Registered Nurse Care Coordinator (RNCC) - Heart Clinic

In cardiovascular care, every interaction matters. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patients navigating complex heart conditions while serving as a trusted clinical resource within a highly respected specialty practice. Join a team where collaboration, expertise, and compassionate care come together to support some of the most advanced cardiology programs in the region.

As a Registered Nurse Care Coordinator in the Heart Clinic, you will play an integral role in helping patients successfully manage their care across the continuum. Working alongside nationally recognized cardiology specialists and an interdisciplinary team, you will coordinate care, provide patient education, support treatment planning, and help ensure exceptional outcomes for a diverse cardiovascular patient population. This is an opportunity to build deep expertise in specialty cardiology while contributing to a patient-centered, team-based practice environment.

The Role

The Heart Center Clinic is a large, high-volume ambulatory cardiology practice that cares for approximately 170-200 patients each day and includes a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, RN care coordinators, medical assistants, social workers, dietitians, and genetics professionals. Specialty services include General Cardiology, Electrophysiology, Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiovascular Genetics, Women's Heart Health, Sarcoidosis, and other highly specialized cardiovascular programs. This is a Monday-Friday Clinic with occasional early or later hours to accommodate patient needs.

In this role, you will serve as a key connector across patients, providers, and care teams, ensuring that patients receive timely, coordinated, evidence-based care throughout their healthcare journey. You will work in a collaborative environment where nurses are valued contributors and active partners in patient care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating complex patient care activities across multiple providers, services, and treatment plans.

• Supporting medication management initiatives and clinical follow-up programs.

• Assisting with prior authorizations and facilitating access to necessary therapies and services.

• Conducting telephone-based clinical assessments and patient outreach.

• Managing patient registries and tracking care needs to support continuity and quality outcomes.

• Partnering closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, and other interdisciplinary colleagues to optimize patient care.

• Educating patients and families on disease management, treatment plans, medications, and available resources.

• Helping patients navigate complex cardiovascular care journeys while serving as a clinical advocate and trusted point of contact.

This role is ideal for nurses who enjoy relationship-based care, critical thinking, care coordination, patient advocacy, and working with highly specialized patient populations in an ambulatory setting.

Why UVA Health

At UVA Health, you'll join one of the nation's leading academic health systems, where innovation, research, education, and exceptional patient care come together to advance medicine and improve lives. UVA Health is a Magnet-recognized organization and a nationally renowned academic medical center committed to transforming health and inspiring hope for patients across Virginia and beyond. This position is strategically important to ensuring coordinated, patient-centered cardiovascular care and helping patients successfully navigate increasingly complex treatment journeys.

The Heart Center Clinic offers a unique opportunity to build expertise across a broad spectrum of advanced cardiovascular specialties while working in an environment known for collaboration, professional growth, and clinical excellence.

Why nurses choose UVA Health and the Heart Center Clinic:

• Work alongside nationally recognized cardiology physicians, advanced practice providers, and specialty teams delivering cutting-edge cardiovascular care.

• Join a highly sought-after department known for strong retention, positive culture, and exceptional teamwork.

• Experience a collaborative care model where nurses are valued partners in patient care delivery.

• Expand your knowledge through exposure to Advanced Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplant, Electrophysiology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Women's Heart Health, Cardiovascular Genetics, and other specialty programs.

• Benefit from a learning-focused culture that supports professional development and specialty growth.

• Work with supportive leadership that prioritizes employee success, engagement, and professional fulfillment.

• Be part of an academic health system where research, innovation, and evidence-based practice shape the future of healthcare.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

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