Forensic Medicine Coordinator: 40 hours/week Day shift

Albany Medical College; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 78,773 - 122,099; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care coverage

Support for emotional and physical wellbeing

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A prominent medical institution in Albany is seeking a Coordinator for the SANE Program. The role includes providing forensic examinations, training healthcare professionals, and maintaining equipment for evidence collection. Candidates must have an RN license and completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course. The position values critical thinking, effective communication, and teamwork, ensuring high-quality care for victims of violence. Competitive salary range from $78,773.63 to $122,099.12 with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse is required.
• Must have NYS SAFE Certification upon hire.
• SANE-A and SANE-P certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide forensic examinations for victims of violence.
• Train residents and nurses in forensic care.
• Maintain forensic equipment and supplies.
• Oversee peer review of documentation.

Skills

Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment

Effective interpersonal communication

Problem solving techniques

Critical thinking skills

Team collaboration

Education

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing

Completion of SANE course

RN State Licensure

BCLS Certification

Job description

Department/Unit:SANE ProgramWork Shift:Day (United States of America)Salary Range:$78,773.63 - $122,099.12Providing forensic examinations for Albany Medical Center Monday through Friday, day shift, along with meeting the educational needs for our program.**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* 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 - preferredThank 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 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. , along with , , , and the , form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.