Description

Position Summary

Posting Note: Join the compassionate and specialized team at Phoenix Children's, working as a Nurse Coordinator for the fetal care unit, where we guide expectant families through some of their most challenging moments. Our Coordinators work closely with parents whose babies may have a diagnosed anomaly, ensuring they feel supported, informed, and cared for every step of the way-from diagnosis through delivery.

What You'll Do:
Coordinate care for expectant mothers after a fetal anomaly is identified.
Schedule multidisciplinary meetings and follow-up appointments with specialists (e.g., cardiology, neurosurgery, surgery) after diagnostic testing such as fetal MRI.
Facilitate family meetings to ensure all questions are answered and care plans are clearly understood.
Serve as a compassionate liaison between families, physicians, and other care teams throughout pregnancy and delivery.
Maintain frequent communication with families, providing emotional support and guidance.
Collaborate with internal and external specialists, including those in cardiac, NICU, and surgical services.
Partner with another full-time RN to manage a caseload of 25-30 patients.
Support families through sensitive situations, including comfort care, adoption, or pregnancy termination, ensuring their wishes are honored and supported.

Schedule & Flexibility:
Full-time, 4/10s schedule (Monday-Friday), typically 8 AM-5 PM with flexibility based on patient needs.
Occasional early start times (as early as 6 AM).
Shared on-call rotation for deliveries (calls are rare).

Primarily based at the Thomas Campus, with the option to work remotely or from partner hospitals (Mercy Gilbert or Arrowhead) when appropriate.

Ideal candidate will have the following:
Minimum of 3 years of RN experience in NICU or OB.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Compassion, emotional resilience, and the ability to support families through difficult conversations.
Desire to make a meaningful impact during a family's most vulnerable time.

This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families while working alongside world-class specialists and compassionate colleagues.

This position coordinates the patient care services, workflow, and activities provided by nursing and support staff of assigned program. This position provides guidance, support, and direction to staff to ensure consistent provision of developmentally appropriate quality patient care in accordance with all applicable federal, regulatory, and professional standards and requirements.

Position Duties

• Acts as a communication liaison between patient, family, and interdisciplinary team by providing teaching and support to recognize limitations and strengths within the patient/family system.
• Assists with identification of staff and community learning needs from a group and individual perspective. Provides staff and community education on new skills, equipment, policies, protocols, and/or guidelines.
• Identifies and acts upon potential risks, investigates and documents follow-up on significant incidents, and involves appropriate resource(s) to ensure timely resolution and implementation of corrective measures in accordance with professional, regulatory, and governmental agencies and standards.
• Maintains appropriate records to facilitate accurate data collection and prepares required grant reports.
• Manages the daily operations of a program. Ensures clinic and program effectiveness. Develops, implements, and monitors plans for ensuring the highest quality of care.
• Provides developmentally appropriate clinical care within professional domain to ensure delivery of quality and developmentally appropriate patient care.
• Regularly reviews research-based literature to improve clinical care for specific clinical populations as well as compliance with regulatory bodies.
• Serves as a clinical role model, patient advocate, and resource to staff, patients, and families. Shares knowledge and skills of specialty area to assist problem solve collaboratively. Maintains skill and knowledge proficiency and competency within specialty area.
• Works collaboratively with unit leadership to provide guidance and direction to staff by taking an active role in planning, decision-making, and communication to healthcare team of issues affecting the interdisciplinary team and integration of patient care activities.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission
To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families
Vision
Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable