Clinical Coordinator - Float Pool

St. Mary's Medical Center - Huntington, WV; Huntington (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabell Huntington Hospital seeks a full-time Clinical Coordinator for the Float Pool to optimize nursing staffing and patient care delivery. You will allocate resources, ensure safe and compassionate care, and participate in unit-level decisions with a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include staffing using the unit matrix, payroll completion, staff education, and on-call support, while promoting open communication and interdepartmental collaboration to support patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Allocates human resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care using the unit-based staffing matrix.
• Maintains safe, compassionate nursing care based on current standards and practice.
• Promotes shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing input into unit-level decisions and informing staff at the unit level.
• Problem solves to prevent crises, assesses and evaluates unit operational issues and assists the nurse manager by sharing on-call responsibilities.
• Provides education and training based on staff needs while ensuring clinical competencies meet standards of practice.
• Facilitates an atmosphere of interactive management and collegial relationships among nursing personnel and others.
• Serves as a link in continuity of care between nursing personnel and other healthcare disciplines and supports communication for patient care continuity.
• Responsible for education and training of staff in the specialty area, staffing and scheduling using the staffing matrix, payroll completion, unit performance improvement plan, employee evaluations, and, when needed, serving as a staff nurse.
• Ensures that care is delivered with respect for patient rights and appropriate nursing services.
• Defines unit environment and promotes an open, respectful atmosphere that shares expertise to improve health outcomes.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager or Director in planning, innovation, and evaluation of unit activities.

Job description

Cabell Huntington Hospital is seeking a full-time Clinical Coordinator for our Float Pool department.

Clinical Coordinators allocate human resources to promote efficient, effective, safe and compassionate nursing care using the unit-based staffing matrix. They are responsible for maintaining safe, compassionate nursing care based on current standards and practice. They promote shared decision-making and professional autonomy by providing input into unit-level decisions and keeping the staff informed at the unit level. They problem solve to prevent a potential crisis, assess, evaluate, and manage unit operational issues and assist the nurse manager by sharing on-call responsibilities.

The Clinical Coordinator provides education and training based on the staff’s needs while making sure that clinical competencies of staff meet standards of practice. They facilitate an atmosphere of interactive management and the development of collegial relationships among nursing personnel and others. Clinical Coordinators serve as a link in continuity of care between nursing personnel and others healthcare disciplines and must have facilitate open communication to support the continuum of care for the patient.

The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for (a) education and training of staff based on the specialty area, (b) staffing and scheduling using the matrix, (c) completion of payroll, (d) completion of the unit performance improvement plan, (e) assisting in the completion of employee evaluations; and, (f) when needed, serving as a staff nurse. The Clinical Coordinator assures that care is delivered with respect for patient rights and appropriate nursing services.

The Clinical Coordinator is accountable for the unit environment in which clinical nursing is practiced. The Clinical Coordinator creates an environment that is open and respectful, and promotes the sharing of expertise to promote the benefits of health outcomes. The ability of the Clinical Coordinator to enhance the practice of the environment is critical to the recruitment and retention of registered nurses. Clinical Coordinators contribute to the unit processes, day-to-day operations, standards of care, and attainment of goals of the assigned unit. Clinical Coordinators collaborate with the Nurse Manager or Director in planning, innovation, and evaluation of unit activities.