Transport RN Coordinator

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN•Edinburg, TX

About The Position

The Transport RN Coordinator guides and establishes clinical best practices for the Transport Program through research and evidence-based practice. The coordinator serves as a clinical resource to medical team members and is responsible for ensuring that training and certifications meet or exceed standards, gathering quality data to track clinical demands and deficiencies, and developing education and training to improve clinical practice. The role works with physician medical directors and primary receiving physicians to measure clinical outcomes and performance improvement. The coordinator is cross-trained in neonatal and pediatric care and performs Transport Coordinator duties. The position reports directly to the Transport Director and works closely with peer Coordinators. The role maintains clinical competence through scheduled direct patient contact and collaborates with transport staff, medical staff, and other disciplines on complex patient care plans, department protocols, and guidelines. It contributes to process improvement, education, research, clinical skills labs, competencies, transport academies, conferences, staff orientation, certification support, and review of clinical quality and unanticipated patient care outcomes. The coordinator also complies with hospital policies, confidentiality requirements, ethical and corporate compliance standards, and institutional and regulatory standards.

Requirements

At least 5 years of transport critical care experience, including neonatal, pediatric, adult experience, or a combination.
Current Texas license or compact-state license.
Maintain BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications.
National certification in the relevant field of discipline.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field.

Responsibilities

Maintain confidentiality and adhere to hospital policies and procedures, ethical business practices, and corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
Recognize clinical relationships and variations in patient patterns across neonatal, pediatric, and adult populations, and assess patient status using broad clinical knowledge and expertise.
Evaluate clinical practice and implement modifications, procedures, and guidelines reflecting evidence-based and research-based best practice.
Participate in process improvement, transport education, and research activities.
Integrate institutional and regulatory standards into clinical practice.
Attend transport departmental meetings and committees as requested.
Maintain clinical competence through direct patient contact as scheduled.
Collaborate with transport staff, medical staff, and other disciplines to develop, evaluate, and revise complex patient care plans in the transport environment, and assist in developing department protocols and guidelines.
Assist with developing clinical skills labs, clinical competencies, and neonatal/pediatric transport academies and conferences as directed.
Serve as a clinical resource to staff and support staff, helping transport disciplines pursue professional goals and national certification in their areas of expertise.
Liaise among the Transport Director, Transport Coordinators, and DCH Preceptors to identify staff support needs for successful orientation and required certifications.
Collaborate to evaluate the effectiveness of staff education and recommend modifications.
Collaborate with clinical quality review to evaluate and assess unanticipated patient care outcomes.
Ensure training and certifications meet or exceed standards; gather quality data to track clinical demands and deficiencies; and develop related education and training.
Work with physician medical directors and primary receiving physicians to measure clinical outcomes and performance improvement.