Clinical CARE Coordinator; Voigtlander Womens Hospital; VVWH

Job Title

Staff Nurse

The staff of Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital are committed to the care of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum people and their newborns, in an environment that supports and empowers families. Low and High Risk care is provided in a complex-care perinatal setting. Common diagnoses include normal labor and birth, surgical birth, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, cardiac disorders, preterm labor, multiple gestation, bleeding disorders, and congenital anomalies of the fetus.

Provide expert complex care coordination for patients in the labor and delivery unit with a focus on the high risk and antepartum population through individualized assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of nursing care in all clinical settings where these patients may be hospitalized.

Facilitate communication and coordination of patient care plans/needs within VVWH and across multiple settings and disciplines in all phases of perinatal care.

Design, document, monitor and evaluate individualized patient care plans for the perinatal population.

Provide clinical expert liaison and consultation across multiple inpatient and outpatient clinical settings, disciplines, and Services; plan and facilitate multidisciplinary clinical care conferences.

In collaboration with the VVWH Unit-Based Committees (UBC), Task Forces, and institutional committees (as needed), design and maintain patient education resources and programs for the perinatal population; collaborate with identified groups and educators to implement patient education protocols and processes within VVWH.

Proactively identify and collaborate in the development of clinical practice guideline /policy development and staff education needs related to new/evolving patient population conditions, treatments, and procedures.

In collaboration with the Education Nurse Coordinators, design/participate and provide in services, continuing education programs, orientation programs, and clinical simulation drills for nursing and tech staff.

Coordinate/facilitate research related to the perinatal population.

Assist nursing leadership team to develop and implement quality and safety prevention and mitigation initiatives.

In collaboration with other clinical leadership, monitor clinical outcomes

Represent VVWH on unit, Division, Nursing, and system-wide committees as requested/directed.

Collaborate with outpatient and inpatient CCCs

Required Educational Requirement; applicant must meet one of the following:

Bachelors degree in nursing OR

Associates degree or diploma in Nursing and a masters degree or higher in Nursing

Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan

Five (5) or more years of current experience as an RN in a high-risk inpatient L&D/LDR/LDRP setting

Demonstrated expert knowledge of complex, high-risk perinatal and perioperative nursing with the ability to anticipate and plan for clinical needs

Successful completion of the AWHONN Intermediate or Advanced Fetal Monitoring course within the last 3 years.

Certification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring (or within 1 year)

Current Certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing and Inpatient Antepartum Nursing through NCC with one year of start

Training or classroom experience.

Experience in a leadership role such as charge nurse, or team lead

Expectations of position:

Design and implement education for staff and or patients

Demonstrated consistently outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, including strong facilitative interpersonal skills with the ability to provide direct and effective feedback, and ability to resolve conflict independently.

Demonstrated independent ability to identify, evaluate, and collaborate with others to effectively problem-solve.

Demonstrated independent ability to effectively collaborate with multiple individuals/disciplines while advocating for patient care needs/wishes in complex and controversial situations.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and rapidly changing demands in an effective and professional manner.

Demonstrated flexibility in workdays/hours.

Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally, and in writing, to both individuals and groups.

Demonstrated ability to facilities complex change, direct nursing practice, and evaluate patient care outcomes.

Demonstrated awareness and respect for the implications of the broader patient care environment as evidenced by leadership at unit-committees and meetings, active membership on department/division/system wide committees, etc.

Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the preparation, use, and troubleshooting of Microsoft Office applications

Demonstrated ability to accept direction related to assignments and priorities.

Demonstrated commitment to the Mission, Vision, and Values of UMH and VVWH.

Collaborate with outpatient and inpatient CCCs.

Continuity of care includes possible phone calls, clinic visits etc

To be considered for this…