Pediatric Dialysis

Registered Nurse Care Coordinator (RNCC) Opportunity

This is your moment to join one of the nation's premier academic health systems and the #1 Children's Hospital in Virginia as recognized by U.S. News & World Report. The Registered Nurse Care Coordinator (RNCC) is responsible for the care of acute and chronic patients and should be experienced in different dialytic and CRRT modalities. As the pediatric dialysis/CRRT RNCC you will provide high-quality care to pediatric patients requiring dialysis and work closely with our multidisciplinary team to educate, train, and supervise dialysis and CRRT treatments and ensure optimal outcomes.

This job profile integrates the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, the AAACN Scope & Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing, and the AAACN Scope and Standards of Practice for Registered Nurses in Care Coordination and Transition Management with the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.

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

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
• 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.