NURSE PROGRAM COORDINATOR: HEADACHE CLINIC AND NEUROLOGY INFUSION CENTER

About the role

At Akron Children’s, careers in nursing feel different. You make an impact on a daily basis, face-to-face, on children and their families. You do much more than treat patients. As the individual your patients come to recognize, rely on and smile at, you go beyond the title of nurse. Because this is more than a job. It’s what you were meant to do.

Grow Your Career with Akron Children’s: Here at Akron Children's, we offer many ways for our nurses to succeed and grow professionally. There are multiple ways to grow your nursing career into areas such as leadership, education/professional development, advanced practice, informatics, research, quality, and more.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient/families physical, emotional, spiritual, psychosocial and learning needs; communicates pertinent information to the team and other health care providers; assess and recognize changes in patient condition and family dynamics.
• Provides care coordination and care planning for target population
• Provides nursing care to target population of patients and documents evaluation and care delivery in patient plan of care.
• Determines the education needs of nursing personnel, multi-disciplinary team members and others; implements patient and family education in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Provides leadership to the nursing team and acts as a change agent to improve patient care.
• Serves as a resource to other nurses and healthcare providers with expertise in assigned practice area.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required
• RN licensure required
• 3–5 years of relevant experience required
• At least one year of leadership experience preferred
• Experience in pediatrics required
• Experience in communication, teaching skills, and problem-solving skills required
• Experience working with all levels within an organization preferred
• Experience in healthcare required
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software preferred
• Epic software preferred
• Preference for experience with IVs and medports
• Full-time position (FTE 1.000000), onsite
• Schedule: Days, variable shifts, 40 hours/week

Benefits

• Nurse Residency Program
• Health and Wellness Programs
• Education Assistance
• Career Development
• Ascend Program
• Awards and Recognition

Schedule

Full-time days, variable shifts, 40 hours per week.