Complex Care Coordinator (RN) - Acute Care Pediatrics

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This is your moment to join the team at one of the nations premier academic health systems and the #1 Childrens Hospital in Virginia, as recognized by?U.S. News & World Report. Our hospital is a nationally acclaimed pediatric academic center, offering advanced specialty and surgical care services for children and their families. We are seeking experienced nurses to join our Magnet-recognized Academic Medical Center, dedicated to providing exceptional care and fostering innovation in healthcare.


Comprehensive Services:


60-bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)


25-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)


38-bed Acute/Intermediate Care Pediatric Unit


Womens Services at?UVA?Health:


Recognized by Newsweeks Best Maternity Hospital 2023 list for exceptional obstetric care.


State-of-the-art facilities, including 8 labor rooms, 30 private postpartum rooms, and advanced maternity care services.


Benefits of Joining?UVA?Health:


Comprehensive benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Retirement Savings Plans.


Opportunities for professional growth with a Clinical Career Ladder and leadership roles.


Additional perks such as sign-on bonuses, education support, and generous paid time off.


Be part of a community dedicated to innovation, healing, and transforming womens and childrens healthcare. If youre ready to make a difference, apply today to join our mission of providing world-class care for families.

Care coordination and transition management necessitates professional assessment, patient risk identification and stratification, and identification of individual patient needs and preferences that include but are not limited to the RNCC:

• Demonstrating the use of the UVA Professional Practice Model through nursing professional practice, quality achievement, lifelong learning, empowered leaders, innovation, and expert caring.

• Planning, coordinating, and prioritizing patient care activities considering patients' unique needs and desired outcomes in collaboration with the inter-professional team including consult recommendations and escalation as needed.

• Maintaining safety and continuity of care using methods such as documentation, hand-off tools/processes, etc.

• Collaborating and advising patients, families, and caregivers in their healthcare decisions, respecting their culture and values.

• Providing health education and coaching to patients tailored to issues identified within treatment and service plans through evidence-based care delivery and safety standards.

• Providing facilitative leadership that promotes health equity across the continuum and among interdisciplinary teams to improve population health, patient experience, and cost reduction.

• Demonstrating knowledge and ability to participate in and apply research and evidence-based practices for the improvement of patient care throughout the lifespan and across the continuum.

• Taking the lead in ensuring the continuity and consistency of care across the continuum to promote and facilitate pre-visit coordination, post-clinic follow-up, and handoff between services, along with monitoring and facilitating transitions of care.

• Educating patients & families with chronic illness about evidence-based standards of practice to empower patients to include self-management strategies.

• Identifying support needs and developing action plans and guidance to initiate patient-centered care planning and application of the nursing process.

• Contributing to problem-solving through communication and collaboration and evaluating outcomes of treatment options to include tracking patient progress toward care plans and goals.

• Supporting medication management

• Other duties as assigned.

• UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model

• Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues, and patient/family on the patient's experience.
• Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues, and patient/family on the patient's experience.
• Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care.
• Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance
• Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, and internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
• Quality Achievement : includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities, and commitment to standard work.
• Innovation: is demonstrated by the application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
• Experience: Experience: 1 year of registered nursing experience required, 3 years of related and relevant registered nursing experience strongly preferred.
• Specialty Board Certification strongly preferred
• License/Certification: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification is required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, and bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory, and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids, and infectious diseases.

The starting base rate for this role is $85,820.80 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings

• Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts

• Certification and education support

• Generous Paid Time Off

UVA Health is a world-class Magnet Recognized academic medical center and health system with a level 1 trauma center. 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals guide rates UVA Health University Medical Center as High Performing in 5 adult specialties and 14 conditions/procedures. We are one of 70 National Cancer Institute designated cancer centers. UVA Health Childrens is named by 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report as the best children's hospital in Virginia with 9 specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Our footprint also encompasses 3 community hospitals and an integrated network of primary and specialty care clinics throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, Northern Virginia, and beyond.

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVAs commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.

UVA Health includes a hospital, level I trauma center, nationally recognized cancer and heart centers and primary and specialty clinics throughout Central Virginia.

Through research and clinical trials, we stay at the leading edge of the treatments we offer.

We rank among the nation’s top hospitals because our doctors, nurses and caregivers make every effort to push the envelope of healthcare.

UVA Health consists of:

• UVA Medical Center
• UVA School of Medicine
• UVA School of Nursing 
• Claude Moore Health Sciences Library 
• UVA Physicians Group