Clinical Care Coordinator - Pedi CV Surgery

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Department: UTHealth Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery

• Language: Bilingual preferred
• Status: Full-time Onsite
• Location: 6655 Travis Street, Houston, TX 77030

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ well-being is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Performs safe, effective clinical care for children/adolescents, adults, and older adult patients utilizing the nursing process. Demonstrates advanced nursing skills aimed at ensuring optimal patient care, effective communication, and efficiency. Supports nursing research by participating in research activities, when appropriate. Assists in continuing education by assisting with teaching and orientation of staff and students. Collaborates with leadership to coordinate and implement performance improvement activities for the clinic. Provides outreach and education to hospitals and coordinates community-based services to follow treatment plans.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Provides direct patient care approximately 50% of time.
• Effectively manages all aspects of the patient care process, and documents patient care and outcomes.
• Participates in regularly scheduled team conferences, as required, and collaborates with related health care providers in treatment, planning and the provision of care.
• Functions as the nursing liaison with physicians, other multidisciplinary team members, and community agencies/resources.
• May promote treatment advances available through the clinicians and expand the referral base for the program through regular contact with community physicians and hospitals.
• Serves as a resource for staff, to include the provision of information concerning evidenced based practice for procedures and other patient care developments.
• Participates in the development of nursing policies and instructional materials for staff/students.
• Acts as the lead nurse regarding management of supplies, equipment, and the patient care environment, to include notifying support departments of repairs needed for damaged property, equipment, etc.
• Prepares and maintains reports concerning operations, as requested.
• Assists in resolving interdepartmental/intradepartmental clinical problems and/or patient concerns, and leads identified performance improvement initiatives (chart reviews, PI initiatives, etc.).
• Provides coaching and timely performance feedback to staff, as needed, and reports to Practice Manager/Supervising Physician for continued follow-up with staff.
• Assists in the coordination of patient care conferences, etc., as indicated.
• Insures timely completion of monitors/logs for quality control and performance improvement monitoring.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• None
• Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
• Registered Nurse (RN) State Licensure or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) by Texas Board of Nursing (BON) required
• Clinical specialty certification determined by the department required

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in nursing plus three years nursing experience required Associate's Degree in nursing plus five years nursing experience required Nursing diploma (3 year program) plus four years nursing experience required

Minimum Experience: 3 years of clinical nursing experience required Recent clinical experience in area of specialty preferred

Physical Requirements: Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.