Registered Nurse (RN) - CVOR
Corpus Christi Medical Center - Bay Area
Corpus Christi, TX

Registered Nurse RN OR Coordinator Lead

As a Coord Service Line, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Provides direct patient care to infant through geriatric patient. Addresses the physical and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment. Communicates with surgeon continuously as needed about the patient’s condition. RN Cardiovascular Coordinator is independently accountable for the effective management, coordination of care, and development of education for specific patient populations being evaluated for advanced cardiovascular disease, procedures and treatments. The Coordinator partners with the interventional cardiologists, heart failure team, cardiothoracic surgical team, electrophysiologists, advanced practice practitioners, and other clinical staff throughout HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast to coordinate patient care.

• Strives to meet expectations/needs of customers; responds to concerns with sense of urgency; seeks win-win solutions for unreasonable patient/customer expectations.
• Educates patient and family regarding all aspects of disease management, diagnostic and interventional procedures and signs and symptoms that require a follow up telephone call or triage visit.
• Seeks opportunities for improvement; prevents small problems from becoming large ones; pays attention to detail; follows instructions and protocol/procedures; adheres to company Standards of Behavior; maintains integrity in all aspects of his/her work.
• Builds effective working relationships; finds and provides information to clarify situations; expands on original ideas; contributes own ideas; places high priority on other team members goals; gains team agreement to support ideas; clearly explains rationale behind ideas/goals; demonstrates sensitivity to differing cultural views and needs; meets attendance and punctuality requirements.
• Maintains/addresses the Physician Communication Tool to fix or escalate any issues as needed.
• Ensures appropriate resources are available to support patient care and procedures; collaborates with Supply Chain on supplies/implants and Sterile Processing on instrumentation and ensures all is ready prior to procedure date.
• Communicates/coordinates with perfusion, first assistants, and any other outside vendors/agencies to ensure support for procedure.
• Seeks to understand changes in work tasks/processes; actively seeks information about new tasks/processes; treats change and new tasks/processes as opportunities for learning and personal growth; speaks positively about changes to others; quickly modifies behavior to deal effectively with change.
• Demonstrates knowledge and application of the surgical process in relation to the cardiovascular patient.
• Conducts interviews with patient, family and other healthcare agencies to obtain past medical records, social and medical history and to assess their understanding of the plan of care.
• Serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to the patient’s right to privacy by protecting confidential information.
• Prepare and analyzes pre-procedure clinical data and consults with multidisciplinary team
• Actively seeks ways to control costs without compromising patient safety, quality of care, or the services delivered.
• Maintains/updates preference cards as needed.
• Follows patient post procedure for continuity of care.

• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience with emphasis on cardiovascular patient care; maximum of 5 years of cardiovascular knowledge 
• BSN Required
• Current Texas RN licensure American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Life Support Course (BLS or BCLS) and Certification
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Advanced Life Support Course (ALS or ACLS) and Certification
• American Red Cross or American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Course and Certification

Corpus Christi Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing."

Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, HCA Healthcare

Corpus Christi Medical Center is a 630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. Bay Area is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. The Women’s Center at Bay Area, with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. Doctors Regional is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. The Heart Hospital offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. Bayview Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. Northshore Emergency Center is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. Radiation Oncology offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Coord Service Line opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!