Nurse Coordinator, PM (BayPointe)

AltaPointe Health • Mobile, AL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Coordinator in a Hospital Setting is responsible for assisting with the orientation of new staff, conducting staff meetings, effective communication with staff, consumers, and family members, reviewing consumer records to ensure compliance, and ensuring quality care is provided throughout the consumer’s length of stay. This role also involves management activities such as interviewing, hiring, orienting, evaluating, and disciplining staff, as well as accepting on-call responsibilities. The Nurse Coordinator actively assists with hospital cost containment, orders necessary supplies, oversees facility integrity and cleanliness, and participates in performance improvement initiatives. They are also responsible for timely and accurate payroll, approving PTO requests, and conducting safety drills. The role requires adherence to a professional code of ethics and documentation standards, treating consumers with care, dignity, and compassion, and respecting their privacy and confidentiality. The Nurse Coordinator actively participates in Performance and Improvement activities and AltaPointe committees as required, completing assigned tasks in a timely manner and accessing appropriate community resources. They must maintain current state licensure and renewal requirements, including CEUs, and attend required in-services and workshops.

Requirements

• Valid RN license.

Responsibilities

• Assists with the orientation of new nursing staff
• Conducts staff meetings to address consumer, facility, and programmatic needs
• Effectively communicates on a regular basis with staff, consumers, families as well as internal departments and external providers to meet consumer needs
• Ensures the staffing mix is based upon the education preparedness and clinical competence of the nursing staff
• Reviews consumer records to ensure compliance with regulatory standards
• Ensures quality care is provided throughout the consumer’s length of stay; oversees the coordination of patient care to ensure consumer’s needs are met and policies are followed
• Conducts hospital rounds with staff to direct, demonstrate and evaluate delivery of consumer care and to ensure safety throughout the facility
• Ensures adequate staff coverage throughout the facility
• Ensures payroll is completely timely and accurately
• Approves PTO requests and shift exchanges per hospital policy
• Performs management activities including interviewing, hiring, orienting, evaluating, and disciplining
• Accepts on-call responsibilities
• Actively assists with hospital cost containment by accepting responsibility for their own time management and use of unit supplies
• Orders necessary supplies and ensures safety and operation of medical and office equipment
• Oversees integrity and cleanliness throughout the facility
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives, per hospital policy
• Reviews findings of 24 hour chart reviews and forwards to Director of Nursing
• Conducts safety drills and monitors for compliance, reporting concerns to Director of Nursing, per hospital policy
• Adheres to professional code of ethics
• Performs additional duties as assigned by supervisor
• Seeks clinical supervision and consultation needs
• Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
• Actively works to enhance clinical skills
• Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy
• Documents in a clear, concise manner types of consumer problems, treatment goals, and services provided
• Documentation shows that forms, notes, logs, and other applicable written information are completed promptly, accurately, and updated when appropriate
• Documents legibly
• Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion
• Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality
• Is pleasant and cooperative with others
• Assists consumers and visitors as needed
• Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
• Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences
• Is gentle and calm with consumers and families
• Actively participates in Performance and Improvement activities
• Actively participates in AltaPointe committees as required
• Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
• Accesses appropriate community resources according to consumer needs.
• Follows AltaPointe Policy & Procedures
• Maintains current State license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), and attends to required in-services and workshops

Benefits

• $10,000 sign-on bonus (RN) offered

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level