RN Clinical Coordinator Emergency Room

CommonSpirit Health; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs is seeking an RN Clinical Coordinator to support the department director by coordinating clinical and department activities across the unit. You will act as a clinical resource, guide care teams, assign duties, and participate in shift leadership while ensuring high-quality patient care.

The role requires an RN with solid clinical skills, leadership potential, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or by endorsement.
• One year of clinical RN experience.
• RN license to practice in state of employment.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient care plans and observe outcomes with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide leadership, support, and coordination of unit operations during designated shift.
• Direct, organize, and prioritize all shift activities to meet patient care and staff needs.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Nursing Specialty Certification

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN Clinical Coordinator, you will actively support the department director/manager by coordinating clinical and department activities for the unit, serving as a vital clinical resource and professional role model.

Every day you will demonstrate strong clinical judgment, ensure high-quality care delivery, act as a crucial link between physicians and the patient care team, authorize work procedures, assign duties, manage as shift charge, and actively take patient assignments based on unit needs and acuity, all while promoting patient well-being and adhering to professional standards.

To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with exceptional clinical skills, strong leadership potential, superior communication and collaboration abilities, and an unwavering commitment to ethical practice, quality patient care, and a supportive team environment.

• Assesses patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data. Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides leadership, support, and coordination of unit’s daily operations during designated shift.
• Assists in directing, organizing, and prioritizing all shift activities ensuring patient care and staff needs are met.
• Ensures appropriateness of admissions/cases to the unit/department and that appropriate staff skill mix exists to provide safe patient care.
• Liaison to the multidisciplinary patient care team.

Job Requirements

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing or by endorsement
• One (1) year of clinical RN experience.
• RN license to practice in state of employment as applicable.

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Nursing Specialty Certification

Where You'll Work

Penrose - St. Francis Health Services is a full-service, 712-bed acute care provider in Colorado Springs comprising Penrose Hospital, St. Francis Hospital and St. Francis Hospital - Interquest. Penrose Hospital serves as the anchor hospital of Penrose-St. Francis Health Services with 300-licensed beds and the ability to provide tertiary (high tech) medical-surgical services with an emphasis on elective and outpatient care. Established in 1890, Penrose Hospital has grown to become a major health treatment and referral center, specializing in cancer care, cardiac care, emergency trauma care and physical rehabilitation. It's an incredible time to join us as we are a proud Magnet Hospital with designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for superior quality in nursing care. With more than 300 days of annual sunshine, mild winters and easy-to-access recreational areas like Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and some of Colorado's top destination resorts, you will enjoy an incredible lifestyle while having the career you've always wanted.