Clinical Coord, RN - Santa Clarita, United States - Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

Description

In collaboration with the Senior Director, Cardiovascular Services, the RN Clinical Coordinator in Cardiac Cath Lab and Special Procedures shares accountability for the 24 hour management of clinical nursing practice and patient care delivery, the development of personnel, compliance with regulatory and professional standards and the fostering of interdisciplinary collaborative relationships within the Departments and the organization as a whole.

Responsible for providing individualized, goal directed patient care to families and patients at the proficient level utilizing the principles and practices of the nursing process; delivers safe and effective care and interacts with other members of the health care team to achieve desired results.

Consistently models excellence in patient care and service excellence and contributes to unit leadership at a high level of proficiency.

• Current CA. RN license
• Current BLS provider card
• Current ACLS provider card
• National or state certification in area of practice preferred
• Member in professional organization preferred

• AA degree
• Bachelor's degree preferred

• A Five (5) years current nursing experience in specialty with demonstration of competent clinical judgment and leadership ability.
• Basic management experience including one (1) year progressive charge nurse experience.
• BSN/Bachelor's degree in related field may be substituted for 2 years of experience.
• MSN/Master's in related field may be substituted for 3 years of experience.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective two way communication skills (listening and speaking); strong interpersonal skills with staff, physicians, patients and their significant others.
• Strong leadership and critical reasoning skills in clinical decision-making, planning and organizing, initiative and ingenuity, creativity, independent decision-making, problem solving, and ability to interpret data.
• Ability to work effectively with physicians and multidisciplinary teams toward achieving a common goal in accordance with established timelines.

• Continuous standing/walking and occasional/intermittent sitting.
• Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and shoulder level to handle/operate medical equipment/devices.
• Frequent reaching above shoulder level and overhead.
• Frequent forward bending, twisting, squatting and kneeling; occasional climbing.
• Occasional repositioning and transferring patients weighing up to 200 pounds between bed, chair, and gurney.
• Occasional lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional/intermittent pushing of gurneys, wheelchairs, bed and other medical equipment over tiled and carpeted surfaces.
• Continuous use of near vision to read medical equipment such as monitoring devices and reading documents and computer screens; hearing and verbal communication to interact with patients, co-workers, and other customers.