Clinical Management Coordinator -- Emergency Department -- Memorial Hospital

Clinical Management Coordinator – Emergency Department – Memorial Hospital

Job Summary

Coordinate and participate in the planning, organizing, supervising, implementing and evaluating of patient services in order to provide safe, efficient and therapeutic care within hospital policies and national standards. Coordinate work with manager/director, medical staff, professional nursing staff, other departments, and community agencies. Demonstrate proficient and advanced clinical skills in planning and delivering care that has a long-range implication for a select population.

Responsibilities

• Assist the manager/director on a daily basis with the administration and enforcement of hospital policies as they affect department personnel. Interview, select, recommend, promote, counsel, and discipline personnel within area of responsibility.
• Assume authority and responsibility for decision making and problem solving for the unit(s) in the absence of the manager/director.
• Assume twenty-four‑hour responsibility for assigned areas as designated by the manager/director.
• Serve as a resource for personnel in developing and maintaining skills.
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of personnel. Contribute to performance evaluations of other personnel as requested.
• Collaborate with the medical staff to maintain quality patient care through evaluation of continuous monitors and other effective measures of quality improvement monitoring.
• Assist the manager/director with patient care management. Provide consistent input to the manager/director on the quality of nursing care provided on the unit. Assist in assuring the regulatory agency requirements for the department(s) are met. Participate in various hospital/unit committees.
• Maintain ongoing communication with the unit staff and physicians to assure quality patient care and customer satisfaction. Coordinate nursing care with professional nursing, medical staff, and other hospital departments. Facilitate the effective and efficient transition of patients throughout the system.
• Verify competency of specific clinical skills on the unit(s). Collaborate with professional nursing to coordinate unit orientation programs. Identify educational needs and provide continuing education.
• Prepare reports as needed. Maintain in‑service/education records. Prepare meeting minutes.
• Interpret, administer and enforce hospital and departmental policies affecting nursing unit personnel. Practice as a professional role model. Exhibit consistency in leadership. Maintain an environment in which questions are welcome and guidance is provided.
• Assist manager/director in fiscal resource management for the department(s). Assist with payroll functions, including updating payroll records with staff schedule changes and maintaining pay and benefits records. Provide input on budget needs for department supplies/equipment. Provide education to unit staff members on CAMC pay policies and practices.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Patient Group Knowledge (Only applies to positions with direct patient contact). The employee must possess and demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment or care as defined by the department’s identified patient ages. This includes:

• Ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs.
• Knowledge of growth and development.
• Understanding of the range of treatment needed by the patients.

Competency Statement:
Must demonstrate competency through an initial orientation and ongoing competency validation to independently perform tasks and additional duties as specified in the job description and the unit/department specific competency checklist.

Common Duties and Responsibilities (Essential duties common to all positions):

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree:
  If actively pursuing a BSN, degree must be completed within 2 years. 3‑Year leadership experience in an applicable clinical setting.
• Grandfathered:
  Anyone hired into the CMC position prior to 12/7/2014 will be grandfathered in with current education level.

Credentials

• Registered Nurse (Required)
• Basic Life Support (Required) within 30 days of hire
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Required) within 1 year of hire
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (Required) within 1 year of hire

Work Schedule
:
Varies

Status
:
Full Time Regular 1.0

Location
:
Memorial Hospital, US:

WV:

Charleston