CARDIOVASC RN PRGM CRD ON CALL

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

2d

About The Position

Works under limited supervision to Coordinate efforts with Health System Physician Referring Service, Health System liaisons, RN coordinators and clinic management to provide stream-lined, efficient systems of referral management and service recovery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree BSN
• 3 years of nursing experience.
• (RN) REGISTERED NURSE
• (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC).

Nice To Haves

• Cardiology/Cardiovascular experience

Responsibilities

• Receives and provides immediate responses to inquiries and patient referrals. Establishes immediate relationship between referral sources and hospital.
• Serve as the clinical link between the referring physician office and HLV. Facilitates communication with referring doctors for patients seen in clinics and for patients discharged from the hospital.
• Coordinates efforts with Health System Physician Referring Service, Health System liaisons, RN coordinators and clinic management to provide stream-lined, efficient systems of referral management and service recovery.
• Coordinates bed placement and medical transportation as needed.
• Interfaces with other hospital departments (I.e., infection control, admitting, pastoral care, and nursing) and physicians to facilitate admission process.
• Interfaces with patients as a liaison to facilitate their first visit at UTSW and assists in obtaining records before new patient evaluation.
• Assists with obtaining clearances needed for treatment and care.
• Works closely with interdisciplinary core team and oversees referral/intake process to ensure patient has all necessary items needed for meaningful visit.
• Assign clinical duties as needed to ensure effective workflows, patient care requirements are meet and clinical quality and safety measures are followed.
• Resource to patients, and families, regarding social services, financial aid and outside resources available
• Reviews referrals, verifies information. Determines appropriateness of referral based on established criteria and assures that all patient work up and resulting reports are provided in accordance with protocols.
• Establishes & maintains infrastructure to monitor referring physician practice patterns; alerts team to any change in referral patterns.
• Tracks data regarding intake and referral sources.
• Coordinates efforts with Health System Physician Referring Service, Health System liaisons, RN coordinators and clinic management to provide streamlined, efficient systems of referral management and service recovery.
• Responsible for training future/new coordinators
• Development and maintenance of process maps detailing throughput from intake to procedure.
• Development and maintenance of education materials for staff and patients.
• Participates in clinic, facilitates work up and provides education as appropriate.
• Participates in inpatient rounding and/or post procedure rounding as deemed appropriate by team.
• Works closely with Quality team to include but not limited to: maintaining and validating data, investigating fall outs, performing RCA, participating and/or leading PI projects
• Ensures all quality metrics are completed by staff during clinic visit(s) per protocols by staff the meet registry requirements.
• Provides on-call coverage as deemed appropriate by team.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level