Nursing Clinical Coordinator: Shift Leader & Quality

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare; Wheaton (IL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus eligibility

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a part-time Nursing Clinical Coordinator (0.6 FTE) in Wheaton, IL. The role is non-exempt and involves leading the unit's daily operations, staffing oversight, and program management. You will collaborate with nursing staff, participate in performance improvement, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

A Bachelor's degree and CRRN within 6 months are required. This position offers competitive benefits within the Northwestern Medicine system and supports

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• CRRN required within 6 months of hire date or eligibility.
• Analytical skills necessary to assess a patient’s condition and utilize the nursing process and professional judgment in providing comprehensive patient care are required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge and experience with PC-based applications, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership support to nurse manager for unit daily management and program management.
• Monitors nursing staffing, operational and care needs, to assure resources available to provide quality patient care, within a specified shift or time frame.
• Maintains unit safe staffing levels through just in time recruitment.
• Assists nursing manager with direct supervision of nursing staff, including scheduling and evaluations.
• Assists with interviews for positions in the nursing department in conjunction with Human Resources.
• Provides staff feedback & competency assessments on an annual basis to nursing manager.
• Ensures employees adherence to standards of performance.
• Provides feedback to employees regarding performance of job duties or adherence to standards of conducts and initiates formal counseling action under the nurse managers oversight when necessary.
• Develops implements and upholds department and organization policies and procedures.
• Recommends changes to policies and procedures to the nursing manager, when appropriate.
• Assists nursing manager with monitoring staff overtime and supports fiscal budget controls on an ongoing basis.
• Provides input to nursing manager in devising an appropriate budget, according to the organizations strategic objectives.
• Accountable for daily charges, meeting NHPPD, expense control and other budget goals.
• Uses effective service recovery skills to solve problems or service breakdowns when they occur.
• Carries out other duties and special assignments as delegated.
• Educates trains and supports staff on necessary procedures, changes and operational issues to assure quality care delivery and policy adherence, as appropriate.
• Assists nursing manager with staff compliance with mandatory education and training requirements, as appropriate.
• Demonstrates proficiency as a staff nurse and serves as a role model and resource to staff.
• Supports and coordinates performance improvement activities for assigned staff.
• Participates, or designates appropriate staff to participate, on process improvement teams.
• Participates in system and local quality improvement goals.
• Displays knowledge of PI process.
• Collects, analyzes and organizes patient care data for the unit.
• Assists manager that staff are following regulatory standards.
• Is a unit leader and is accountable for hardwiring evidence based and unit specific tactics for patient satisfaction (i.e. Hourly Rounding, bedside shift report, discharge calls, and AIDET.)
• Monitors for improvement of chart audit findings at employee level and provides follow-up.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's Degree

CRRN (within 6 months)

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a part-time Nursing Clinical Coordinator (0.6 FTE) in Wheaton, IL. The role is non-exempt and involves leading the unit's daily operations, staffing oversight, and program management. You will collaborate with nursing staff, participate in performance improvement, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

A Bachelor's degree and CRRN within 6 months are required. This position offers competitive benefits within the Northwestern Medicine system and supports