Registered Nurse (rn) - coor Clinical Periop/pacu Fulltime Days

RN Clin Coord for Recovery/PACU at Wellstar Paulding

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Fulltime Day Shift

Sign on Bonus Eligible

Magnet Designated Paulding campus dedicated to exceptional patient care experience. Baldrige/Prism/Leapfrog/Beacon/Lantern awards for overall excellence - 4 STAR CMS scores for patient satisfaction- committed to quality community care

2 years RN in specialty area

The Clinical Coordinator is a registered professional nurse who functions under the Nurse Manager or Assistant Nurse Manager and is responsible for providing leadership and assistance in facilitating activities/services for a department. The Clinical Coordinator has shared responsibility for supporting and adhering to standards of practices, system, and department policies and procedures, and ensuring quality patient care. Other responsibilities include assisting with ensuring compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by all team members, visitors and providers. Key responsibilities of the RN Clinical Coordinator include ensure satisfaction, appropriate reporting, coordination of departmental functions, process improvement, vendor relations, equipment and supplies, service recovery, employee trust and engagement, and staff education. The Clinical Coordinator will work in collaboration with the manager to maintain trust, retention, and recruitment. The Nursing Clinical Coordinator is a subject matter expert to all levels of nursing staff and nursing management for facility, clinical, and surgical practices. He/she fosters positive communication and collaboration practices for physicians and staff. The Nursing Clinical Coordinator is responsible for Performance Improvement and quality assurance aspects of functional area. It is expected that all Nurse Leaders are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Assures that supplies and appropriate staff members are available for each case/procedure for scheduled procedures

Works with surgeons and staff to manage preference cards so that supplies, instruments, and equipment are available for each case

Works with materials management and vendors to assure appropriate supplies, instruments, and equipment are available

Works with department leaders, vendors, and surgeons on all capital equipment requests

Implement standards of practice, system, and department policies and procedures

Review and implement department policies and procedures

As a subject matter expert, recommend or propose changes

Ensure understanding and compliance with standards and policies

Ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by all department personnel

Hold accountable the individuals in the practice areas to practice and policies and escalate concerns immediately as appropriate

Maintain level of knowledge of current compliance requirements and pending change through professional education and awareness

Serve as subject matter expert in functional area for all levels of staff and for education and information sharing

Fosters open communication and collaborative practices between staff, other departments, and physicians/care providers

Partner with Management and Educators to provide appropriate training and learning opportunities for staff

Promotes safe environment for staff and patients

Promotes professional nursing practice through education based on evidence based practice and ethical responsibility

Manages and monitors the onboarding of new team members in collaboration with unit based educators and managers

Promotes and actively participates in performance improvement initiatives designed to enhance quality patient care and improve work processes and efficiencies

Partner with managers and staff to ensure fiscal responsibility through individual accountability, identification, and implementation of cost containment activities, reduction or elimination of waste

Empowers shared decision by fostering teamwork, open communication, and inclusion of diverse thought

Research and present ideas on improvements in the areas of customer satisfaction, reporting and clinical services

Uses problem solving and communication skills to bring forth performance improvement ideas and opportunities

Uses established Performance Improvement criteria when addressing issues or recommending changes in practice, policies and procedures

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

Holds self and staff to the highest professional standards and ethics ensuring corporate compliance standards etc. are met by leaders and staff

Is an active member of ones professional community and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and nursing leadership advances the field through transformational executive leadership, support of shared governance, and scholarly activity

Successfully works with the nurse manager to employ change management strategies and instills in self and others the curiosity to explore new knowledge and ideas

Resources and Support

Engages leaders in decision- making and partners with others to promote patient centered care and service excellence while effectively providing leadership and management skills for a specific business/clinical unit, possesses strong and effective negotiation and mediation skills

Serves to support the nurse managers to promote the effective running of the care delivery system and ensures that the clinical processes of care are working as intended

Serves as a resource for all leaders and accepts additional leadership responsibilities

Analyzes and manages financial resources; uses lean and other quality skills to reduce waste and improve performance of operations and clinical systems of care; integrates marketing and communication strategies to advance ones service line and organization as a whole

Hires and develops an engaged team of leaders and staff that raises each others performance to achieve top percentile standing in all pillar goals

Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Collaboration

Effectively communicates to diverse audiences on nursing, health care and organizational issues and this includes the ability to set standards and holds leaders and staff accountable for performance standards

Proactively establishes a health work place by reducing unnecessary conflict - resolves it when necessary promotes and achieves positive team dynamics

Establishes partnerships by employing strong relationship building skills with all hospital leaders and medical staff by striving to understand others (and situations) and keeping the long view in mind is fair and just using reflective practice skills to monitor self and leader performance/interaction skills exercising coaching and guiding skills

Creates opportunities for self and leaders to grow professionally and implements a desirable workplace to recruit and retain talented leaders and staff

Professional Development

Seeks opportunities to advance knowledge and skills through formal and information education offerings to enhance ones understanding of how healthcare is financed and how to manage a diverse nursing workforce

Represents the organization positively to the community, building credibility and willingness to serve on committees and taskforces as needed to share knowledge and skill; champion a service line or need; and seeks opportunities to advance skill and scope of responsibilities

Evidence Based Practice and Research

Effectively identifies areas of improvement of leaders and clinical systems and sponsors projects to improve the same

Includes assuring nursing division meets or exceeds licensure, regulatory and accreditation standards

Applies the effective use of data and evidence to support decision making for clinical and operational responsibilities and demonstrates awareness of legal and ethical issues related to patient and staff data, information and confidentiality

Performs other duties as assigned Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

Associate's Degree or diploma in Nursing from an accredited institution Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support-Preferred or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor-Preferred

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 2 years as a Registered Nurse in specialty area Required

Required Minimum Skills:

Ability to read, write, and speak the English language. Possesses advanced clinical knowledge and skills in the field of practice. Demonstrates knowledge of standards related to the field of practice. Financial Management awareness and understanding of the concepts of interpersonal relationships. Strong customer service skills. Inter- and intradepartmental coordinator of patient care activities. Delegation skills required. Ability to multi-task is essential. Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential. Strong detail orientation required. Computer skills required, including Microsoft Office products, electronic