RN Nursing Coordinator - UNC Palliative Care Services

Description

The Palliative Care Program at UNC Medical Center is an interdisciplinary team of expert physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, social workers, RNs and chaplains. Together, they provide holistic patient care and support medical decision-making that prioritizes each patient's goals and quality of life.

The Inpatient Palliative Care team collaborates closely with hospital-based care providers to educate, guide, and offer resources to patients living with serious illness. Serving as a key link between patients, families, and available services, the team helps improve communication and symptom management, delivers emotional and spiritual support, and facilitates seamless transitions of care.

As the program continues to grow, the Inpatient Palliative Care team is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to join the team as a Nursing Coordinator. In this role, the Coordinator will partner with inpatient units and hospital departments to build strong relationships, provide education on palliative care at both the unit and organizational level, and help coordinate programs and initiatives that enhance transitions of care

The ideal candidate will be a licensed Registered Nurse with at least five years of professional nursing experience. Success in this role requires confidence, strong emotional intelligence, excellent listening skills, and effective communication.

This position is based on-site at UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill and works Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with no weekends, holidays, or on-call required.

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Summary:
Provides clinical administrative nursing care coordination in support of a patient care area. Duties include one or more of the following care coordination, discharge planning, data analysis and performance metrics, and patient/staff education.

Responsibilities:
1. Assesses patient status of a specialized population. Rounds with an interdisciplinary health care team to determine patient care needs and coordinate ongoing acute care and long-term needs. Uses expertise and experience in specialty practice to facilitate patient care. Acts as a liaison between the patient, family and health care team to communicate patient care needs including coordination of patient/family care conferences.
2. Collaborates with health care team to provide information and resources to facilitate patient care. Provides inservices and formal presentations to nursing, medical and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population. Assist staff in the development of patient education materials for the patient population. Perform patient teaching related to specific topics and patient needs. Documents patient teaching in the medical record in the appropriate sections
3. Collects data related to specialized patient population and analyzes for trends. Enters data or coordinates its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking purposes. Participates in performance improvement activities to promote quality patient care. Analyzes data for trends and makes suggestions for revisions to patient care protocols for the patient population. Monitors outcomes of care for patient population and collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team on evaluation of outcomes.
4. Coordinates patient care for post-hospitalization care and discharge planning. Makes referrals to other care providers during acute care episode and for post-discharge care. Communicates discharge needs to interdisciplinary health care team, patient and family. Coordinates appointments with clinics, outside referral sources, home care, durable medical equipment providers and other providers to ensure continuity of care for the patient. Attends care conferences and interdisciplinary care rounds. Documents care planning and communication with health care providers in the medical record.
5. Promotes own professional development through attending inservices and presentations. Keeps current in practice through conferences, reading current literature and research. Role models professional nursing practice to others through use of the nursing process and professional behaviors

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: UNCH Palliative Care Svcs

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.