Clinical Administrator - Franklin - Weekend Nights

Carilion Clinic•Rocky Mount, VA

11d•$39 - $62•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Administrator works at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount, Virginia, providing hospital-wide administrative and clinical leadership during weekend night shifts. This is a full-time position scheduled Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The role provides leadership and accountability for organizational resource utilization in collaboration with management, unit staff, and CTaC. The Clinical Administrator supports quality care, facilitates two-way communication, and resolves operational issues in support of service-line goals. The position has authority to act on behalf of Administration and serves as an administrative liaison to patients, families, employees, and external customers. It also serves as a throughput liaison and system staffing coordinator at CFMH, collaborating with CTaC on census management. The Clinical Administrator coordinates staffing and other resources, triage activities, and patient-throughput efforts; investigates concerns on behalf of Patient Advocacy; and serves as an administrative and clinical resource for the hospital and regional facilities. The role supports nursing staff with clinical tasks and advanced clinical skills, participates in emergency response, assists with staff training and policy interpretation, and contributes to performance improvement and patient safety efforts. It also coordinates and manages patient deaths within the facility and acts on behalf of ancillary departments and departmental leaders after hours.

Requirements

Graduate of a state-approved School of Nursing.
A BSN or four years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
At least five years of experience in a patient-care setting.
Current Virginia Registered Nurse license.
Must obtain Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support certifications within six months of acquiring the position.
Demonstrated leadership qualities at the current level of practice.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work as a team player, focus on customers, and demonstrate problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee resource utilization across the organization in collaboration with Carilion management, unit staff, and CTaC.
Facilitate two-way communication and resolve work-site operational issues in support of service-line goals and objectives.
Serve as an administrative liaison to patients, families, health system employees, and external customers, with authority to act on behalf of Administration.
Serve as CFMH throughput liaison and system staffing coordinator, collaborating with CTaC on census management.
Demonstrate problem-solving and act as an administrative and clinical resource for the hospital.
Coordinate triage activities as needed through communication with CTaC, physicians, and clinical and ancillary department leadership.
Investigate patient, visitor, physician, and staff concerns on behalf of Patient Advocacy and implement an appropriate course of action.
Coordinate resources for adequate system-wide nursing staffing and safe, quality patient care.
Collaborate with clinical and support staff to foster quality care.
Identify and problem-solve throughput issues on an ongoing basis in collaboration with CTaC.
Organize, prioritize, direct, and provide feedback regarding nursing care delivered by staff at various levels.
Contribute to health system performance-improvement activities; gather facts and evaluate data to identify and address actual or potential safety and risk-management issues.
Act on behalf of ancillary departments and departmental leaders after hours.
Support nursing staff with clinical tasks for patients of all ages and maintain awareness of medical plans of care, nursing practice guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Perform advanced clinical skills as identified in competency requirements and serve as a resource for regional facilities.
Coordinate and manage patient deaths within the facility.
Participate as a member of the Emergency Response Team, responding to events including Code Blue, Rapid Response, Heart Alert, Stroke Alert, BERT, OB Alerts, Deterioration Alerts, and Sepsis Alerts.
Assist with staff training and policy interpretation.
Support the facility's and organization's mission, goals, values, and scorecard objectives.