UT Southwestern Medical Center · 5 hours ago
CV RN Program Coordinator
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expUT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned medical and research center committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. The Cardiovascular RN Program Coordinator will coordinate referral management and service recovery efforts, serving as a liaison between referring physicians and the hospital, ensuring efficient patient intake and care processes.
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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, verify 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
Qualification
Required
Education Bachelor's Degree - BSN
Experience 3 years of nursing experience
Licenses and Certifications (RN) REGISTERED NURSE Upon Hire
Licenses and Certifications (BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT course accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) Upon Hire
Preferred
Experience Cardiology/Cardiovascular preferred
Benefits
PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% 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
Company
UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center offers clinical care, education, and scientific research.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$22MKey Investors
The Dallas FoundationPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2023-06-20Grant
2023-04-20Grant· $4M
2023-03-28Grant· $18M
Leadership Team
Chris Rubio
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clements University Hospital
Dennis Pfeifer
AVP & CTO University Health System
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