Patient Care Coord

About the role

Serves as charge nurse and assists in supervision of patient care by coordinating, implementing and monitoring shift activities to provide optimal patient care.

Responsibilities

• Ensures continuity of appropriate patient care by planning staff assignments, providing direct patient care, and evaluating outcome of care within assigned unit.
• Captures and documents all nursing tasks and ordered medical treatments/ diagnostic procedures in the medical record.
• Verifies that all nursing tasks and ordered medical treatments/ diagnostic procedures have been performed and documented in the medical record.
• Collaborates with manager and educator to facilitate assignment of new employees for in-service instruction and orientation.
• Provides nursing care according to medical regime and the nursing intervention appropriate for the patients' conditions and according to established standards, policies and procedures including care of the ambulatory/clinic patient.
• Initiates assessment based on the patient's presenting problems or needs, the physician's medical diagnosis and the functional health framework upon clinic visit.
• Determines nursing diagnosis and priorities for care with special consideration given to patient teaching, discharge planning, and the growth and development needs of the patient.
• Documents assessment, including nursing diagnoses or other clinical judgments.
• Completes ongoing assessments according to policy and/or as determined by patient condition: re-prioritizes care based on new information, continues to update nursing diagnoses, and involves family and/or other significant individuals in assessment activities.
• Assesses, plans and implements care of assigned patients. Performs therapeutic nursing interventions: as ordered by the Physician consistent with primary and population-specific standards of care and practice with consideration given to knowledge gained from the initial and ongoing assessment of the patient consistent with nursing division policies and procedures, demonstrated competencies, and with consideration given to risk management, infection control practices and patient safety practices consistent with the nature of the unit.
• Manages the movement of patients to achieve an even flow and maximize the use of physician’s time.
• Develops and implements patient teaching outlines including objectives, content, teaching strategies and evaluation of patient progress.
• Maintains patient medical records; documents patient status and care given; performs charting duties; records activities and observations.
• Utilizes patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
• Contributes to the annual review of unit-based scope statement and determination of important aspects of care for clinical review.
• Attends staff meetings, all mandatory in-service, and additional continuing education as required.
• Represents the unit through involvement on interdepartmental and interdisciplinary committees or task forces.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Requirements

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Qualifications

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Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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