• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $95,000.00 - $105,000.00

Position Summary

The primary role of Clinical Coordinator III-(RN III) is to work collaboratively with the Heart Failure and Transplant team. The RN serves as the post-transplant clinical coordinator.

The ideal candidate will bring a positive and caring attitude, excellent communication skills, clinical expertise, and have previous experience in a fast-paced practice or hospital setting.

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Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for the following job duties:

• Assesses and collects data related to patient health status an inputs this medical information into the EMR as instructed by the physician.
• Works with the care team to develop the plan and care across the continuum (e.g. inpatient, outpatient, home, skilled nursing facility, schools) which includes assisting with medication management (e.g. medication renewals) inclusive of medical prior authorizations as needed.  Administer immunizations and medications.
• Under limited supervision, executes nursing interventions by collaborating with the care team and following standards of care established by the unit/department.
• Supports on-going clinical functions of the service to provide compassionate patient-centered care.
• Handle telephone, My Chart and in-person triage (for symptom management) as well as patient education.
• Assist with management of urgent and emergent patient situations in conjunction with care team leadership.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary health care services and arranges diagnostic tests (i.e. lab, x-ray) as ordered by physicians and performs diagnostic testing, therapeutic, and interventional procedures as needed under physician supervision.
• Review and act on test results (lab, x-ray).
• Review and manage communications from internal and external “customers” inclusive of inbasket messages,  updating immunizations, updating health maintenance items.
• Ensures infection control compliance within the practice.
• May float to other clinics on as needed for operations need.
• May precept new clinical staff including Medical Assistants, LPNs and more junior nurses.
• Other duties as assigned and appropriate to scope, education, and/or training.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or equivalent in education and experience.
• 4 years related experience. Clinical rotation experience associated with BSN degree programs will be applied toward related experience requirements.
• BLS certified.
• Current New York State RN License.
• Ability to work indoors in an environmentally-controlled environment with a degree of dust, noise, odors, etc., without undue discomfort.
• Ability to perform sedentary work that primarily involves sitting or standing for long periods of time.
• Travel between clinical sites may be required depending on need.
• Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood, bodily fluid, and tissue. Incumbent in expected to perform and/or/assist in emergency care and/or first aid as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Computer proficiency with the ability to quickly learn new applications.
• Possess strong organizational skills and be detail oriented.
• Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse audience of peers, management, and other stakeholders.
• Must be an engaged and positive team member demonstrating collaboration, inclusion, reliability, punctuality, and adaptability to new and changing situations including helping peers adapt to new situations.

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