This is a Day shift position and the schedule is Monday-FridayNo weekends or holidays10 hour shifts may be availableSummary: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.
Responsibilities:- 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
Other InformationOther information:
Education Requirements:• Graduation from a state-accredited school of professional nursing
Licensure/Certification Requirements:• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
Professional Experience Requirements:• Five (5) years of professional nursing experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:Job DetailsLegal Employer: STATE
Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians
Organization Unit: Surgery
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
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.
