RN Nursing Coordinator - Sickle Cell

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

UNC Health is hiring an experienced Registered Nurse as a Nursing Coordinator to support its Sickle Cell Team within the Oncology Navigators organization. The role provides clinical administrative nursing care coordination for a specialized patient population, including assessment, care coordination, discharge planning, data analysis and performance metrics, and patient and staff education. The position is based at the Eastowne Office Building in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The posting describes a hybrid Monday–Friday schedule, with some days in the office and the rest at home, while the job details separately list the work assignment type as onsite.

The coordinator assesses patients, works with interdisciplinary health care teams, facilitates communication among patients, families, and care teams, and supports continuity of care during and after hospitalization. The role also contributes to staff education, patient teaching, data collection and analysis, benchmarking, and performance improvement. UNC Health states that pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity and lists a hiring range of $35.87–$51.57 per hour. This is a state position employed by UNC Health Care System, with UNC Health benefits.

Requirements

• Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
• Five years of professional nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

• Nursing background in navigation, oncology, or benign hematology is preferred.
• Infusion experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess the status and care needs of patients in the specialized population, and round with an interdisciplinary health care team to coordinate ongoing acute and long-term care needs.
• Use specialty practice expertise to facilitate patient care and act as a liaison among patients, families, and the health care team, including coordinating patient and family care conferences.
• Collaborate with the health care team to provide information and resources that facilitate patient care.
• Provide in-services and formal presentations to nursing, medical, and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population.
• Assist staff in developing patient education materials; provide patient teaching tailored to specific topics and needs; and document teaching in the medical record.
• Collect and analyze data related to the specialized patient population, enter data or coordinate its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking, and identify trends.
• Participate in performance-improvement activities, suggest revisions to patient care protocols based on data, and monitor care outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Coordinate post-hospitalization care and discharge planning, including referrals during acute care and for post-discharge services.
• Communicate discharge needs to the interdisciplinary team, patients, and families; coordinate appointments with clinics, outside referral sources, home care, durable medical equipment providers, and other providers.
• Attend care conferences and interdisciplinary care rounds, and document care planning and communications with health care providers in the medical record.
• Promote professional development through in-services, presentations, conferences, current literature, and research; role-model professional nursing practice and behaviors.

Benefits

• UNC Health benefits are offered. Employees who are already participating in TSERS or the ORP through another North Carolina agency may be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed