RN Patient Care Coordinator - SVN Cardiac N12 (NP)

RN Patient Care Coordinator - SVN Cardiac N12 (NP)

Title: RN Patient Care Coordinator - SVN Cardiac N12 (NP)
Location: AR-Sherwood-St Vincent Medical Ctr North
Job Summary:

Responsibilities include facilitating and supervising day-to-day operations of the Unit. Collaborates with staff, Nurse Managers, team leaders, supervisors, and physicians to ensure quality patient care is being provided with optimum patient outcomes.


Essential Duties:


Human Resources Management
* Functions as a mentor and coach.
* Assists with preparation of unit schedules.
* Establishes daily work plans for team of employees.
* Schedules staff for attendance at and completion of mandatory education.
* Maintains current staff certifications per regulatory requirements.
* Guides peer interviewing process in the selection of unit staff.
* Provides input and feedback to the nurse manager in regards to team performance management.

Fiscal Management
* Assists in development and achievement of departmental budgets and goals.
* Assists with payroll activities such as monitoring timekeeping.
* Effectively manages material and supply usage.

Leadership
* Assists in communicating a shared vision, mission and values within the department.
* Facilitates ongoing problem solving that utilizes Department PI to achieve desired quality outcomes.
* Conducts on-the-job training and education on topics such as quality and patient satisfaction.
* Participates and leads committees and councils as assigned.
* Accountable for patient/physician satisfaction, leading process improvement efforts/measures
* Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care according to established standards, policies and procedures.
* Maintains and supports an atmosphere that supports and encourages high performance, teamwork and continual improvement of staff.
* Helps facilitate the flow of information to staff through numerous channels and opportunities.
* Supports the unit council through encouraging problem solving, experimentation, creativity, and calculated risk taking, resulting in a high level of individual and group morale.
* Communicates clearly what is expected of others, and addresses issues in an objective manner.
* Maintains ongoing compliance with regulatory standards through patient rounding, EOC (environment of care) rounding, and physician rounding.

Clinical Competence
* Maintains knowledge and competence in areas of management and clinical practice.
* Demonstrates flexibility from management to clinical.
* Participates in educational programs to enhance clinical/management experience.
* Serves as a clinical resource in area of e models Clinical and professional excellence.

Education:

Licensed / Registered in the State of Arkansas in Nursing / Allied Health. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Obtainment of a Bachelor degree is encouraged within 4 years of assuming position. Participation in career ladder is desirable.

Experience:

2 years recent Nursing experience; 1 year charge/management experience preferred.


License/Certification:
* Current state RN license required.
* BLS certification required.
Additional Responsibilities:

* Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
* Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
* Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
* Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
* Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
* Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community
Catholic Health Initiatives and its organizations are Equal Opportunity : Medical/Surgical Services