Registered Nurse Clinical Coordinator, First Shift, Endoscopy
Responsibilities
- Clinical Practitioner:
- Coordinates the level of transport care provider; BLS, ALS, MICU, Air.
- Collaborates with referring and receiving care providers and transport team to encourage safe and appropriate resource utilization for the individual patient.
- Provides clinical leadership for the communication specialists in coordinating ground and air transports.
- Collaborates with communication specialists.
- Works as a clinical resource for transport crew members and referring care providers.
- Communicates appropriate patient information in a professional manner.
- Respects patients' rights to privacy.
- Documents all clinical information per department standards.
- Collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers to ensure that the patient's unique transport needs are met.
- Follows the department and hospital policies, procedures, and standards for patient care and operations.
- Maintains computerized database of all transport requests and other data as directed.
- Participates in department quality assurance and review.
- Maintains all clinical competencies required.
- Operational Practitioner:
- Reports to work on time and leaves on time, unless directed otherwise or situation-specific additional resources are needed.
- Assumes responsibility for self and communications center while on shift with respect to operational decision-making.
- Collaborates with and communicates frequently with department leadership as operational needs change throughout the days.
- Collaborates with the department's leadership team to ensure that adequate and appropriate staffing for the transport teams is met. Includes reviewing current schedules to help secure adequate staff coverage of any open shifts and informing leadership of all staff changes.
- Aims for a useful understanding of ground and aviation operations.
- Maintains at least the minimum requirement for meeting attendance and education.
- Reads email every shift and responds to emails as appropriate.
- Completes projects and special projects as assigned.
- Maintains scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the department to cover sick call-offs, vacation/PTO, open positions, and other needs.
- Demonstrates knowledge and acceptance of department Mission, Vision, and Values.
- Takes initiative to obtain information related to department operations by, but not limited to: attending meetings, reviewing meeting minutes, and reading department-generated communication in a timely manner.
- Collaborates with referring and receiving care providers and transport team to encourage safe and appropriate resource utilization for the individual patient.
- Coordinates the level of transport care provider; BLS, ALS, MICU, Air.
Qualifications
- ASN required, BSN preferred.
- Current OH nursing license required.
- BLS, ACLS, PAL.
- Clinical proficiency relevant to specific clinical area.
- 3-5 years experience minimum.
- EMS experience preferred.
About the Role
The RN Clinical Coordinator is the clinical leader in the communications center who triages patients to the correct level of medical transport care, assists with quality improvement measures, plans day-to-day staffing, coordinates daily resources, and assists with a variety of short and long-term projects.
Benefits
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