Registered Nurse RN Coordinator

Banner Health

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Nurses are the heartbeat of health care and we are committed to keeping our nurses’ hearts happy and healthy. This means investing in the holistic health and happiness of our nurses—through better pay, better benefits, better opportunities and a better community. This is a full-time position, scheduled Monday through Friday, Day Shift. This RN role is a pivotal part of patient care at our Cancer Center. The RN coordinator is the focal point to the path between the interdisciplinary team and the patient. Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care professionals and conducting ground breaking research. It is a Level 1 Trauma Center and consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals. The hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, offering specialty services including comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience techniques and a multi-organ transplant program. This position coordinates, plans, and directs the daily functioning and staffing needs of the unit or department under the guidance and direction of the director. It provides leadership, positive role modeling and critical thinking skills to facilitate staff development, serving as a liaison between all disciplines by effectively communicating, educating and problem solving. The role proactively supports the quality and continuity of services throughout the healthcare systems, assists in resolution of systems issues, enforces unit/department policy/procedures and standards of care, and assists in evaluations, disciplinary and hiring functions and other duties under the direction of the director.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice
• BLS certification
• Relates throughout the interview process the experience, training and education needed to perform the job
• Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree
• Professional certification
• Previous experience in a leadership role
• Additional related education and/or experience

Responsibilities

• Patient communication and education
• Triage
• Monitoring patient-physician visits
• Addressing medication needs including initiating authorization
• Interpreting lab values and pathology
• Knowing treatment regimens and nursing indications
• Understanding adverse reactions
• Building a relationship with the physician and other key players of the oncology team
• Coordinates oversight of quality, risk management, safety and nursing standards
• Acts as a role model and resource person for providing quality patient care and maintaining clinical competency on unit/department
• Determines and directs staffing needs of unit/department on a shift-to-shift basis
• Facilitates staff to patient ratios in a fiscally responsible manner under the direction of the director
• Coordinates, supports and facilitates continuity of care and communication between departments, institutions and across the continuum to ensure positive outcomes of patient care services
• Assists in oversight of staff and workflow of patients
• Facilitates interdepartmental teamwork
• Assists in the oversight of resource utilization for the department, including human, financial, equipment, supply resources
• Participates in evaluation process by giving input
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes
• Coordinates daily workflow for unit
• Confers with supervisor on any unusual situations
• Assists with unit education and enforces unit/department policy/procedures and standards of care
• Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards
• Provides all customers of Banner Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day

Benefits

• Better pay
• Better benefits
• Better opportunities
• Better community
• Comprehensive benefit package for all benefit-eligible positions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees