Coordinator - Clinical | MSU/CCU | Full Time

Gritman Medical Center•Moscow, ID

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Coordinator - Clinical at MSU/CCU is a full-time position responsible for providing and overseeing clinical care for a group of patients. This role involves specific assessments, procedural competence, and patient/caregiver education. The coordinator organizes clinical responsibilities, supervises RNs, CNAs, and HUCs, and collaborates with physicians, the Department Director, Medical Director, and other hospital staff regarding patient needs. A key focus is fostering a patient-centered culture through purposeful rounding, AIDET, and bedside shift reports. The position also plays a significant role in staff development, including arranging inservices, providing individual instruction, and coordinating skills development activities. Collaboration with the Department Director and Education Department is essential for identifying and addressing learning needs. The coordinator provides staff recognition, assists with department objectives related to finance, patient experience (HCAHPS), quality, safety, and staff/physician satisfaction. Human resource management support includes participation in hiring, coordinating orientation, time/attendance editing, performance appraisal input, and coaching/disciplinary actions. The role promotes Shared Governance, actively reviews processes for improvement, researches incident reports, and collaborates on performance improvement and Lean activities. Development and maintenance of clinical policies and procedures are also part of the responsibilities. Maintaining regular communication, assisting with department meetings, and providing leadership in the Department Director's absence are expected. Fostering teamwork and ensuring compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies (Idaho Nursing Practice Act, CMS, The Joint Commission) are critical. The coordinator must demonstrate a professional code of conduct and serve as a role model for the organization's mission, vision, values, and Standards of Behavior.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
Registered Nurse
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Current Advanced Cardio Life Support (ACLS) certification
Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification
Minimum of three (3) years clinical in acute care.
Minimum of two (2) years in the specialty area of practice

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred. If no BSN upon hire, will enroll in program within 6 months of hire

Responsibilities

Provides and oversees clinical care for a group of patients providing specific assessments according to protocols and procedures, clinical competence in procedural skills, treatments, and patient/caregiver education.
Organizes and prioritizes clinical responsibilities, provides direct supervision to clinical (RN, CNA, HUC).
Collaborates with physicians, Department Director, Medical Director, and other clinicians and hospital regarding patient needs.
Fosters a patient-centered culture with an emphasis on purposeful rounding, AIDET, and bed-side shift report.
Collaborates with Department Director, physicians, and unit to achieve department quality.
Engages in staff development, arranging regular inservices as well as providing individual instruction and orientation. Coordinates department skills development activities. Collaborates with Department Director and Education Department to identify and address department learning needs.
Provides staff recognition through positive reinforcement and constructive feedback.
Collaborates with Department Director in coordination of department objectives-financial (effective staffing and charge capture), patient experience (HCAHPS and outpatient measures), quality and safety, and staff and physician satisfaction and engagement.
Assists Department Director with human resource management by participating in the interview and hiring process, coordinating unit-based orientation, editing time and attendance, providing input for annual performance appraisals and coaching/disciplinary.
Promotes Shared Governance as an active member of the Unit-Based Consistently looks at current processes and procedures and areas of improvement.
Assists in researching and analyzing incident reports.
Collaborates in identifying opportunities for and carrying out performance improvement and Lean activities. Collaborates in the development and maintenance of department clinical policies and procedures.
Maintains regular communication with the department.
Assists with department meetings and attends other meetings as assigned.
Provides department leadership in the absences of the Department.
Fosters teamwork among.
Maintains compliance with regulatory and accrediting agencies including, but not limited to, the Idaho Nursing Practice Act, CMS, and The Joint Commission.
Demonstrates a code of conduct reflective of a professional health care provider and consistently acts as a role model of Gritman Medical Center’s mission, vision, values, and Standards of Behavior.