Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Urology Clinic - Days
About The Position
The Ambulatory Divisional Registered Nurse supports CHoR’s Pediatric Urology program by providing, developing, coordinating, and managing clinical duties across multiple outpatient locations. The role partners with physicians, advanced practice providers, ambulatory leadership, and other members of the care team to deliver safe, timely, patient-centered care to pediatric patients with a range of urologic conditions, from common to complex. Care includes general medical, complex medical, preoperative, and postoperative management. The nurse provides hands-on clinical care, triage, patient and family education, care coordination, chart preparation, and support for specialty testing and procedures such as uroflow testing and urodynamics. The position also supports clinic testing and treatment, referrals, prior authorizations, continuity of care across sites, and the development of specialty knowledge and clinical guidelines. The role serves patients across the lifespan as appropriate to the assigned unit and requires travel between clinic sites, with long-distance or air travel as needed not to exceed 10%.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited program.
- Current Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- At least 3 years of nursing experience.
- Strong communication and time-management skills.
- Ability to set priorities, make timely decisions, and meet multiple deadlines.
- Ability to collaborate in a large, complex, fast-paced environment.
- Ability to travel between clinic sites; occasional long-distance or air travel may be required and is limited to 10%.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited program.
- Nursing specialty board certification.
- 1–2 years of experience in the designated pediatric or adult division.
Responsibilities
- Follow documented physician or licensed-provider orders within the Nurse Practice Act, licensure, and established standards, policies, and practice guidelines.
- Triage patient calls and in-basket messages according to ambulatory and division-specific standards.
- Facilitate training to improve specialty knowledge across ambulatory clinic locations.
- Partner with the care team to prepare charts for return visits and review laboratory work, imaging, and diagnostic reports before appointments.
- Complete new-patient referrals, ensure outside records are available, and review and prepare charts so patients are scheduled in the appropriate clinic.
- Provide disease- and procedure-specific education to patients and families in clinic.
- Create educational materials for commonly encountered topics within the division.
- Assist providers with clinical procedures across the division as needed, including specialty procedures such as uroflow testing and urodynamics.
- Coordinate with providers, the Assistant Clinical Manager, Program Coordinators, and Nurse Navigators to support continuity of care across clinic sites, including service, preoperative, postoperative, and medical management.
- Perform multi-site nursing visits as directed by providers, including education, treatments, and assessments.
- Support prior authorization requirements, including emergent or same-day authorizations and denial appeals.
- Partner with the Assistant Clinical Manager and clinic nursing staff to help providers obtain clinic testing and treatment.
- Monitor patient satisfaction and customer feedback and take prompt action to promote service excellence.
- Serve as a nursing clinical role model and division subject matter expert for ambulatory patient management across multiple sites.
- Develop collaborative relationships that support research, evidence-based practice, or process improvement.
- Contribute to the revision and development of clinical practice and nursing care guidelines using current best evidence, and share evidence syntheses at the department or division level.
- Take appropriate actions to enhance positive outcomes and anticipate needs to provide quality, efficient patient care.
- Maintain professional growth and specialty development through formal and informal education and training.
- Perform other assigned duties or special projects to support the mission of VCUHS and the division, and accept alternate assignments as required.
- Provide equitable, age-appropriate care using knowledge of lifespan growth and development and patient assessment requirements.
- Use universal precautions and personal protective equipment, and follow infection-control policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
