Clinical Shift Coord RN Medical Care Center Full time Nights

About the Role

A clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who prescribes, delegates and coordinates nursing care to the hospitalized patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation. This nurse functions in a leadership role, overseeing daily unit operations, staff, and care delivery, utilizing a staff-focused leadership model.

Schedule: Full Time Nights, 7pm-7:30am with rotating weekends.

Responsibilities

• Presents a friendly, approachable, professional demeanor and appearance.
• Provides accurate information and timely updates to patients and customers; addresses questions and concerns promptly or identifies appropriate resources.
• Uses effective service recovery skills to solve problems or service breakdowns.
• Demonstrates teamwork by helping co-workers within and across departments; communicates effectively, respects diverse opinions, and acknowledges contributions.
• Manages work schedule efficiently, completing tasks and assignments on time; contributes to continuous improvement efforts.
• Demonstrates proficiency as a staff nurse and serves as a role model and resource to staff.
• Maintains awareness of unstable, complex, or high-risk patient conditions throughout the shift; ensures appropriate assignment of care based on staff competency and patient acuity.
• Coordinates and monitors patient care to ensure patient safety; collects, analyzes, and organizes patient care data for the unit.
• Ensures staff compliance with regulatory standards and adaptation of services to reflect age, culture, gender, race, nationality, and religion.
• Oversees documentation of key critical elements for patient care and national patient safety goals (restraints, verbal orders, abbreviations, etc.).
• Ensures initial admit orders are received by end of shift; demonstrates knowledge of staffing requirements and ensures compliance with staffing matrix.
• Oversees accurate completion of daily charges to ensure unit receives appropriate revenue; contributes to cost reduction and supports interventions promoting unit cost effectiveness.
• Oversees staff scheduling per unit and PCS guidelines; documents staffing information and justifications in Optilink each shift.
• Checks staff timekeeping and ensures compliance with time and attendance policies; oversees documentation of occurrences on shift.
• Ensures compliance with patient life safety standards (fire safety, handwashing, crash cart checks, etc.); oversees accurate accounting of unit equipment.
• Demonstrates effective oral, written, and listening skills with staff, physicians, patients, and families; keeps all parties informed in a timely manner.
• Completes leader rounding on assigned staff routinely; provides input to and assists with organization of staff meetings; conducts staff huddles on shift.
• Collaborates with educator and manager to ensure appropriate orientation of new staff; identifies preceptors and assigns schedules.
• Participates in unit and PCS-based teams, work groups, committees, or shared governance councils; incorporates outcomes into practice.
• Coordinates patient placement with Clinical Placement Nurse in a timely and positive manner; promotes a welcoming environment for students and resource team.
• Develops open, functional working relationships with other units/physicians; promotes collective accountability for the unit/department.
• Performs weekend leadership rounding on all patients; assists Clinical Manager during the week as needed.
• Contributes to annual employee performance evaluations; conducts formal staff rounding with assigned staff consistently.
• Follows up with new employees on shift as identified by Manager; contributes to completion of minor disciplinary action under Manager approval.
• Provides feedback to Manager for development plans; demonstrates ability to coach staff effectively using leadership skills.
• Participates in interview process for candidates; uses retention strategies to recognize and reward staff.
• Serves as Qualified Observer to ensure completion of annual competencies of staff; participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Supports staff in incorporating evidence-based practice/research findings into practice; oversees environment of care and regulatory readiness.
• Monitors improvement of chart audit findings at employee level and provides follow-up; hardwires evidence-based tactics for patient satisfaction.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• 3 years of RN experience.
• Licensed RN in the State of Illinois.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Telemetry competency.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Consistently works within the framework of the Illinois Practice Act for Nursing and ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice.
• Ability to assess and determine situations requiring an interpreter and to use interpreter services effectively.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• 2 or more years in pertinent clinical specialty.
• Certified Nurse (Cert NRN).
• Specialty certification (e.g., CV-RN, CHFN, CCRN, PCCN, CNML, NE-BC) required within 2 years.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Benefits include:

• Tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness.
• 401(k) matching.
• Lifecycle benefits.