Unit Coordinator - Piedmont Geriatric Hospital
About The Position
As the Unit Coordinator, this position plays a key role in supporting strong performance and a positive work environment, while delivering and ensuring high quality geriatric patient care. This position will provide clear daily guidance, offer regular feedback, provide coaching as necessary, and handle performance management of staff. The Unit Coordinator will collaborate with clinical and support teams as well as participating in treatment team meetings and hospital committees as assigned. This position primarily works day shift; however, the Unit Coordinator is expected to provide leadership support based on operational needs. Responsibilities include oversight of the assigned nursing unit, occasional evening supervisory coverage, and participation in the House Supervisor rotation, which includes approximately every fourth or fifth weekend and assigned holidays.
Requirements
- Considerable knowledge of geriatric and psychiatric/mental health nursing.
- Considerable knowledge of supervisory/administrative principles and practices.
- Considerable knowledge of basic budgeting and accounting.
- Considerable knowledge of legal requirements affecting Nursing services.
- Considerable ability to assess a changing patient environment and manage the therapeutic milieu.
- Considerable skills in advanced nursing procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively to evaluate clinical program and staff performance.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and refine standards of care.
- Demonstrated ability to establish operational procedures and priorities.
- Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Walking and/or standing for up to 8 hours or more.
- Bending and lifting.
- Transporting patients in geri-chairs and wheelchairs.
- Some shift work.
- Ability to work overtime hours when required.
- May be exposed to aggressive psycho-geriatric patients.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
- ANCC Certification in Adult Psychiatric or Mental Health Nursing preferred.
- ANCC Certification in Geriatric Nursing strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide clear daily guidance to staff.
- Offer regular feedback to staff.
- Provide coaching as necessary.
- Handle performance management of staff.
- Collaborate with clinical and support teams.
- Participate in treatment team meetings.
- Participate in hospital committees as assigned.
- Provide leadership support based on operational needs.
- Oversight of the assigned nursing unit.
- Occasional evening supervisory coverage.
- Participation in the House Supervisor rotation (approximately every fourth or fifth weekend and assigned holidays).
Benefits
- Choice of health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Retirement plans
- 13 paid holidays
- Annual leave
- Family personal leave
- Sick leave
- Employee discount programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
