Forensic Medicine Coordinator: 40 hours/week Day shift

Albany Medical Center • City of Albany, NY

22h

About The Position

Providing forensic examinations for Albany Medical Center Monday through Friday, day shift, along with meeting the educational needs for our program.

Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the SANE Medical Director, the Coordinator will train interested residents, nurses, mid-levels, and MD's to standardize the care delivered to victims of violence
• Ensure competencies for the sexual assault examiner are current and stay up to date.
• Scheduling the SAEs, ensuring their commitment is fulfilled.
• Compiling data collection, trends, etc. for grant funding with Medical Director.
• Responsible for maintaining forensic equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for the Chain of Custody for the evidence collected and storage of equipment.
• Develop a NYS training program for SAFE/SANE examiners and arrange training classes for SAEs as required.
• Oversee peer review of documentation, providing feedback for quality improvement.
• Conduct quarterly staff meetings for process improvement.
• Ensures the proper criteria are met in caring for victims of violence, in accordance with NYSDOH, International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and Joint Commission standards of Excellence.
• Coordinates Community outreach trainings.
• Attend community outreach meetings i.e. area SART, DCJSAE, NYCASA, and communicates back the initiatives at staff meetings.
• Remain on the schedule for FNE cases, as needed, to stay current.
• Ensures providers are compensated for their cases as well as their on call pay.
• Continued involvement in open cases from beginning to end, including follow up from law enforcement, crime lab, and District Attorney’s office.
• Performs audit reviews of sexual assault documentation and provides feedback to examiners on each case.
• Assists with organizing community events for examiners to attend.
• Provides examiners with dates for conferences that are local as well as in other states to attend.
• Creates a monthly newsletter to keep examiners up to date with changes/equipment/case review.
• Works with the Medical Director to ensure pediatric and adult documentation is standardized.
• Meets with the lab to stay current with process of pediatric SA collection and obtaining of cultures, quality review.

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees