Clinical Coordinator – Charge Registered Nurse – Dialysis

Clinical Coordinator – Charge Registered Nurse – Dialysis

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; Advanced Degree desirable
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing (R.N.)
• Current appropriate state licensure and ACLS certification
• 6 – 8 years’ related experience
• Minimum of three years’ experience in an Ambulatory Surgical Center/Vascular Access Lab, or a combination of ASC, surgical, Interventional Radiology and ICU/CCU experience
• Proficiency with the Microsoft office suite is necessary
• Good communication skills – verbal and written
• Certified in CPR or successfully complete course in CPR certification

Responsibilities

• Responsible for supporting and driving quality standards through meeting regulatory requirements and the practice of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), including use of CQI tools
• Assists with implementing quality goals and develops facility specific action plans to achieve quality standards
• Accountable for outstanding quality of patient care, as defined by the quality goals, by working with management to ensure that policies and procedures are followed
• Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge
• Ensures patients and patient’s families are educated regarding post procedure care of vascular access
• Acts as a resource for the staff to address patient concerns and questions
• Ensures patient’s procedures are scheduled in a timely manner and the facility capacity is utilized efficiently
• Assumes primary responsibility in an emergency situation and must maintain competency with all emergency operational procedures, and initiate CPR and emergency measures as needed
• Ensures appropriate operation of facility equipment and technology, including but not limited, patient monitors, defibrillators, medical recording devices and computers
• Participates in cost control initiatives. Responsible for efficient utilization of medication, laboratory, inventory, supplies and equipment to achieve supply cost goals following all guidelines established in the formularies
• Acts as the Facility Manager in the absence of the manager or at the direction of management

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years’ supervisory or project/program management experience preferred
• Minimum of three years’ Interventional Radiology, scrub experience preferred
• Supervisory or management experience within a medical or vascular access environment preferred