Nursing Clinical Coordinator Neuromuscular Unit Part Time Rotating Shift Marianjoy

Job Description

The Nursing Clinical Coordinator at Northwestern Medicine plays a crucial role in supporting the nursing staff and ensuring high-quality patient care. This position offers administrative support to the nurse manager, patient care coordination, and regulatory compliance.

• Provides leadership support to the nurse manager for unit daily management and program management.
• Maintains unit safe staffing levels through just-in-time recruitment.
• Assists nursing manager with direct supervision of nursing staff, including scheduling and evaluations.
• Supports fiscal budget controls on an ongoing basis.
• Ensures employees adhere to standards of performance and provides feedback on performance.
• Develops, implements, and upholds department and organization policies and procedures.
• Participates in performance improvement activities for assigned staff.
• Supports and coordinates performance improvement activities for assigned staff.
• Collects, analyzes, and organizes patient care data for the unit.
• Ensures staff comply with regulatory standards.
• Models professional confidentiality and discretion in all communications and exchanges of information.
• Collaborates with educators and managers to ensure appropriate and complete orientation of new staff.
• Identifies appropriate preceptors and assigns schedules to new staff.
• Participates in unit and PCS-based teams, work groups, and/or committees or shared governance councils.
• Completes leader rounding on assigned staff routinely and consistently.
• Conducts staff huddles on shift.
• Provides input to and may assist with organization of staff meetings.
• Ensures compliance with laws and regulations and adherence to HR policies and procedures.
• Assists nursing manager in administering performance management programs for staff and physicians.
• Ensures adherence to policies and procedures of Marianjoy and NMHC regarding corporate compliance and privacy of patient and associate information.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Current Illinois RN license.
• CRRN required within 6 months of hire date or eligibility.
• Maintains current AHA BLS Provider certification.
• Analytical skills necessary to assess a patient's condition and utilize the nursing process and professional judgment in providing comprehensive patient care.
• Ability to interact with patients, families, medical personnel, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Ability to perform effectively and efficiently in stressful, urgent situations.
• Cognizant of customer needs related to culture, age, developmental level, and diagnoses.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge and experience with PC-based applications, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Exhibits creative and positive problem-solving abilities.

Benefits

Northwestern Medicine offers a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' physical, emotional, and financial well-being. These benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more. For more details, please visit our Benefits section.