Part-Time Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Brain Injury Unit

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

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine seeks a Nursing Clinical Coordinator for a 0.6 FTE, part‑time role with 12‑hour rotating shifts in Wheaton, IL. This non‑exempt position provides leadership support to the nurse manager for unit daily management and program operations, ensuring safe staffing and quality patient care.

Responsibilities include staffing monitoring, scheduling and evaluations, assisting with interviews, budget input, and coordinating performance improvement activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• CRRN required within 6 months of hire date or eligibility.
• Analytical skills necessary to assess a patients condition and utilize the nursing process and professional judgment in providing comprehensive patient care are required.
• Ability to interact with patients, families, medical personnel and other members of the health care team.
• Ability to perform effectively and efficiently in stressful, urgent situations.
• Cognizant of customer needs related to culture, age, developmental level and diagnoses.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge and experience with PC-based applications, i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Exhibits creative and positive problem-solving abilities.
• Minimum 3 years nursing experience demonstrating progressive responsibilities.

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

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Patient care knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

CRRN within 6 months

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Northwestern Medicine seeks a Nursing Clinical Coordinator for a 0.6 FTE, part‑time role with 12‑hour rotating shifts in Wheaton, IL. This non‑exempt position provides leadership support to the nurse manager for unit daily management and program operations, ensuring safe staffing and quality patient care.

Responsibilities include staffing monitoring, scheduling and evaluations, assisting with interviews, budget input, and coordinating performance improvement activities.