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Job Description
At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. As a Clinical Nurse Coordinator with the Outpatient Spina Bifida Program, you'll manage daily clinical and personnel activities for the department while helping coordinate high-quality, family-centered, and developmentally appropriate patient care. You’ll collaborate across teams to support timely care, continuity, patient education, and efficient program operations.
“As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.”
Responsibilities
Coordinates daily care for patients within the clinical subspecialty area using evidence-based nursing interventions during visits, phone encounters, and electronic communications
Determines applicable standards of care and communicates care needs to the health care team to support timely and appropriate patient management
Coordinates visits with physicians, diagnostic imaging, subspecialists, and other coordinators to support continuity of care
Provides initial patient education by phone and assists with intake, appointment coordination, and pre-approval of procedures when needed
Ensures appropriate patients are presented at multidisciplinary case conferences and provides follow-up documentation to referring physicians regarding care recommendations
Supports new and ongoing clinical research studies by coordinating with research, quality, and outcomes teams on enrollment and data collection activities
Assists in providing education to patients, families, staff, and communities and helps develop, implement, and document individualized teaching plans
Builds positive working relationships across departments and communicates effectively with physicians, nurses, financial counselors, social workers, and other stakeholders
Ensures patient information is collected, documented, and filed accurately according to established protocols and confidentiality standards
Maintains patient referral, consult, and subspecialty databases and helps manage program procedures and surgery-packet coordination
Serves as a patient advocate and primary program contact, responding to telephone and email inquiries in a timely, professional, and courteous manner
Supports staffing processes by assisting with schedule development and participating in hiring-related decision-making
Qualifications
Associate degree in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement to obtain a BSN required, or
Associate degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for obtaining and maintaining an RN license required, or
Bachelor’s degree in nursing required, or
Technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement to obtain a BSN required, or
Current enrollment in a nursing bridge program leading to an MSN, with verified BSN equivalency or a signed agreement, required
Two years of nursing experience required
Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or through the Nursing Licensure Compact required
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association required
About Us
Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.
Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.
To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
