Unit Coordinator- Pre-Admissions/Endo Screening
Location
BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital
Work Schedule
First Shift, Full time, Scheduled Weekly Hours 40
Responsibilities
- Under the unit coordinator’s priority is to function as leader and clinical liaison with staff, physicians and management, providing continuity of leadership day to day.
- The unit coordinator acts as a role model, mentor, coach and resource person to staff to ensure all unit standards are maintained and to encourage a team environment.
- Involved in assisting managers in attracting, developing, maintaining, and retaining qualified staff members.
- Duties include assisting with hiring, orientation, monitoring and evaluating performance, problem solving, employee counseling, staffing, payroll and budget.
- Serves as a contact for internal and external customers and is responsible for maintaining a safe environment of care, fostering positive customer service and meeting all quality standards.
- Provides opportunity for leadership succession.
- Strong leadership, organization and communication skills required.
- Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, ability to resolve conflict, and ability to work as a team leader.
- Demonstrated problem‑solving ability.
- Must work independently, meet deadlines and demonstrate accountability for assignments.
- Must have ability to use software relevant to the job (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.).
- Must have ability to organize and analyze data.
- Must be able to speak and write English fluently.
- Interpretation of regulatory standards and assessment of impact to the organization.
- Evaluates quality and appropriateness of care; conducts/facilitates audits for accreditation, regulatory requirements and organizational standards.
- Accounts for coordination of day-to-day unit operations (patient placements, staff assignments).
- Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel.
- Coordinates department staff schedule with manager input as needed.
- Adjusts department staffing on a day-to-day basis to meet staffing needs.
- Facilitates staff attendance at organizational committees, meetings, etc.
- Manages staffing levels to help department achieve its budget.
- Participates in projecting staffing needs and assisting in creating a staffing plan with manager/director.
- Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel accountable to nurse manager.
- Provides ongoing feedback to staff related to job performance.
- Monitors staff performance on a day-to-day basis.
- Works with manager to develop Personal Development Plans, including follow up and mentoring.
- Acts as a role model, coach, and mentor to staff.
- Evaluates performance of personnel.
- Communicates all staff behavior and performance issues with manager as necessary.
- Participates in discipline process of employees with manager notification for attendance, behavioral and performance issues.
- Co‑facilitates planning and conducting of shared governance meeting.
- Facilitates charge nurse and other unit meetings, reporting to nurse manager.
- Participates in recruitment, selection and retention of personnel.
- Creates and supports an environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged and valued.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and 2 years of clinical experience required.
- Master’s degree in Nursing preferred.
- Previous management experience preferred.
- Formal or informal leadership experience preferred.
- Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing with the State of Michigan.
- Advanced Nursing Specific Certification preferred.
- Department specific requirements such as PALS, BLS, ACLS, etc.
- Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification through PQF or NCC required within 6 months of completing intermediate fetal monitoring.
- Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills required.
- Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills, ability to resolve conflict, and ability to work as a team leader.
- Demonstrated problem‑solving ability.
- Must work independently, meet deadlines and demonstrate accountability for assignments.
- Must have ability to use software relevant to the job (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio, etc.).
- Must have ability to organize and analyze data.
- Must be able to speak and write English fluently.
About Bronson Healthcare
Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900. Today, with a workforce of 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare system.
Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations.
Bronson’s exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what’s right for our patients and their families.
We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment.
What’s more, our state-of-the‑art, technology and evidence-based processes give us the tools we need to deliver the right care, at the right time.
By putting each patient and their family at the center of our work, we demonstrate the dignity and respect we have for each individual we serve.
This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one.
The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.