The University of Kansas Health System

Ambulatory Clinic RN Care Coordinator – Rheumatology

The University of Kansas Health System
Posted 10/19/2026full-timeUnited StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in patient management, including triage, care coordination, and education, while ensuring compliance with healthcare standards and maintaining patient confidentiality. Proficient in utilizing EMR for documentation and managing high-risk patient populations effectively.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Registered Nurse (RN) LicensePatient Care ManagementBasic Cardiac Life Support (BLS)EMR DocumentationCritical Thinking Skills

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Manage patient flow, triage, and direct patient care
  • Serve as liaison between front desk staff, nursing staff, physicians, and clinic manager
  • Manage patient populations by developing expected outcomes, defining resource utilization, and setting patient goals with providers
  • Provide nursing support and coordination through clinical and educational programs and support services
  • Support patient self-management of disease
  • Coordinate continuity of care following hospital admissions, discharges, and ER visits
  • Manage high-risk patients, including patients with multiple comorbidities or high risk of readmission, including a registry
  • Assess physical, psychosocial, financial, and environmental healthcare needs
  • Educate patients and ancillary personnel about healthcare needs, safety issues, benefits, medications, nutrition, wellness, and diagnostic procedures
  • Document assessments, treatment plans, and progress using EMR
  • Observe, record, and report patient conditions and reactions to physicians
  • Maintain and review patient records, charts, test results, and examination results; follow up with patients
  • Respond to and refer treatment-related patient phone calls
  • Instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment
  • Maintain patient confidentiality
  • Perform professional, clinical, and technical competencies of the assigned unit or department

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • High School Graduate
  • Bachelor Degree Nursing
  • 2 or more years of RN experience
  • Current active multistate state Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing in the state in which you live
  • Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 14 days
  • Basic typing and word processing ability
  • Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Previous medical office experience preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equal employment opportunity employer
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
  • Employment with the health system includes participation in the health-system dispute-resolution program

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Hard Skills
Patient Flow ManagementTriageCare CoordinationPatient EducationAssessment of Healthcare NeedsDocumentation of Treatment PlansManagement of High-Risk PatientsResource UtilizationClinical CompetenciesSafety Issue Awareness
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsCommunication SkillsInterpersonal SkillsTeam Collaboration
Tools & Technologies
Electronic Medical Records (EMR)Word Processing SoftwarePatient Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS)
Industry Keywords
Patient ConfidentialityComorbidities ManagementContinuity of CareHealthcare Needs AssessmentClinical Programs