Acute Care Clinical Coordinator - Nursing Ops Lead

St. Luke's University Health Network; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s University Health Network is seeking a Clinical Coordinator to plan, coordinate, direct and evaluate daily operations on the unit, guiding the unit-based team to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.

The role emphasizes staffing, performance improvement, education, regulatory record-keeping, and budget adherence, with opportunities to participate in hiring and staff development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current license to practice in the State of New Jersey or Pennsylvania.
• Two to five years nursing experience in unit specialty preferred.
• Evidence of successful completion of BLS.

Responsibilities

• Develops, evaluates and adjusts current and future staffing based upon patient care needs.
• Assigns responsibility for patient care with the unit-based team.
• Maintains departmental records for administrative and regulatory purposes.
• Facilitates staff education activities (i.e. orientation, competency, skill reviews, mandatory in-servicing).
• Provides input to annual performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Participates in hiring and counseling staff.
• Conducts customer service activities and handling of complaints – patients, families, staff or physician.
• Assists with management functions on unit.
• Manages daily operations within budget parameters.
• Performs in depth, systematic assessment of all assigned patients.
• Formulates collaborative plans of care and identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Implements, evaluates and documents patient care interventions and effectiveness in accordance with care plan.
• Organizes, coordinates and prioritizes patient care consistently utilizing available resources.
• Demonstrates competency in the assessment, range of treatment, knowledge of growth and development and communication appropriate to the age of the patient treated.
• Takes active role in unit-based performance improvement and committees, as appropriate.

Skills

Nursing coordination

Unit staffing

Regulatory compliance

Education

Registered Nurse license (NJ/PA)

Job description

St. Luke’s University Health Network is seeking a Clinical Coordinator to plan, coordinate, direct and evaluate daily operations on the unit, guiding the unit-based team to deliver safe, high-quality patient care.

The role emphasizes staffing, performance improvement, education, regulatory record-keeping, and budget adherence, with opportunities to participate in hiring and staff development.