurse, etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients, families, and health care workers
• Professional nursing certification is desired
• Experience with EPIC
• Triage Expense
• Familiarity with ambulatory clinic workflows

Responsibilities

• Assists and acts a liaison with supporting new initiatives including new service lines, expanding clinics, adding new providers, etc.
• Collaborate with nursing, medical staff, and other health professionals in planning, delivering, and evaluating care for primary and specialty patient populations.
• Lead nursing personnel in providing specialized patient procedures and care management plans
• Lead or participate in evidence-based projects within specialty area and collaborate with the appropriate CPL or NPL staff member to implement practice changes.
• Provide specialized health education to patients and health profession students
• Adhere to internal and regulatory policies and guidelines
• Create clinic staffing schedule and represent clinic at daily staffing huddles; trouble staffing gaps and identify solutions
• Assists with reviewing benefit request in time tracking system
• Participate in recruitment, developing, and managing performance of staff
• Applies expertise in communicating real time feedback and direction to clinical staff
• Serves as a liaison between clinical staff, family members, and UICC leadership
• Applies expertise in specialized field to improve nursing outcomes, leads and participates in evidence-based projects, and implements team-based care
• Troubleshooting and managing facility issues in real time
• Participate in Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives
• Provides direct patient care/nurse triage responsibilities as needed, floating to other clinics as needed
• Current valid driver’s license and the ability to meet the University Driving Policy Standards
• Other clinic duties as assigned

Benefits

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
• The University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package, including paid vacation as well as paid sick leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees