CLINICAL COORDINATOR ORTHOPEDICS

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FTE: 1.000000

Shift: Days

Location: RIVERSIDE ORTHO & SPINE CENTER

Summary

The Outpatient Orthopedic Clinical Nurse Coordinator will manage all clinical aspects of the orthopedic service line. The clinical coordinator will serve as the clinical expert in the delivery and management of comprehensive care while utilizing research and evidence-base practice. The coordinator is the liaison between all stakeholders that directly or indirectly interact with patients. (Including but not limited to surgeons, primary care, nurses, physical therapists, case management, quality committees, marketing, rehabilitations units, and community resources.) The coordinator will exhibit enthusiasm towards adopting a systems-based approach and demonstrate leadership while fostering a culture of team values to improve patient outcomes and safety.

Experience/Education Requirements

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing, BSN/MSN preferred.
• 2-4 years of clinical experience in Orthopedics.
• Demonstrates operational leadership experience including an understanding of core measures and CMS regulations.
• EPIC documentation experience preferred
  
  

License Or Certification Requirements

• Current Illinois RN license.
• ACLS certification required.
• Orthopedics Nurse Certified (ONC) preferred.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Plans, coordinates, and directs all activities between the interdisciplinary team to direct and facilitate departmental throughput to attain positive outcomes.
• Coordinates with ancillary departments such as lab, radiology, rehabilitation, home health, DME for safe compassionate care to ensure positive outcomes for patients.
• Acts as a liaison to departmental staff, medical personnel, patients, and family members. Assists in any patient care concerns, issues, and complaints.
• Performs educational meetings to keep staff updated and informed with current evidence-base practices and changes to ensure the best patient outcomes.
• Serves as mentor and role model for staff development and a resource for the team. Insures staff meet all competency and employee health standards as well as mandatory education standards. Provides input into and assists in the completion of the annual performance review of those staff members.
• Supervises team members activities and provides input on chart development, orientation, and training.
• Ensures safe and cost-effective staffing levels as well as ensuring staff follow proper safety and nursing care standards.
• Ensures that staff act professionally, are courteous, and respectful towards patients, physicians, guests, and staff. Considers the diverse needs of each patient while ensuring that patients are treated with dignity and their needs are met, optimizing the patient experience.
• Participates in systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, and desired client-centered outcomes.
• Utilizes critical thinking and sound clinical judgment and works autonomously to solve problems.
• Facilitates resolution to patient problems and concerns, ensuring appropriate service recovery.
• Teams with site supervisor to ensure cohesion during day to day operations.
• Collaborates with Nursing unit managers/team leaders on nursing problems and interpretation of hospital policies to ensure patient needs are met.
• Directs the team regarding discharge planning and utilization management.
• Coordinates activities with other patient care units, when needed
• Performs “Rounding with Purpose”
• Suggests or recommends changes in plan of care based on nursing interactions with patient/family
• Ongoing collaboration and interaction with Case Management and Social Work throughout the day.
• Ensures IDPH/DNV requirements are met daily.
  
  

Credentials

Essential:

• Registered Nurse
• ACLS
  
  

Education

Nonessential:

• BACHELOR SCIENCE NURSING
  
  

Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.

Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

Other Information

Exposure/Sensory Requirements:

Exposure To

Chemicals: Alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, Betadine, cleaning products.

Video Display Terminals: Average

Blood and Body Fluids: Performs venipuncture and non-blood specimen collection and performs finger sticks for specimen testing, but the use of universal precautions and protection reduces risk.

TB or Airborne Pathogens: Minimal - if a patient is infected, it is possible that the health care worker would be exposed, but it is greatly diminished by adherence to universal precautions.

Sensory Requirements (speech, Vision, Smell, Hearing, Touch)

Speech: Needed for presentations/training, telephone communication, facilitate meetings, patient communication.

Vision: Needed to read memos, literature, draw blood, and perform specimen handling.

Smell: Electrical/fire safety.

Hearing: Needed for telephone communications, meetings, and listening to employee and patient concerns.

Touch: Needed to write, do computer entry, filing, draw blood and perform specimen handling.

Activity/Lifting Requirements

Average Hours per Week: 32-40

Shift: Days/Evenings

Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:

Sit: 15%

Twist: 2.5%

Stand: 30%

Crawl: 0%

Walk: 30%

Kneel: 0%

Lift: 5%

Drive: 2.5%

Squat: 5%

Climb: 2.5%

Bend: 5%

Reach above shoulders: 2.5%

The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:

Up to 10 lbs: Frequently

Up to 20 lbs: Occasionally

Up to 35 lbs: Occasionally

Up to 60 lbs: Occasionally

Up to 75 lbs: Not Required

Up to 100 lbs: Not Required

Over 100 lbs: Not Required

Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):

). Putting away supplies. Lift above the head occasionally to place boxes on high storage shelves. Carry boxes up and down the stairs - distances up to 100 feet.

Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:

Sit: 30

Twist: .5

Stand: 30

Crawl: 0

Walk: 2

Kneel: 0

Lift: 5

Drive: 30

Squat: 1

Climb: .5

Bend: .5

Reach above shoulders: .5

Repetitive Use Of Hands (Frequency Indicated)

Simple grasp up to 15 lbs. Normal weight: continuous

Pushing & pulling Normal weight: 50-200#

Fine Manipulation: Writing, keyboarding, restocking supplies, specimen handling, venipuncture, assisting examiner.

Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: Not Required

Environmental Factors & Special Hazards

Environmental Factors (Time Spent):

Inside hours: 8.5

Outside hours : 0

Temperature: Normal Range

Lighting: Average

Noise levels: Average

Humidity: Normal

Atmosphere

Special Hazards:

Protective Clothing Required: Gloves when handling blood and body fluids.