Posting Note: Phoenix Children’s is hiring a Nurse Specialty Coordinator to support our growing Cardiology program! As a key member of the cardiac care team, this role offers the opportunity to directly improve the patient and family experience during the transition from inpatient care to home.
Position Overview
Due to continued hospital growth, this is an addition to our Cardiology team. The Nurse Specialty Coordinator will manage care for patients post-cardiac surgery or cardiac procedures, coordinating all aspects of discharge planning and post-hospital needs. The role will be highly collaborative with our Cardiac Lead Nurse Practitioner and team of providers.
Key Responsibilities
Coordinate patient discharges from the Cardiac ICU inpatient unit
Manage medications and prescriptions
Arrange follow-up appointments and outpatient care needs
Serve as the primary point of contact for cardiac post-discharge questions
Provide patient and family education prior to discharge
Participate in morning/afternoon rounds to identify upcoming discharges
Support a team of approximately 9 providers (physicians and NPs)
Role Details
Works in the inpatient CVICU, but classified as a clinic position reporting to the clinic
4/10 schedule — NO weekends or holidays
Reports directly to the Clinic; clinical direction and training led by Lead NP
Required Qualifications
Minimum 3 years of hospital-based Cardiology experience
RN candidates must come with strong clinical knowledge in cardiac patient care
No new grads
This position utilizes advanced critical thinking to develop, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care that educates, empowers and optimizes patient outcomes throughout all transitions within the continuum of care. It provides leadership, clinical expertise /integration and functional direction to team members in order to ensure quality and continuity of patient services. Serves as the expert resource within a specialty area and participates in assessing specialty population needs and health outcomes. It facilitates continuity of care using nursing process, interprofessional collaboration, coordination of and access to appropriate health care services and community resources.