Administrative Coordinator - 12 Hours/Week - Nights/Evenings

About the role

Nebraska Methodist Health System focuses on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. Our culture, known as The Meaning of Care, sets us apart by helping families grow, delivering difficult diagnoses with compassion, and going above and beyond for patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, ensuring understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the age-specific criteria.
• Demonstrates ability to identify opportunities for and give individualized customer service/patient care according to customer/patient needs.
• Promotes Service Excellence by improving patient care/customer service and fostering personal responsibility. Gives praise and recognition for good performance and contributes to the growth, learning, and success of others.
• Serves as a Role Model by connecting people to each other and our patients. Sets an example with personal behavior/commitment to high standards, being approachable and accessible, caring about the well-being of others, building strong, positive relationships, being present and punctual, consistent with fairness and trustworthiness, and demonstrating behaviors of leadership in actions, words, and intentions.
• Serves as a Problem Solver by achieving results by aligning resources with patients' needs, taking initiative when necessary, liaising with referring physicians, patients, and families, effectively analyzing problems/situations, anticipating consequences, and confronting difficult issues directly with involved people.
• Serves as a Participative Decision Maker by developing a consensus-based solution that serves the patient, keeping commitments, acting with honesty and integrity, desiring to make an important contribution, serving on various committees, and attending meetings within scope of responsibility.
• Serves as a Risk Protector by securing the organization's long-term ability to serve, communicating a clear vision of the organization, supporting the short and long-term goals of the individual department and units, supporting systems for better utilization of resources, and supporting the implementation of practice or process change related to decisions made through the analysis of risk management data.
• Serves as a Catalyst by supporting the right people to serve our patients, supporting staff to ensure effective department workflow, asking primary and pointed questions, clarifying information between departments, identifying/leveraging other's unique strengths when necessary, proactively identifying and resolving conflict, and providing coaching by one-to-one mentoring.
• Maintains a safe work environment that prevents and/or reduces risks to the organization, patients, and personnel, assisting in monitoring specific risk management indicators for trends and patterns, responding to and assisting in implementing preventative measures to identified potential and emerging risk management problems, and supporting the implementation of practice or process change related to decisions made through the analysis of risk management data.
• Maintains a positive work environment that promotes employee development, employee involvement, and employee satisfaction, demonstrating a commitment to the mission and vision of the Hospital and modeling core values, demonstrating support and commitment to a system of employee development through coaching and mentoring, encouraging and promoting employee involvement through soliciting staff input and participation in the decision-making process, ensuring equitable treatment of all employees through the fair and consistent application of Human Resource policies and procedures, and communicating relevant Patient Care Division, Hospital, and Health System information on a periodic and as needed basis to staff.
• Maintains a collaborative relationship with Medical Staff, soliciting physician input and sharing information regarding key initiatives and care delivery structure, process, and outcomes, following through on Medical Staff concerns regarding care process and care delivery structures.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
• Minimum of two years experience as a staff nurse.
• Current valid Nebraska Registered Nurse (RN) License, valid compact multistate license, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Current Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS) certification required.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Knowledge of current professional nursing concepts and principles, nursing unit operation on a 24-hour basis.
• Working knowledge of management concepts and principles, including supervision, delegation, staff development.
• Skills in the operation and use of nursing techniques and support equipment and materials, able to communicate both orally and in writing to staff, other departments, and administrative, training, and orienting new staff, and handling emergency situations.
• Ability to conduct meetings and ensure information is given to the appropriate staff, identify problems and offer well-thought-out solutions to those problems.
• Ability to write and communicate proposals regarding the management of the floor or other nursing problems, be aware of changes, and adapt to and communicate those changes in a supportive manner.

Physical Requirements

• Weight Demands: Medium
• Physical Activity: Occasionally Performed (Climbing, Crawling, Kneeling, Sitting, Standing, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Repetitive Motions)

Schedule

1 rotating shift per week, shift hours are 11:00pm to 7:00am, Monday-Friday and 7:00pm to 7:00am, Saturday-Sunday.

Job Description

Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, ensuring understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the age-specific criteria.

Job Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
• Minimum of two years experience as a staff nurse.
• Current valid Nebraska Registered Nurse (RN) License, valid compact multistate license, or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Current Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS) certification required.