Clinical Coordinator

King's Daughters Medical Center; Ashland (KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare facility in Kentucky is seeking a Clinical Coordinator to ensure the smooth delivery of care within the department. The role involves leadership responsibilities, staff management, and ensuring adherence to healthcare regulations while promoting professional development. Ideal candidates will possess a nursing degree, active RN license, and strong leadership skills. This position offers the opportunity to impact patient care and team success positively.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited nursing school for RNs.
• Maintains active RN license in Kentucky.
• Achieves BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and staff coordination.
• Ensure safe and efficient patient care delivery.
• Manage staffing schedules and performance evaluations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Patient Care

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

• JOB SUMMARY
  • The Clinical Coordinator leads and participates in the delivery of care assuring day to day operations of the department run smoothly.
• DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Assures that care is delivered in a safe, efficient, personalized and therapeutic manner through patient rounding, documentation audits, observation of team members, and investigation of complaints. Follows standards and regulations of CMS and The Joint Commission. Reports concerning issues to the Clinical Nurse Leader/Department Manager.
  • Overall performance of below indicated essential job duties:
  • Leads and directs the department in day to day activities while promoting creating a positive work environment, communicating, recognizing individual and department success, coaching and disciplining, and identifying problems/barriers in patient care and working with the team to identify and implement solutions.
  • Responsible for the staffing of the department by coordinating the staff schedule, flexing to meet patient needs and interviewing/hiring to fill vacancies all while maintaining staffing within budgeted HPPD.
  • Accountable for the patient experiences, professional growth and development of the team through performance evaluations, educational needs identification and coordination of training, and holding team members accountable to the policies and procedures of the Medical Center.
  • Assists in the planning, development and implementation of quarterly continuing education and training for staff development.
  • Completes duties assigned per Clinical Nurse Leader to assist with AIMS unit and program.
• EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
  • Minimum requirement:
    • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
    • Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
    • Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Preferred qualifications:
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
    • Three to five years of nursing experience with demonstrated leadership/management ability.
    • Completion of UKKD LEAD Academy
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT
  • Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
  • Constantly exposed toblood and/or body fluids andinfection.
  • Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
  • Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  • Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
  • Frequently required to walk and move about.
  • Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
  • Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
  • Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to50 pounds.
  • Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
  • Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
  • Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.