RN Clinical Coordinator - Home Health

Patient Care Support

• Demonstrate competence in direct patient care for the patient population in assigned areas
• Demonstrate ability to respond in a timely and effective manner to emergency situations
• Organize and reprioritize work based on staff needs, patient needs, available resources, and unit requirements
• Make daily patients rounds to evaluate effectiveness of nursing plan of care and patient experience; partner with Nurse Manager to strategize action items to address opportunities
• Facilitate patient transfers, admissions, and discharges in a timely manner to ensure effective patient throughput
• Make patient assignments according to staff’s documented and demonstrated competence; coach charge nurses to do the same
• Analyze shift workload to determine the number of team members needed to ensure safe staffing; adjust workload to meet the needs of the patients and unit
• Proactively pursue coverage for staffing needs in collaboration with the Nurse Manager
• Establish and maintain interdepartmental, collaborative relationships with leaders and front line staff
• Gathers unit level and service line quality and performance improvement data

Team Development Support

• Foster and model a spirit of teamwork in actions and words
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager, making recommendations for transfers, promotions, and the identification of areas requiring staff development
• Evaluate preceptors and assign preceptors for departmental new hires
• Monitor the progress of new hires within the department
• Serve as a mentor and resource to students and team members
• Provide feedback regarding employee performance and clinical experience to the Nurse Manager and employee
• Implement a unit structure and process that is conductive to teamwork, encourages communication, and supports participative management
• Coordinate staff development and unit-based educational needs
• Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care
• Absorb and coordinate coverage for the Nurse Manager in his/her absence

Professional Growth and Behavior

• Utilizes opportunities for professional growth
• Facilitates staff meetings and Shared Governance/Magnet unit level sessions as needed
• Participates in the unit level strategic plan development and implementation
• Acts as a liaison between patients, families, and health care providers
• Models and encourages high standards of courtesy, honesty, integrity, trust, openness, and respect for others
• Demonstrates effective problem-solving, and communication skills such as conflict resolution and negotiating skills; proactively deals with conflict in a timely manner
• Works harmoniously with team toward the accomplishment of common goals