Forensic Medicine Coordinator: Day shift

Position: Forensic Medicine Coordinator: 40 hours/week Day shift
Location: City of Albany

Department/Unit:

SANE Program

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)
Salary Range:$78,773.63 - $Providing forensic examinations for Albany Medical Center Monday through Friday, day shift, along with meeting the educational needs for our program.
** Additional Responsibilities:
*** In collaboration with the SANE Medical Director, the Coordinator will train interested residents, nurses, mid-levels, and MD's to standardize the care delivered to victims of violence
* Ensure competencies for the sexual assault examiner are current and stay up to date.
* Scheduling the SAEs, ensuring their commitment is fulfilled.
* Compiling data collection, trends, etc. for grant funding with Medical Director.
* Responsible for maintaining forensic equipment and supplies.
* Responsible for the Chain of Custody for the evidence collected and storage of equipment.
* Develop a NYS training program for SAFE/SANE examiners and arrange training classes for SAEs as required.
* Oversee peer review of documentation, providing feedback for quality improvement.
* Conduct quarterly staff meetings for process improvement.
* Ensures the proper criteria are met in caring for victims of violence, in accordance with NYSDOH, International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and Joint Commission standards of Excellence.
* Coordinates Community outreach trainings.
* Attend community outreach meetings i.e. area SART, DCJSAE, NYCASA, and communicates back the initiatives at staff meetings.
* Remain on the schedule for FNE cases, as needed, to stay current.
* Ensures providers are compensated for their cases as well as their on call pay.
* Continued involvement in open cases from beginning to end, including follow up from law enforcement, crime lab, and District Attorney’s office.
* Performs audit reviews of sexual assault documentation and provides feedback to examiners on each case.
* Assists with organizing community events for examiners to attend.
* Provides examiners with dates for conferences that are local as well as in other states to attend.
* Creates a monthly newsletter to keep examiners up to date with changes/equipment/case review.
* Works with the Medical Director to ensure pediatric and adult documentation is standardized.
* Meets with the lab to stay current with process of pediatric SA collection and obtaining of cultures, quality review.
** Qualifications
* ** Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines - required
* 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse - required
* Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care.
* Principles of growth and development.
* Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications.
* Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions.
* Assessments, treatments and medications related to forensic patients.
* Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies.
* Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including patient documentation, and in interactions with other agencies.
* Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules.
* Maintain confidential patient information.
* Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment and the use of equipment/instruments relevant to forensic patient care.
* Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, and interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff.
* Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, and decision making.
* RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
* BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required
* NYS SAFE Certification Upon Hire - required
* SANE-A - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Adult Upon Hire - preferred
* SANE-P - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Pediatric Upon Hire - preferred
* TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire - preferred
* ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification Upon…