Forensic Medicine Coordinator

Albany Med; United States; On-site; USD 85,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Med Health System is seeking a Weekend Day Forensic Nurse Examiner Coordinator to perform comprehensive sexual assault examinations and coordinate SAE services for victims of violence at Albany Medical Center. You will work Saturdays and Sundays, 7am–7pm, supporting the SANE program with collaboration across teams and ongoing quality improvement.

The role requires a nursing degree, active RN license, completion of SANE training, and 1–3 years acute care experience; NYS SAFE/SANE

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course per IAFN Education Guidelines.
• 1–3 years of recent acute care RN experience.
• RN license and/or compact licensure on hire.
• NY SAFE/SANE certifications preferred or required for certain roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide forensic examinations for victims of violence on weekends.
• Coordinate scheduling and training of SAEs (Sexual Assault Examiners).
• Maintain chain of custody and evidence handling; ensure proper documentation quality.
• Oversee equipment maintenance, data collection, and grant reporting with Medical Director.
• Ensure compliance with NYSDOH, IAFN, and Joint Commission standards; lead outreach and training.

Skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

Education

BSN BS in Nursing

RN licensure (state/compact)

SANE-A

SANE-P

NY SAFE Certification

Job description

Department/Unit: SANE Program Work Shift: Weekend_Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $84,783.00 - $131,414.00 Will have all the responsibilities of the Forensic Medicine Coordinator.

Position will be a weekend day position: Saturday and Sunday 7am-7pm, providing forensic examinations for Albany Medical Center on all victims of violence.

Additional Responsibilities: In collaboration with the SANE Medical Director, the Coordinator will train interested residents, nurses, mid-levels, and MD's to standardize the care delivered to victims of violence Ensure competencies for the sexual assault examiner are current and stay up to date. Scheduling the SAEs, ensuring their commitment is fulfilled. Compiling data collection, trends, etc. for grant funding with Medical Director. Responsible for maintaining forensic equipment and supplies. Responsible for the Chain of Custody for the evidence collected and storage of equipment. Develop a NYS training program for SAFE/SANE examiners and arrange training classes for SAEs as required. Oversee peer review of documentation, providing feedback for quality improvement. Conduct quarterly staff meetings for process improvement. Ensures the proper criteria are met in caring for victims of violence, in accordance with NYSDOH, International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and Joint Commission standards of Excellence. Coordinates Community outreach trainings. Attend community outreach meetings i.e. area SART, DCJSAE, NYCASA, and communicates back the initiatives at staff meetings. Remain on the schedule for FNE cases, as needed, to stay current. Ensures providers are compensated for their cases as well as their on call pay. Continued involvement in open cases from beginning to end, including follow up from law enforcement, crime lab, and District Attorney’s office. Performs audit reviews of sexual assault documentation and provides feedback to examiners on each case. Assists with organizing community events for examiners to attend. Provides examiners with dates for conferences that are local as well as in other states to attend. Creates a monthly newsletter to keep examiners up to date with changes/equipment/case review. Works with the Medical Director to ensure pediatric and adult documentation is standardized. Meets with the lab to stay current with process of pediatric SA collection and obtaining of cultures, quality review.

Qualifications Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines - required 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse - required Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care. Principles of growth and development. Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications. Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions. Assessments, treatments and medications related to forensic patients. Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies. Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including patient documentation, and in interactions with other agencies. Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules. Maintain confidential patient information. Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment and the use of equipment/instruments relevant to forensic patient care. Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, and interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff. Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, and decision making. RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required BS in Nursing - required. BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required NYS SAFE Certification Upon Hire - required SANE-A - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Adult Upon Hire - preferred SANE-P - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Pediatric Upon Hire - preferred TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire - preferred ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification Upon Hire - preferred PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Upon Hire - preferred

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System! Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including: Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College. Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.