Clin Nurse Coord OR

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Clin Nurse Coord OR you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join LewisGale Hospital Montgomery which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) ensures and delivers high quality, patient-centered care and coordination of all functions in the unit/department during the designated shift. In collaboration with other members of the management team, the CNC directs, monitors, and evaluates nursing care in accordance with established policies/procedures, serves as a resource person for staff, and models a commitment to the organization’s vision/mission/values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes that contribute to overall departmental performance.

What you will do in this role:

• Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians and all aspects of the health care team.
• Effectively promotes and enforces customer service standards. Supports department director with staff and provides feedback regarding staff performance and/or problems.
• Works towards optimizing patient outcomes utilizing evidence based practice, and oversees Unit Based Practice Council.
• Coordinates with the Nursing Director to elevate the clinical expertise and practices of the staff by evaluating the clinical practice and critical thinking skills of the nursing staff as well as modeling best practices .
• Pursues opportunities to enhance personal and professional growth.
• Communicates with staff, and others to exchange feedback on service issues and to solve problems including patient and physician complaints.
• Assists with the orientation of new hires.
• Participates in facility-wide projects and committees. Assists Director with miscellaneous duties or special projects.
• Provides leadership through coordination of services, including monitoring financial indicators for departments and adjusting staffing.
• Promotes team building and department cohesiveness through open communication.
• Responsible for the overall daily function/staffing of the department.
• Assimilates appropriate data necessary for care of the patient and assesses the same for the staff.
• Assimilates appropriate data necessary for care of the patient and assesses the same for the staff.
• Maintains statistical reports. Assists in the development of the department’s annual operating and capital budget.
• Functions as Surgical Services Director role as needed.
• Demonstrates Clinical Judgment as evidenced by graduate of a school of nursing and has successfully passed board exam for licensure.
• The RN demonstrates the essential clinical knowledge to positively affect patient outcomes though implementation of the nursing process of assessing, planning, intervening and evaluating care within the scope of nursing practice per the guidelines of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Demonstrates clinical wisdom through application knowledge.
• Documents effectively and succinctly in a timely fashion.
• Incorporates time management and prioritizes to demonstrate clinical judgment with efficiency.
• Follows LGHM process for dispensing of medications and narcotic control.
• Resolves clinical problems that occur in the Operating Room.
• Questions and evaluates practice, creates practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning.
• Motivated to seek literature to answer questions, and brings best evidence to the clinical area rather than relying on tradition.
• Completes annual educational requirements and other recommended learning activities.

What qualifications you will need:

• Required: Five years experience as a Registered Nurse with demonstrated proficiency in leadership and management skills in area of expertise.
• Preferred: Seven years clinical experience in Perioperative Nursing and leadership experience

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  EDUCATION:
• Required: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a current license as a Registered Professional Nurse in the State of Virginia. BSN or currently enrolled in a BSN program
• Preferred: BSN or MSN

CERTIFICATION:

• Required:
• BLS within 90 days
• National certification in area of expertise.

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery has provided quality healthcare services since 1910. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 140 bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in Southwest Virginia and New River Valley. We specialize in heart and vascular care—with the only cardiac catheterization lab in the New River Valley. We perform percutaneous coronary intervention - (stent and angioplasty). We provide services in orthopedic and spine care, and heartburn treatment at LewisGale Hospital Montgomery’s Heartburn Treatment Center. Our maternity services through our family-focused Birthing Center facilities have award-winning lactation consultants.

At LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Clin Nurse Coord OR opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.