RN Nursing Coordinator - Surgery

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This is a Day shift position and the schedule is Monday-Friday
No weekends or holidays
10 hour shifts may be available
The Burn Outpatient Nurse Coordinator at the NC Jaycee Burn Center provides specialized clinical coordination for burn patients throughout their outpatient recovery. This role is central to ensuring seamless, high quality, patient centered burn care by coordinating clinical services, facilitating communication across the interdisciplinary team, and supporting patients and families as they navigate complex follow up and recovery needs. The coordinator works closely with burn surgeons, APPs, clinic staff, and patients to optimize care delivery while advancing the mission of the UNC Burn Center.
Serve as the primary clinical point of contact for new and returning outpatient burn patients and families, addressing care coordination needs and facilitating timely communication
Coordinate outpatient burn clinic care, including visit planning, follow up coordination, and transitions from inpatient to outpatient care
Collaborate closely with burn surgeons, advanced practice providers, nursing staff, therapists, and clinic support staff to ensure continuity of care
Support clinic flow and operational efficiency through proactive coordination and problem solving
Provide patient and caregiver education related to burn recovery, wound care, scar management, and long term follow up
Coordinate referrals, imaging, therapy, and specialty services as needed to support comprehensive outpatient burn care
Assist with documentation, tracking, and communication to support safe, efficient, and patient centered clinic operations
Participate in clinic based quality improvement and patient experience initiatives
Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.
Legal Employer: Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians

Organization Unit: Surgery
Work Type: Full Time

Salary Range:$35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.