Description
Description SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
Work Schedule: Full-Time Day Shift (7am to 7pm)
Medical City Denton is a 208-bed,
high-quality, acute care hospital with more than 850 employees and 300
physicians. Serving the people of North Texas, MCD is a Level III Trauma
Center, a Primary Stroke Center and an Accredited Cycle IV Chest Pain Center
offering advanced open-heart surgery. Magnet® recognized for nursing excellence.
Medical City Denton’s Heart and Vascular
Unit, or HVU, is a 28-bed critical care telemetry unit for patients whose
medical conditions warrant closer monitoring, but do not require continuous
invasive monitoring. HVU is a “step-down” critical care unit that cares
for patients with cardiac and vascular diagnoses.
Position Summary & Responsibilities:
The Clinical Nurse Coordinator, under the general
supervision of the unit’s director or designee the CNC assumes responsibility
for direction and coordination of all functions in the unit on his/her
designated shifts. In collaboration with other members of the management team,
this individual is responsible for the ongoing assessment of the quality of
patient care services provided in the unit or department.
The CNC:
- Is a clinical Registered Nurse who can assume care for
the patient population on the assigned unit.
- Assumes responsibility for direction and coordination
of all functions during the designated shift.
- Functions as a resource person for staff member and
assists in necessary education of individual members of the nursing staff.
- Assumes responsibility for the overall quality of
nursing care provided when s/he is on duty
- Makes decisions regarding activities with these areas
based on Administrative Operational Standards, Nursing Administrative
Standards, Human Resource Standards, and Standards of Care for the unit,
in collaboration with other members of the management team.
- Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to
coordinate, evaluate, customize, and deliver high quality, patient-,
family- and person-centered care.
- Operationalizes evidenced-based practices to enhance
patent safety and quality outcomes.
- Represents the organization positively within the
community, and participates in company-supported and other healthcare
related community/patient events and in-services.
- Will assume leadership responsibility for the
management of the unit in support of the manager/director, including
direct supervision of a portion of the unit/department staff, payroll
editing, performance reviews, coaching and developing staff, performance
management, recognition, and other duties as assigned. Each CNC on the
unit will have designated responsibilities, that may rotate, within one or
more of the following core areas:
- Quality, Safety, and Regulatory Preparedness
- Patient Experience
- Employee Engagement, Physician Satisfaction, and
Culture
- Fiscal Responsibility ...
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