Nursing Inpatient Coordinator, Full Time, Days

About the Role

While demonstrating through behavior Decatur Morgan Hospital’s mission, vision, and values, the Registered Nurse serves as a leader of the healthcare team by establishing an authentic personalized relationship with the patient and their chosen support system. The RN collaborates with physicians and other team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate an individualized plan of care that promotes optimal health or supports a peaceful death. The RN utilizes the best scientific evidence and compassion to assist the patient in navigating their health journey and accepts responsibility, authority, and accountability for management and provision of care in accordance with current policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing nursing assessments, identifying patient needs, risks, and priorities for care.
• Develops and implements individualized care plans based on physician orders, nursing judgment, and patient/family input.
• Administers medications and treatments safely and accurately, following hospital policies and standards.
• Monitors patient responses to interventions and updates the plan of care accordingly.
• Provides pre- and post-operative care, including wound management, pain control, and mobility support.
• Promotes early ambulation, discharge readiness, and patient education to support recovery and prevent complications.
• Responds to emergencies promptly, initiating appropriate interventions such as CPR or rapid response activation.
• Educates patients and families about diagnoses, medications, discharge instructions, and health maintenance.
• Advocates for patient preferences, safety, and dignity throughout the continuum of care.
• Encourages patient participation in care decisions to promote independence and understanding.
• Works collaboratively with physicians, case managers, and interdisciplinary team members to coordinate care.
• Communicates effectively during handoffs, using structured tools such as ISHAPED or SBAR.
• Participates in daily huddles, interdisciplinary rounds, and quality improvement activities.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Serves as a clinical resource and mentor to nursing students and support staff.
• Participates in the clinical ladder, evidence-based practice projects, and unit-based councils.
• Demonstrates professional behavior and adheres to ethical and legal nursing standards.
• Supports hospital initiatives related to patient safety, infection prevention, and quality improvement.

Belief System

We the Nurses of Decatur Morgan Hospital Believe in:

• Holistic and effective patient care that is based on scientific and ethical principles—nursing is a blend of art and science, using the mind as well as the heart.
• Creating a work climate that nurtures and supports clinical expertise, education, and research while fostering the recruitment and retention of nursing staff who demonstrate the highest integrity, competence, and qualifications.
• Providing nursing care that will achieve an optimal level of health and wellness, or when this is not possible, support the experience of loss and a peaceful death.
• Fostering an environment that promotes respect, positive communication, and collaboration among all members—patient, family, and healthcare team.

We also believe that:

• We should make those we serve our highest priority.
• We should be technically strong with a thirst for knowledge.
• Because evidence is ever-changing and evolving, we must actively cultivate our own personal growth and professional development.
• The character of the nurse is as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.
• The cultural beliefs, ethnic background, and sexual orientation of a patient or family should be respected without showing discrimination.
• We should promote health and prevent disease.

Requirements

• Uses common sense and special medical skills to care for the sick.
• Understands technical information from supervisors, charts, reference books, manuals, and labels.
• Uses eyes, ears, hands, and fingers with skill.
• Acts quickly in an emergency, rendering appropriate life-saving measures.
• Communicates effectively with people.
• Adapts to changing duties frequently.
• Follows and/or gives precise instructions.
• Records and interprets information accurately.
• Able to care for patients of all ages.
• Current in BLS.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Possesses a nursing license in good standing in the State of Alabama.
• Prior nursing experience preferred, but not required.
• Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) preferred.

Skills

Reasoning Development

Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Deals with several abstract and concrete variables.

Mathematical Development

Practical application of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion in addition to basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division abilities.

Language Development

Reading: Read scientific and technical journals, abstracts, and financial reports. Records data via paper and electronic means.

Speaking: Communicates verbally using effective voice tone, diction, and medical terminology.

Relationships to Data, People, and Things

• Data: Gathers, compiles, and classifies information about patients and other people. Analyzes and interprets data to carry out the plan of care for the patient.
• People: Speaking, hearing, and talking with people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving directions to staff, patients, families, and/or visitors.
• Things: Manual dexterity: Use of body members or special devices to work and perform functions pertinent to the accomplishment of the job assignment.