Clinical Patient Care Services Coordinator - Day Surgery

Clinical Patient Care Services Coordinator

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$39.88/hr - $61.81/hr

Location: Kent Campus Hospital

Status: Full Time 80 Hours

Shift: Variable

Salary Range: 39.88 - 61.81 HOURLY

The Clinical Coordinator is a member of the management team who assists the Nurse Manager with the daily operations of the nursing unit/department on a 24‑hour basis. The Clinical Coordinator provides direct supervision of staff and rotates weekend, holiday, and shifts as needed to ensure management presence and visibility according to departmental needs. The Clinical Coordinator participates in employee selection and evaluation, in scheduling and staffing, and in the development and adherence to clinical and budgetary standards.

The Clinical Coordinator provides leadership to unit‑based work groups, i.e., PI and unit committees, and coordinates direct patient care.

• Demonstrates the ability to collect relevant patient healthcare data. a. Prioritizes data collection activities as indicated by the patient's immediate condition. b. Collects data using appropriate assessment techniques and instruments. c. Appropriately documents collected data. d. Collects data using a systematic and ongoing process.
• Demonstrates ability to analyze the data in determining patient needs. a. Assesses data to determine patient needs. b. Interacts with the patient, family, and other members of the healthcare team. c. Prioritizes and documents in a manner that facilitates determining expected outcomes and developing a plan of care. d. Documents patient needs in the clinical record.
• Demonstrates the ability to identify individualized, expected outcomes for the patient. a. Outcomes are derived from patient needs. b. Outcomes are mutually formulated with the patient, family, and other health care providers, as appropriate. c. Outcomes are realistic, individualized, culturally appropriate, and age‑specific. d. Outcomes are measurable and include a time element for attainment, if possible. e. Outcomes provide direction for continuity of care.
  
  f. Outcomes are documented in the clinical record.
• Demonstrates ability to develop a plan of care that prescribes specific interventions to attain expected outcomes. a. The plan of care is individualized by the RN to reflect the patient/family needs. b. The plan of care is developed by the RN collaboratively with the healthcare team and patient/family. c. The plan of care reflects current acute care nursing practice. d. The plan of care provides for continuity of care.
  
  e. The RN establishes the priorities of care. f. The plan of care is part of the clinical record.
• Demonstrates the ability to implement interventions identified in the Plan of Care. a. Administers patient care interventions in a manner that minimizes complications and/or life‑threatening situations. b. Encourages the patient and family to participate in implementing the plan of care, based on their ability to participate and make decisions. c. Documents interventions in the clinical record.
• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining expected outcomes. a. Evaluation is systematic, ongoing, and criterion‑based. b. The appropriate members of the healthcare team (pt/family/others, etc.) are involved in the evaluation process, as indicated. c. Evaluation of patient outcomes occurs within an appropriate time frame after initiation of interventions. d. Ongoing assessment data are used by the RN to revise the patient needs.
  
  e. Revisions in outcomes and the plan of care are documented. f. Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes. g. Documents patient's response to interventions.
• Demonstrates the ability to systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. a. Participates in performance improvement activities. b. Uses the results of performance improvement activities to initiate change in nursing practice, as appropriate.
• Demonstrates the ability to reflect…