Clinical Coordinator- RN

Job Summary

The clinical coordinator will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical care of the ED department in collaboration with the Director. The clinical coordinator will facilitate the activities of the department, coordinate patient care and ensure adherence to nursing care standards. They will act as a clinical resource person and mentor. Participation in performance improvement activities and staff development is essential.

Responsibilities:

Mission

• Demonstrates leadership and commitment to the Hospital Core Values and Mission.

Leadership

• Provides leadership, training, and support for staff by establishing performance expectations and providing constructive feedback to reorganize and/or improve positive performance.

• Establishes both short and long-term plans to meet department needs. Shows foresight in recognizing problems.

• Effectively communicates Hospital information, as well as departmental expectations and goals, to all staff by conducting regular staff meetings, posting appropriate memos, and holding individual communications sessions as needed.

• Implements policies and procedures in a fair and equitable manner.

• Effectively manages conflict resolution and conducts formal personnel counseling when needed.

Operations/Financial

• Manages the financial resources of the department effectively and efficiently.

• Prepares and manages annual departmental budget, determining the needs of the department and logically communicates reasonable requests to upper management.

• Is fiscally responsible with expenditure and shows a willingness to continuously improve.

Human Resources

• Recruits, interviews and hires competent candidates for department position, who will be supportive of the Hospital Mission and Core Values.

• Actively works to improve the working environment to aid in the retention of staff.

• Ensures proper orientation for all new hires.

• Supports and participates in Hospital recognition programs.

• Completes Initial and Annual Performance Appraisals within the required time frames.

• Ensures staff completion of mandatory education requirements.

• Ensures staff maintains updated professional licensure and certifications and forwards documents to Human Resources.

• Actively works with Employee Health to ensure that employees adhere to DOH/DNV/Infection Control Regulations.

Staff Development

• Provides ongoing training to staff to ensure productivity and knowledge.

• Ensures employee competency by providing ongoing staff development and continuing education opportunities, including staff participation in all mandated and regulatory programs.

Quality Improvement

• Implements and monitors patient safety initiatives to meet established goals.

• Reviews incident reports and patient complaints, follows up appropriately.

• Maintains target levels of customer satisfaction. Implements initiatives in the department to improve service to customers.
• Essential Job Responsibilities
• Review the duties in relationship to quality, quantity and productivity. Give examples and provide feedback as deemed appropriate. Please specify Yes if Achieves Expected Performance, No if not, and N/A if not applicable.
  
  The following is a summary of the essential functions of this job. The employee may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below; and specific functions may change from time to time.

• Facilitate and direct the nursing care in the unit/department. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care. Utilize the nursing process as the means of care delivery.

• Works with interdisciplinary teams.

• Develops the nursing care to achieve optimal patient outcomes in collaboration with the Director.

• Monitors departmental compliance with regulatory standards DOH and DNV accreditation standards.

• Utilizes patient satisfaction data to improve care and service.

• Collaborates with the ED Director in developing and implementing unit specific goals while adhering to hospital wide goals, ED objectives, values and mission.

• Demonstrates positive leadership within the department/unit and the hospital.

• Promotes teamwork and team building to promote and implement effective nursing standards and care.

• Develops and revises nursing policies and procedures as needed.

• Acts as a change agent to continuously improve nursing services to meet the needs of Health Alliance Hospital patients.

• Acts as a role model and clinical resource to all the nursing staff.

• Works with the medical staff and other departments to solve ED problems and achieve goals.

• Demonstrates teamwork philosophy through interaction with all Health Alliance Hospital managers, employees.

• Provides effective communication throughout the department.

• Verbal and written communication is clear and well developed.

• Ensures that lines of communication between staff, management, and physicians are open; relay appropriate information in a timely fashion.

• Holds staff meetings with the ED Director to discuss departmental issues and relay information.

• Participates in hospital committees as appropriate.

• Assists and…