Forensic Medicine Coordinator

About the role

Will have all the responsibilities of the forensic medicine coordinator. Will be a weekend day position: Saturday and Sunday 7am-7pm, providing forensic exams for Albany Medical Center.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the SANE Medical Director, the Coordinator will train interested residents, nurses, mid-levels, and MD's to standardize the care delivered to victims of violence
• Ensure competencies for the sexual assault examiner are current and stay up to date
• Schedule SAEs, ensuring their commitment is fulfilled
• Compile data collection, trends, etc. for grant funding with Medical Director
• Maintain forensic equipment and supplies
• Develop a NYS training program for SAFE/SANE examiners and arrange training classes for SAEs as required
• Oversee peer review of documentation, providing feedback for quality improvement
• Conduct quarterly staff meetings for process improvement
• Ensure the proper criteria are met in caring for victims of violence, in accordance with NYSDOH, IAFN, and Joint Commission standards of Excellence
• Coordinate Community outreach trainings
• Attend community outreach meetings i.e. area SART, DCJSAE, NYCASA, and communicate back the initiatives at staff meetings
• Remain on the schedule for FNE cases, as needed, to stay current
• Ensure providers are compensated for their cases as well as their on call pay
• Continued involvement in open cases from beginning to end, including follow up from law enforcement, crime lab, and District Attorney’s office
• Perform audit reviews of sexual assault documentation and provide feedback to examiners on each case
• Assist with organizing community events for examiners to attend
• Create a monthly newsletter to keep examiners up to date with changes/equipment/case review
• Work with the Medical Director to ensure pediatric and adult documentation is standardized
• Meet with the lab to stay current with process of pediatric SA collection and obtaining of cultures, quality review

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
• Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines - required
• 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse - required
• Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care
• Principles of growth and development
• Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications
• Assessments, treatments and medications related to forensic patients
• Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies
• Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including patient documentation, and in interactions with other agencies
• Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules
• Maintain confidential patient information
• Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment and the use of equipment/instruments relevant to forensic patient care
• Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, and interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff
• Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, and decision making
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required
• NYS SAFE Certification Upon Hire - required
• SANE-A - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Adult Upon Hire - preferred
• SANE-P - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Pediatric Upon Hire - preferred
• TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire - preferred
• ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification Upon Hire - preferred
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Upon Hire - preferred

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
• Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines - required
• 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse - required
• Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care
• Principles of growth and development
• Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications
• Assessments, treatments and medications related to forensic patients
• Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies
• Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including patient documentation, and in interactions with other agencies
• Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules
• Maintain confidential patient information
• Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment and the use of equipment/instruments relevant to forensic patient care
• Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, and interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff
• Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, and decision making
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required
• NYS SAFE Certification Upon Hire - required
• SANE-A - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Adult Upon Hire - preferred
• SANE-P - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Pediatric Upon Hire - preferred
• TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire - preferred
• ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification Upon Hire - preferred
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Upon Hire - preferred

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$84,783.00 - $131,414.00

Schedule

Weekend_Day