RN Clinical Coordinator - ICU (NIGHTS)

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise patient care during assigned shifts
• Make rounds on all patients to ensure that current clinical patient care standards are being met
• Analyze shift workload to determine the number of employees needed to ensure adequate staffing
• Proactively pursue coverage for call-ins and unexpected staffing needs in conjunction with the Nurse Manager
• Cookordinate patient transfers, admissions, and discharges in a timely manner to ensure effective patient throughput
• Make bed allocations and patient assignments according to staff's documented and demonstrated competence
• Adjust workload to meet the needs of the patient and unit
• Consult with and keep the Nurse Manager informed of unit activities, needs, and problems
• Facilitate the daily operations and workflow on assigned areas
• Organize and reprioritize work based on staff needs, patient needs, available resources, and unit requirements
• Demonstrate efficiency in verifying orders
• Demonstrate consistent ability/competence in patient care areas
• Actively solicit feedback from patients and visitors
• Function independently with most procedures/protocols, except for those which require the assistance of a physician
• Recognize limitations and seek the appropriate assistance when needed
• Demonstrate an ability to respond in a timely and effective manner to emergency situations
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager, making recommendations for transfers, promotions, and the Identification of areas requiring staff development
• Foster a spirit of teamwork within assigned area(s)
• Make immediate administrative decisions as necessary in the absence of the Nurse Manager
• Assign preceptors for departmental new hires
• Monitor the progress of all new hires within the department
• Assess team members clinical competency through observation, testing, return demonstration and evaluation of the occurrences of variances to standards of care
• Serve as a mentor and resource to students, new hires, LPNs, floating/flexi nurses, and unlicensed personnel
• Provide feedback regarding employee performance and clinical experience to the Nurse Manager and employee
• Assist the Nurse Manager in the role Chief Retention Officer
• Consistently monitor and evaluate staff performance in accordance with established standards
• Demonstrate the ability to ensure compliance with policies and procedures
• Implement a unit structure and process that is conductive to teamwork, encourages communication, and supports participative management
• Follow all administrative protocols
• Proactively deal with conflicts in a timely manner
• Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
• Facilitates staff meetings and UBC as needed
• Supervise: Nursing staff

Qualifications

• Minimum Required Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, or actively pursuing BSN degree
• Preferred Education: Not applicable
• Experience: 2+ years' experience in a specialized area with Charge Nurse or equivalent supervisory experience
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Applicant must be licensed to work as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and certified in BLS, ACLS, or the equivalent.