Registered Nurse Clinical Coordinator

Position Location: Satellite at Mount Sinai
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Work Shift: Third Shift

About the Role

The Registered Nurse Shift Clinical Coordinator is responsible for the coordination and oversight of patient care activities for a designated group of patients on their respective shift. The principal domains of the role are patient care, leadership, care management, and education. The Shift Clinical Coordinator facilitates patient care by coordinating the activities of the nursing team and collaborating with other disciplines.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
• 3-5 years recent clinical experience in related setting.
• Demonstrated competence in the clinical setting.
• Ability to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, critical thinking, and leadership skills.
• Preferred: BSN
• Preferred: Valid/Current CPR

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive patient assessments/reassessments.
• Facilitates and assures continuity from shift to shift, the plan of care for each patient that is goal-directed, patient outcome based, and reflects the physician’s orders.
• Directs and supervises the patient care activities of the patient care team.
• Coordinates patient-centered care activities in collaboration with the treatment team to facilitate attainment of patient care outcomes.
• Demonstrates continual oversight and follow-through for a designated cohort of patients.
• Facilitates and mentors staff related to all patient assessments, plan of care, interventions, education of patient, family/significant other, interdisciplinary communication, and patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates expert clinical skills through provision of direct patient care in area of focus, including critical thinking, knowledge of disease processes, complications and interventions, and advanced assessment skills.
• Collaborates with other frontline leaders, Clinical Managers, Assistant Clinical Manager, and other discipline team members to determine effective resource utilization and management of patient care issues.
• Provides performance feedback to manager for all team members through assessing competence and observing performance.
• Coordinates/participates in the Team Review process in collaboration with the team members.
• Assures communication occurs with families regarding patient status and plan of care when clinical changes occur, after team meetings, and/or per family request.
• Collects, analyzes, and evaluates patient experience to anticipate and mitigate potential patient risk and enhance the professional practice environment at the unit level.
• Initiates and participates in quality improvements, applying knowledge gathered from tracking nursing and unit indicators, national benchmark data, and evidence-based research findings to foster improvements in the quality of care and enhanced performance methodology.
• Fosters effective delegation, teamwork, and supports the clinical and professional development of colleagues through mentoring and role modeling.
• Facilitates orientation of new employees in collaboration with preceptor and Clinical Resource Consultant.

Physical Demands

• Continuous periods of walking, standing, bending, reaching, with periodic sitting.
• Occasional climbing, squatting, and kneeling as related to patient care.
• Ability to push/pull up to 60 pounds to assist with patient transfers.
• Occasionally requires lifting patients and carrying items up to and over 75 pounds.
• Frequent use of gross, fine motor, and sensory skills to pass medications, perform assessments and treatments, and handle equipment used in patient care.

Cognitive Demands

• Independent problem identification, abstract reasoning, and adaptability to changing environments and information.
• Application of previously acquired knowledge, flexibility of thought, and organizational skills.
• Quick decision-making.
• High degree of selective attention, discernment, perception, and concentration.
• Written proficiency in English, including attention to detail and adherence to all elements of style.
• Working knowledge and familiarity with professional/medical terms and definitions.
• High-degree of communication skills, including expression of abstract/complex ideas, negotiation, active listening, and dialogue with multiple parties.
• Ability to teach and assess skills of staff members.
• Reading and auditory comprehension of abstractions and ability to make inferences.
• Working knowledge and familiarity with professional/medical documentation.
• Ability to perform arithmetic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with all units of measure, including common and decimal fractions.
• Ability to compute ratio, rate, percent, and perform arithmetic operations involving units of weights, measures, and volume.

Work Demands

• Working indoors in an occasionally noisy and distracting environment.
• Occasional need to be outdoors.
• Continuous interaction with others.
• Schedule fluctuation may be required to meet the demands of the position.
• Maintains 24-hour oversight to monitor implementation of the patients' plan of care.
• Possible exposure and handling of bloodborne and/or airborne pathogens, body fluids, infections and contagious diseases, latex, antineoplastic, and other hazardous drugs.
• Response to emergencies is required.