Administrative Clinical Coordinator - F/T Nights

Hackensack Meridian Health•Neptune Township, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Administrative Clinical Coordinator (ACC) is an experienced Registered Nurse who demonstrates clinical expertise and advanced education, knowledge, and skills in nursing. The ACC functions in several dimensions: leader, practitioner, educator, mentor, coach and consultant. The ACC provides proactive management of patients at risk for hospital acquired conditions by coaching and mentoring both the novice and experienced staff. This position intervenes when necessary to prevent negative patient outcomes.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
Minimum of 3 years of critical care or emergency department nursing experience.
Telemetry certification, titratable and non-titratable drugs and/or willing to acquire within three (3) months of hire.
NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
BLS AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification.
Demonstrated leadership, motivational skills, emotional maturity and ability to function independently and effectively under stress
Exhibited self-direction and use of a broad knowledge base, critical thinking, delegation, problem solving skills and protocol development.
Exceptional verbal and non-verbal, written and listening skills. Ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences and function in a collaborative role.
Organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple complex situations simultaneously.
Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in nursing or health-related field preferred

Responsibilities

Fosters and maintains effective working relationships among team members while holding all staff accountable for organizational commitments. Sets and maintains his standards for quality and service, sharing knowledge and expertise in order to achieve desired results.
Provides supervision and mentorship for nursing staff in managing complex patient challenges including Assessment, Development of critical thinking skills, Nursing Interventions, Communication and collaboration skills, Use of HRO tools. Serves as a role model to establish positive relationships with team members and patients. Provides direction and intervention when necessary and appropriate to correct team members` performance and behaviors.
Proactively rounds on and assists nurse residents with new skill development. Offers support to nurses with challenging assignments, procedures, and/or active changes in a patient's condition.
Conducts performance improvement review activities including medical records reviews, focused studies, etc. Develops and implements new methodologies to evaluate and improve performance.
Routinely explores options to develop process improvement and monitoring activities in response to identified issues, external standards or other anticipated needs.
Develops and implements action plans to resolve issues
Consistently supports activities and/or projects that promote patient satisfaction within a patient centered care framework, working toward best practice targets.
Consistently collaborates and provides guidance and direction to nursing and ancillary team members on an ongoing basis to ensure quality standards are met.
Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport and participating in team problem solving.
Collaborates and gives clinical input for appropriate bed placement.
Prioritizes ED throughput to inpatient units.
Provides proactive management of patients at risk for clinical deterioration. Assesses and provides recommendations. Assists with communicating with the care team and with interventionists. Assists with clinical.
Provides support for management of Code Stroke, Code STEMI, Sepsis Protocol, Targeted Temperature Management (TTM). May provide care until the patient is stable or is transferred to a higher level of care. Assumes a collaborative role, directing and assisting team members in setting priorities for patient care.
Maintains a presence post call, follows up with the care team on patient status, may facilitate debriefing. May provide post rapid response/code blue call debriefing.
Utilizes a broad knowledge base to effectively triage multiple time sensitive requests. Partners with Administrative Supervisor to prioritize emergent responses.
Participates in quality improvement, chart reviews, productivity reporting, and data collection.
Supports the unit charge RN as needed. Assists with the throughput of the unit, and works to resolve discharge barriers.
Serves as a role model and leader to other nurses in the organization. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending internal educational workshops, reviewing professional publications and participating in committee/council activities.
Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.