CLINIC NURSE CARE COORDINATOR

Company: RCPMS
Location: San Diego
Posted on: February 22, 2021

Job Description:

CLINIC NURSE CARE COORDINATOR (TEMPORARY/PER-DIEM) Rady Children's Physician Management Services (RCPMS) offers exciting opportunities for qualified candidates to join our rapidly growing organization. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center with just over 500 employees. RCPMS supports primary care pediatricians with 32 office locations throughout San Diego and Southern Riverside Counties. RCPMS is seeking a friendly, energetic, and confident individual with excellent communication skills to join our team as a temporary per-diem Pediatric Clinic Nurse Care Coordinator at our UCSD Frost Street location in Kearny Mesa. Per-diem schedule is flexible, candidate can work between 24-40 hours/week. Schedule will fall within our regular office hours of Monday-Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm. Anticipated start date is March 2021 with an anticipated end date of October 2021. Under the supervision of the Site Manager and in collaboration with primary care medical providers performs case management and direct patient care. This includes point of care procedures, ongoing patient and family education and coordination with outside agencies. When providing patient care and responding to telephonic health advice is responsible for independently applying the nursing process. Provides a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing. Responsibilities:

• Administer medication and immunizations per physician order
• Administers medication and/or fluids via G-Tube
• Provide post-procedure assessment and teaching
• Provide wound care per physician order
• Performs urinary catheterization per physician order
• Performs G-Tube Replacement per physician order
• Properly documents telephone care per RCPMS policy.
• Under physician direction, notifies patient/guardian of diagnostic test results and follow-up care as indicated
• Collect and analyze pertinent data and assess patient needs
• Recognize urgent and emergent situations and respond calmly and professionally in stressful situations Requirements:
  • Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
  • Minimum of 3 years professional nursing experience, preferably in pediatrics.
  • 2 years of NICU, PICU, or professional pediatric nursing experience taking care of medically fragile children. Skill in implementing appropriate nursing interventions.
  • Experience in pediatric patient teaching preferred
  • Current CA RN licensure.
  • Current BLS certification.
  • EMR experience required, EPIC preferred. For full-time positions RCPMS offers the full scope of benefits, a competitive compensation package and opportunities for professional growth. Employee Benefits include but are not limited to:
    • Student Loan Repayment
    • Tuition Assistance Program
    • Matching 401k
    • Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
    • Employee Referral Incentive
    • Employee Assistance Program
    • Group Life and AD&D Insurance If you want to work with a great group of people, we invite you to join us in promoting the health of children within our communities. Rady Children's Physician Management Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. To be considered, please submit a resume and cover letter.

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