Clinical Coordinator Charge Nurse-Psychiatric Full Time Days

Palos Hospital • Full-time • Palos Heights, IL, US • 7m ago

Description

The Clinical Coordinator reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Clinical Coordinator is an experienced Registered Nurse, who in addition to providing direct patient care, is accountable for facilitating an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, patient flow, staffing, resource utilization, and problem solving on a given shift.

Responsibilities:

Facilitates unit operations on a shift basis according to policy, procedure, and regulatory requirements.
Coordinates unit based staffing assignments on a shift basis to achieve high quality and cost effective care.
Directs patient care provided by staff nurses and support personnel for a specific shift.
Champions new initiatives and helps in unit/departmental or hospital wide committees/task forces.
Communicates directly with patients and significant others about nursing care.
Implements appropriate action plans to provide safe, quality, and efficient care.
Assures safety and security of patients, significant others, and staff.
Provides direct patient care. Performs ongoing assessment of assigned patients and their significant others’ biopsychosocial and learning needs.
Implements appropriate actions to respond to needs of patients and their significant others.
Monitors and documents the patient’s response to therapeutic interventions and progress toward outcomes.
Assures that quality improvement activities are completed for the assigned shift.
Assesses and intervenes in critical situations involving patients, staff, and visitors and consults with manager or administrator for guidance as needed.
Ensures that the environment is clean, attractive, safe and free from hazards for patients, staff and visitors in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Analyzes patterns of daily activities and recommends operational/program changes as needed.
Anticipates staffing needs for subsequent shifts and makes necessary arrangements for coverage.
Facilitates effective interdepartmental communication of incidents with appropriate personnel (manager, administrator, medical staff, etc.). Identifies and communicates key issues and trends to managers and makes recommendations for improvement on an ongoing basis.
Provides input to manager on budgetary issues, particularly staffing and cost containment strategies.
Establishes relationships across departments to optimize patient care.
Assesses and communicates staff development needs to manager.
Orients staff to Clinical Coordinator and Charge role.
Serves as a resource for staff.

Qualifications

Required:

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited school of nursing or equivalent experience as approved by the Patient Care Director. (Minimum two years clinical experience in area of clinical specialty).
Registered Nurse in the state of Illinois
Two or more years in clinical specialty
CPR – Basic Life Support

Preferred:

Certification in specialty clinical area

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

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