Unit Coordinator - Surgical Services - Full Time - Bronson Methodist Hospital

About the role

The Unit Coordinator - Surgical Services at Bronson Methodist Hospital functions as a leader and clinical liaison with staff, physicians, and management. They are involved in attracting, developing, maintaining, and retaining qualified staff members, and serve as a contact for internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Function as leader and clinical liaison with staff, physicians, and management
• Afford continuity of leadership day to day
• Assist managers in attracting, developing, maintaining, and retaining qualified staff members
• Assist with hiring, orientation, monitoring and evaluating performance, problem solving, employee counseling, staffing, payroll and budget
• Serve as a contact for internal and external customers
• Maintain a safe environment of care, which fosters positive customer service and meets all quality standards
• Implement new and monitor ongoing processes
• Evaluate quality and appropriateness of care
• Conduct/facilitate audits for accreditation, regulatory requirements and organizational standards
• Accounts for coordination of day-to-day unit operations, i.e. patient placements, staff assignments
• Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel
• Facilitates staff attendance at organizational committees, meetings, etc.
• Manages staffing levels to help department achieve its budget
• Participates in projecting staffing needs and assisting in creating a staffing plan with manager/director
• Approve/deny PTO
• Follows organizational policies and procedures for staffing and provides open communication with staff about scheduling requests/issues
• Acts as clinical expert resource, mentoring staff, maintains positive relationships, and builds teamwork within the entire healthcare team
• Maintains knowledge on guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards
• Provides input into guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards
• Acts as first responder for clinical and service recovery issues
• Acts as a resource person for staff questions related to job performance and departmental processes
• Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel accountable to nurse manager
• Provides ongoing feedback to staff related to job performance (focuses on immediate performance coaching as necessary)
• Makes and supports an environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged and valued
• Pre-Admission Surgery/Endo Screening Specific Position requires patient contact, but only via phone calls
• Unit Coordinators may cover multiple locations across the organization

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing and 2 years of clinical experience required
• Master's degree in Nursing preferred
• Previous management experience preferred
• Formal or informal leadership experience preferred

Qualifications

• Education/experience level may differ for the specific department/unit
• Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing with the State of Michigan
• Advanced Nursing Specific Certification preferred
• Department specific requirements as necessary such as PALS, BLS, ACLS etc.

Skills

• Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills
• Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, ability to resolve conflict, and ability to work as a team leader
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability
• Ability to work independently, be able to meet deadlines and demonstrate accountability for assignments
• Ability to speak and write English fluently
• Ability to organize and analyze data
• Ability to interpret regulatory standards and assess impact to the organization
• Ability to evaluate quality and appropriateness of care
• Ability to conduct/facilitate audits for accreditation, regulatory requirements and organizational standards
• Ability to manage staffing levels to help department achieve its budget
• Ability to project staffing needs and assist in creating a staffing plan with manager/director
• Ability to approve/deny PTO
• Ability to follow organizational policies and procedures for staffing and provide open communication with staff about scheduling requests/issues
• Ability to act as clinical expert resource, mentoring staff, maintaining positive relationships, and building teamwork within the entire healthcare team
• Ability to maintain knowledge on guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards
• Ability to provide input into guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards
• Ability to act as first responder for clinical and service recovery issues
• Ability to act as a resource person for staff questions related to job performance and departmental processes
• Ability to provide guidance for and supervision of personnel accountable to nurse manager
• Ability to provide ongoing feedback to staff related to job performance (focuses on immediate performance coaching as necessary)
• Ability to make and support an environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged and valued
• Ability to act as a mentor to staff chair of shared governance
• Ability to facilitate charge nurse and other unit meetings, reporting to nurse manager
• Ability to participate in recruitment, selection and retention of personnel
• Ability to assist manager in the staff hiring process (e.g. assist with interview process)
• Ability to create and support an environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged and valued

Benefits

Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. The role provides opportunity for leadership succession.

Pay

Variable Time Type Full time

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours 40