Clinical Nurse Coordinator, RN - PCU

Independence Health System Careers • Mount Pleasant, PA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) is a front-line care provider, coordinator, and leader for the healthcare team. The CNC applies the nursing process at the point of care through strategic assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation of the unit to guide efforts for systematic, quality, and safety improvements. A key component of the CNC role is improving interdisciplinary communication and coordination at the point of care. As a care-delivery-systems expert, the CNC assists patients and families in navigating the healthcare system, advocating for both patients and families, as well as healthcare providers within the unit, hospital, and system. The CNC is accountable for improving care delivery within a unique healthcare setting, with a core focus on maximizing safe, quality, evidence-based care within complex systems.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
• One (1) year experience in relevant nursing field.
• Strong leadership ability.
• Good organizational skills.
• Independent and critical thinking skills.
• Sound judgment.
• Knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.
• Act 33 with renewal.
• Act 34 with renewal.
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.

Nice To Haves

• National certification in area of specialty
• Previous charge nurse experience helpful.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Function in compliance with the specialty standards, practice guidelines and protocols to the assigned unit.
• Provide direct oversight of the GN, LPN, Technical Partner, ALS Technician, Nurse Extern and Unit Clerks, including conducting the initial comprehensive assessment and interpreting the assessment to initiate the interprofessional plan of care.
• Supervise the delegation of duties that are within the scope and capability of the care team supervised.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed