About This Role
This full-time Clinical Coordinator position in the Pre-operation/Recovery department involves the day-to-day and monthly scheduling, assignment, and supervision of nursing care for patients. The role focuses on facilitating assessment, planning, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of care plans through team nursing and a multi-disciplinary team. The coordinator monitors care delivery to ensure quality, appropriateness, timeliness, and effectiveness, and manages unit activities in the absence of the Director/Nurse Manager during the day shift.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate the RN as Coordinator of Care and activities of the multidisciplinary team and/or other agencies
- Verify orders, maintain the confidential and professional environment of the unit, and act as a resource to the unit staff
- Evaluate care delivery, patient satisfaction, and work with staff to resolve problems
- Investigate and document resolution of variance reports
- Facilitate effective communication with co-workers, physicians, patients, families, and other health care team members
- Promote and model utilization of the SBAR format to co-workers for all handoff reports and changes in patient’s status
- Follow the chain of command
- Complete monthly time schedules and adjust daily to cover call-in and shortages
- Prepare daily assignments
- Retain competency as a team leader and participate in direct care delivery as needed
- Evaluate performance of designated staff and write performance appraisals
- Identify and document situations that require further guidance and counseling of staff
- Coordinate and participate in staff development and assist the Nurse Manager/Director in directing the orientation of new staff
- Check staff competencies
- Coordinate the activities on the unit in the absence of the Nurse Manager/Director, or when assigned
- Perform payroll edits, as assigned
- Participate on committees and supervise unit process improvement initiatives to improve the effectiveness of nursing practice
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Know fire, disaster and safety procedures and regulations as it pertains to the work area
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in nursing
- Minimum of three (3) years’ experience
- Active State of Florida RN license
- BCLS through The American Heart Association
- EKG competency, if applicable
Nice to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing
Benefits
- Annual accrual of 152 Personal Leave Bank (PLB) Hours
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance