Clinical Coordinator RN Emergency Department
About The Position
The Clinical Coordinator RN for the Emergency Department provides unit-based clinical education to improve patient care quality and safety and assists the department manager with daily work unit operations. The role helps ensure adherence to professional standards and regulatory requirements. The coordinator collaborates with personnel to incorporate current standards of care into nursing practice, assesses educational needs and employee competencies, and identifies and coordinates performance and compliance improvement initiatives. The role also participates in developing policies and procedures and coordinates clinical quality and patient safety activities. The position provides education, training, and consultation to clinical staff; develops and delivers unit-based education programs; evaluates training effectiveness; and provides competency and education-compliance feedback for employee performance evaluations. It also assists with scheduling and staffing, tracks unit activities, and addresses clinical, administrative, operational, service-recovery, and escalated concerns within the defined scope of responsibility.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in Nursing and 4–6 years of progressively responsible Emergency Department nursing experience demonstrating the required job knowledge and skills; or a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and 1–3 years of lead or charge RN experience in the Emergency Department demonstrating the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- An equivalent combination of additional qualifying education, such as a BSN, may substitute for up to two years of the experience requirement.
- Registered Nurse credential for Washington, required upon hire.
- Basic Life Support—CPR, required upon hire.
- Strong clinical nursing expertise.
- Significant understanding of adult educational concepts.
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies.
- Ability to exercise discretion and independent judgment to identify and resolve non-compliance issues.
Nice To Haves
- Experience delivering clinical education and/or overseeing quality improvement projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Assess work-unit educational needs and develop and deliver clinical in-service training.
- Provide education, training, and consultative services to clinical staff in the assigned area.
- Assess needs and develop, modify, coordinate, and deliver unit-based education programs, including new employee orientation, competency validation, nurse residency, and training on new equipment, services, or standards.
- Assess the effectiveness of clinical in-service training to ensure staff have the skills and competency needed to meet regulatory, risk, and patient-safety requirements.
- Provide feedback for employee performance evaluations regarding competency levels and educational compliance or needs.
- Assist the manager in overseeing daily work-unit operations, including scheduling and staffing, in accordance with internal policies, standards, procedures, and applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
- Track and document daily unit activities.
- Oversee resolution of daily clinical, administrative, and operational issues.
- Monitor and troubleshoot service recovery and other escalated concerns, resolving them within the defined scope of responsibility.
- Collaborate with personnel to incorporate current standards of care into nursing practice.
- Identify and coordinate performance and compliance improvement initiatives.
- Participate in developing policies and procedures.
- Coordinate clinical quality and patient-safety activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
