Clinical Coordinator Rapid Response PRN; nights

Description

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities.

Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better. Norwalk Hospital is a 366-bed academic and community medical center serving Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the surrounding New York Metro area. We are a Level II Trauma Center and Joint Replacement Center of Excellence, and we provide advanced cancer, heart, and neuroscience care.

Northwell is the largest not-for-profit health system in the Northeast, serving residents of New York and Connecticut with 28 hospitals, more than 1,000 outpatient facilities, 22,000 nurses and over 20,000 physicians. Northwell cares for more than three million people annually in the New York metro area, including Long Island, the Hudson Valley, Connecticut and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities.

Northwell is New York State’s largest private employer with over 104,000 employees — including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners — who are working to change health care for the better. Norwalk Hospital is a 366-bed academic and community medical center serving Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the surrounding New York Metro area. We are a Level II Trauma Center and Joint Replacement Center of Excellence, and we provide advanced cancer, heart, and neuroscience care.

• The Leapfrog Group
  - Grade A for quality and patient safety
• Health grades
  - America’s 50 Best Hospitals
• U.S. News & World Report - high performance in heart failure treatment

Provides critical care support to the nursing staff in all areas of the hospital to include transport of critically ill patients, member of the code team, rapid response team, and acute stroke team. Educates staff and provides team member development. Reports to Patient Care Director.

• Care Delivery/Therapeutic Interventions Criteria A:
  Adheres to established Nursing Standards of Practice to include:
  Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation. Care Delivery/Therapeutic Interventions Criteria B:
  Participates in a committee as designated by Patient Care Director. Care Delivery/Therapeutic Interventions Criteria C:
  Administers medication/IV solution according to Norwalk Hospital policy/procedure and consults appropriate resources for information as needed. Care Delivery/Therapeutic Interventions Criteria D:
  Develop, plan, initiate and evaluate patient care interventions within the scope of practice for the unit and the organization.
• - Crisis Management Criteria A:
  Responds to cardiac arrest/trauma alerts/stroke alerts/rapid response team in a timely manner and is supportive of team efforts.
  
  - Crisis Management Criteria B:
  Specific duties may include providing nursing care of the patient from resuscitation through inpatient admission. Assists the staff nurse with the patient that has a change in status warranting immediate intervention and potential transfer to critical care areas, as a member of the rapid response team.
  
  - Crisis Management Criteria C:
  Transports critically ill patients to procedures and tests as requested.
  
  - Crisis Management Criteria D:
  Direct staff member and independently assign responsibilities as needed during an emergent…