RN - Patient Care Coordinator
1 week ago
Overview:
The proficient Nurse, within a similar clinical environment, operates autonomously and showcases an understanding of all pertinent aspects of a scenario. Delivers both routine and intricate care, with the capability to focus on long-term objectives or strategies. Continues to enhance the ability to manage and adapt to the complexities of clinical nursing. Makes suitable assignments and delegates responsibilities to other healthcare providers as a means to assist in managing the clinical situation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Meets the expectations of the relevant OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• In alignment with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care through the nursing process, which includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families according to their level of practice.
• Administers medications and treatments following the appropriate protocols; monitors for side effects and the effectiveness of prescribed treatments.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medications, and care provided.
• Assesses educational needs and offers guidance to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.
Core Competencies
Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
• Employs critical thinking skills to evaluate the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and developmental needs of patients and families.
• Communicates findings to relevant healthcare team members.
• Develops and implements a specific plan of care, modifying it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practices.
• Executes patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progress towards treatment and educational goals.
• Evaluates the care and treatments provided to the patient and their responses.
• Conducts timely reassessments and documentation.
• Must be capable of performing unit-specific competencies based on the designated patient care needs for the unit's patient population.
Standard II: Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
• Anticipates and plans for admission, discharge, and transfer needs to facilitate patient flow.
• Utilizes appropriate communication systems and tools to aid the discharge process.
• Guides on tools and techniques for verifying and validating orders to ensure accuracy.
Standard III: Unit Operations
• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions within a specific nursing unit during an assigned shift.
• Demonstrates responsible stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
• Assesses departmental staffing requirements; actively participates in resource allocation efforts.
• Educates and trains others on operations, ethics, and regulations within the healthcare industry.
Standard IV: Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations
• Integrates patient safety practices and guidelines to foster a safe environment, resulting in positive patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement initiatives.
• Provides evidence-based nursing care.
• Effectively communicates patient information across the continuum of care.
• Educates and trains others on operations, ethics, and regulations within the healthcare industry.
• Knowledgeable of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; able to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.
Technical Competencies
Clinical Policies and Standards
• Adheres to a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
• Analyzes policy and standards documentation to ensure organizational compliance.
• Provides feedback for the enhancement of procedures.
• Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
• Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools, and techniques.
Health Information Documentation
• Shares experiences related to maintaining both paper and electronic patient documentation.
• Walks through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating, and updating patient records.
• Describes the flow of information between various stations or units.
• Discusses the functions, features, and document flow of electronic documentation.
• Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy.
• Explains best practices in health information documentation and their rationale across healthcare practices.
Medical Equipment
• Describes experience with basic medical equipment utilized in the unit or facility.
• Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolve common equipment issues.
• Educates patients on the appropriate use of home medical equipment.
• Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to guarantee patient safety.
• Inspects, troubleshoots, and evaluates incoming equipment.
Medical Order Processing
• Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more patient groups or conditions.
• Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update, and forward medical orders.
• Discusses common errors, their sources, and procedures for correction.
• Explains considerations for entering and following standing orders.
• Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and the considerations for each.
Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
• Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients under their care.
• Reviews patients' charts for completeness and accuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions.
• Recognizes unexpected readings and notifies nursing or medical staff.
• Relates examples of misreadings or misinterpretations and lessons learned.
• Reviews, discusses, and validates their interpretations with others.
Patient Safety
• Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings.
• Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings.
• Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members.
• Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems.
• Describes considerations for patients who may cause harm to themselves versus harm to others.
• Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participating in immediate investigation, analysis, and reporting in real-time.
Qualifications:
Experience
- 1 year of experience in the relevant nursing specialty preferred.
Education
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred.
Licenses/Certifications/Registrations
- RN License in the state of employment or compact.
- BLS required.
Work Schedule:
7PM - 7AM
Work Type:
Full Time
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