RN Clinical Coordinator - Behavioral Health

Humboldt Park Health•Chicago, IL

12h•Onsite

About The Position

As a community-based hospital, Humboldt Park Health reinvests back into the community through programs to serve the poor and uninsured, manage chronic conditions like diabetes, health education, and promote initiatives and outreach for the elderly. Humboldt Park Health is a 200-bed, acute care facility providing patient-centered healthcare treatment focused on quality of care, ranging from everyday care to treatment for your most critical needs. The RN Clinical Coordinator will provide clinical and operational support to the Behavioral Health Nurse Manager and Director in maintaining safe, effective, and regulatory-compliant patient care and unit practices. This role supports frontline nursing and mental health staff by providing clinical guidance, reinforcing established workflows, and serving as a resource for questions related to patient care, documentation, safety, and behavioral health practices. The position promotes a safe, therapeutic, recovery-focused environment consistent with Behavioral Health standards and trauma-informed care principles. The Clinical Coordinator functions in a supportive and coordinating capacity, identifying, communicating, coordinating, and following up on opportunities for improvement, while escalating matters requiring managerial authority to the appropriate leader.

Requirements

Previous behavioral health experience
Associates Degree in Nursing. BSN preferred
Current IL RN licensure required.
BLS required.
ACLS required.
CPI required within 6 months of hire date.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred

Responsibilities

Provide clinical and operational support to the Behavioral Health Nurse Manager and Director in maintaining safe, effective, and regulatory-compliant patient care and unit practices.
Supports frontline nursing and mental health staff by providing clinical guidance, reinforcing established workflows, and serving as a resource for questions related to patient care, documentation, safety, and behavioral health practices.
Promotes a safe, therapeutic, recovery-focused environment consistent with Behavioral Health standards and trauma-informed care principles.
Conducts routine clinical and documentation audits, including patient records, nursing assessments, medication documentation, treatment plans, observation documentation, suicide precautions, and other high-risk patient records.
Monitors restraint and seclusion documentation and compliance, identifying gaps and escalating concerns to the Nurse Manager for follow-up.
Audits compliance with patient safety practices, including observation requirements, suicide precautions, rounding, falls prevention, patient identification, medication safety, and other Behavioral Health safety measures.
Supports regulatory and survey readiness by routinely reviewing unit practices and documentation for compliance with applicable hospital standards and regulatory requirements, including Joint Commission, CMS, and IDPH expectations.
Assists with quality improvement initiatives through data collection, validation, trend identification, and follow-up related to Behavioral Health quality metrics.
Supports the Behavioral Health quality dashboard by assisting with data collection, monitoring trends, identifying areas of opportunity, and communicating findings to the Nurse Manager.
Provides education to frontline staff related to identified clinical, documentation, safety, and regulatory gaps, in collaboration with the Nurse Manager and Educator.
Assists with the development and implementation of unit-based education, competency activities, case studies, and quality improvement initiatives.
Participates in interdisciplinary collaboration with providers, social work, therapy, case management, quality, and other departments to support safe and coordinated patient care.
Assists with patient and family concerns by addressing clinical concerns within the scope of the role and escalating unresolved concerns to the Nurse Manager or appropriate leader.
Rounds on the Behavioral Health units to identify environmental, clinical, safety, documentation, and workflow concerns and communicates identified opportunities to the Nurse Manager.
Supports implementation of policies, procedures, and evidence-based practices and assists with monitoring staff adherence to established standards.
Assists with onboarding and orientation of newly hired Behavioral Health nurses and support staff by serving as a clinical resource and reinforcing unit expectations.
Identifies trends in clinical practice, documentation, safety events, and staff education needs and collaborates with the Nurse Manager to develop appropriate interventions.
Participates in safety event reviews, root cause analyses, and performance improvement activities as assigned.
Maintains appropriate professional boundaries and escalates employee performance, conduct, attendance, staffing, and disciplinary concerns to the Nurse Manager rather than independently managing corrective action.
Performs other related duties as assigned by the Behavioral Health Nurse Manager or Director of Nursing.