Nurse Clinical Coordinator - Inpatient / PACU

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Shriners Children's St. Louis has an opportunity for a Clinical Coordinator to provide professional assistance in directing, planning, coordinating and evaluating nursing care and delivery of patient care for the Inpatient, PACU, and EPACU Departments. Join a team of professionals committed to improving children's lives. Our top healthcare professionals excel in their practices and provide compassionate, family-centered care to children who need it most.

Hours : This full-time position will work Monday - Friday, 6 : 30 am - 3 : 00 pm. There is an on-call requirement but no weekends or holidays.

Responsibilities

• The Nurse Clinical Coordinator provides leadership, direction and clinical support to nursing staff to promote quality patient care and a safe work environment.
• The successful leader will monitor staff performance, attendance / tardiness, and professional work environment with a team approach.
• In this position, you'll be responsible for supervising orientation of new staff, educating staff on policies and procedures and always look for performance improvement opportunities.
• The Clinical Coordinates and supervises the care of patients and collaborates with other members of the health care team to plan, implement, and evaluate appropriate interventions.
• Assists in planning, evaluating, organizing, supervising and implementing activities related to patient and operational processes in accordance to unit / hospital policies and procedures.
• Assists with coordination, supervision, assessment, and evaluation of staff performance, Joint Commission (TJC) readiness and emergency preparedness.
• Develops, implements, and continually monitors the infection control policies and procedures for all departments.
• Implements an on-going surveillance system for detecting and monitoring hospital-acquired and community infections; ensures compliance to regulatory requirements.

Note : This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required :

Preferred :

Charge RN or education coordinator experience