RN ER ED - Clinical Nurse Coordinator

Clinical Nurse Coordinator (RN) - Emergency Room

Take the next step in your nursing leadership career as a Clinical Nurse Coordinator (RN) - Emergency Room at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, Texas. In this pivotal frontline leadership role, you will bridge the gap between clinical care and unit management by overseeing daily shift operations, optimizing patient throughput, and mentoring a dedicated emergency team. Our high-acuity Emergency Department operates as an ACC-accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and a certified Primary Stroke Center, equipped with 24/7 cardiac catheterization labs to manage complex cardiac, stroke, and trauma emergencies on site.

As a Clinical Nurse Coordinator, you will serve as the clinical anchor during rapid resuscitations and critical care interventions, driving clinical excellence, strict safety compliance, and a collaborative, fast-paced team culture right in the Greater Houston community.

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) ensures and delivers high quality, patient-centered care and coordination of all functions in the unit/department during the designated shift. In collaboration with other members of the management team, the CNC directs, monitors, and evaluates nursing care in accordance with established policies/procedures, serves as a resource person for staff, and models a commitment to the organization's vision/mission/values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes that contribute to overall departmental performance.

What you will do in this role:

• Assists with admission and discharge processes to ensure efficient throughput and high quality, patient-centered care.
• Participates in the ongoing assessment of the quality of patient care services provided in the unit, in collaboration with other members of the management team.
• Collaborates with subject matter experts and other managers to create an environment of teamwork that supports improved outcomes and service.
• Supports a patient-first philosophy and engages in service recovery when necessary.
• Supports the efforts of the facility to improve engagement by operationalizing current nursing strategies, including employee rounding, hourly rounds, and other initiatives.
• Provides recommendations related to interviewing, selecting, and training new staff. Recommends and implements courses of action, including training and development, conflict resolution, personnel policy compliance, completion of performance evaluations, and/or disciplinary actions to ensure a competitively better organization.
• Assists with staff scheduling. Manages all practical aspects of staff labor in accordance with patient care needs and established productivity guidelines.
• Supports proper inventory control and assists with managing supplies and equipment.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing is required. BSN is preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date).
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS Certification are required.
• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date
• 1 year of RN working experience in acute hospital ED required.

Level I, Level II, Trauma Care, Emergency Department, Triage, ESI scoring, Rapid response, critical care, mass casualty, surge capacity, decontamination, airway, intubation, defibrillation, cardioversion, chest tube, central line, arterial, intraosseous, IO, focused assessment with sonography for trauma, FAST, massive transfusion, MTP, continuous cardiac, hemodynamic, monitoring, stroke, NIHSS, STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, sepsis, SANE, sexual assault, psychiatric, crisis intervention, overdose, toxicology, vasoactive, infusion, titration, tPA, TNK, thrombolytic, RSI, pyxis, Omnicell, ENPC, CEN, ED, shift operations, oversight, patient throughput, ED Flow Coordination, Staff Mentorship, Clinical Coaching, Resource Management, Staffing Allocation, Interdisciplinary Rounds, PI, performance improvement, HCAHPS, patient experience optimization, incident reporting, root cause analysis, evidence-based

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9%…