Clinical Coordinator

Job Description:

ED Clinical Coordinator

Full-Time I Second Shift

Emergency Department I Lexington, KY

Unit Description:
An Emergency department (ED) that provides 24-hour emergency care to patients who need urgent medical attention for severe injuries or illness.

Description:

• Clinical Coordinator role assumes entry-level and clinical leadership and accountability for nursing care team operations while maintaining responsibility defined in the RN job description.
• As a coordinator, this role provides ongoing coordination of unit-level activities supporting excellence in professional nurse practice environment, evidence-based care delivery and related nursing, patient, and family-centered outcomes in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team as identified by the director.
• Identifies, coordinates, and collaborates for process improvement opportunities at the care team, care center, and organizational levels.
• Participates in both clinical and entry level leadership activities to ensure service-oriented, quality, effective, safe continuity of patient care such as unit-based Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QA/PI) initiatives and development of improvement action plan.
• Promotes the use of best practice by promoting the use of evidence-based nursing/best practices throughout the unit.
• Acts as a consultant in the development and implementation of the efficient and interdisciplinary patient's plan of care.
• Supports quality improvement initiatives, under the direction of the unit director while assuring consistent delivery in (including direct observation) standards of practice for optimal patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates effective communication with patient, family, Physicians, Other staff, and Director.
• Maintains clinical competencies and can provide direct nursing care to patients as needed.
• Actively participates in nursing research activities within the facility.
• Collaborates with Staff and Management to support compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies and the Accreditation Commission for Healthcare.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3 years of experience.
• Active KY Registered Nurse License.
• BLS and ACLS.

Benefits:

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• PTO Sell Back Program
• Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
• Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support