Clinical Practice Coordinator – Registered Nurse
At North Shore-LIJ, transforming care begins with empowering you to go as far as your talent and ambition can take you. As the nation's second largest non-profit, secular healthcare system, and the largest employer on Long Island, NY, we offer the opportunity you need to transform your career as you help us change the future of healthcare.
The winner of the National Quality Forum’s 2010 National Quality Healthcare Award, North Shore-LIJ consists of 15 hospitals and several affiliates and related facilities that care for more than seven million people throughout Long Island, Queens, Manhattan and Staten Island. Our workforce of over 42,000 dedicated employees have access to diverse continuing education (including onsite degree programs), internal mobility opportunities and professional development assistance.
We offer competitive employment packages including generous benefits, resources and flexible choices to nurture both your daily life and long-term needs. Our health and wellness benefits include a choice of medical, dental and vision plans, as well as employee assistance. Our retirement benefits include 403(b) and cash balance savings plans. We also offer generous paid time off and holidays, and tuition reimbursement.
Clinical Practice Coordinator - Registered Nurse - Labor and Delivery
Health care
The Clinical Practice Coordinator positively impacts the patient experience by coordinating and supervising the daily Nursing Practice on assigned shift. In this role, you will assist the Nurse Manager with the evaluation and remediation of staff, financial management, development of standards of practice and assessment of the patient outcomes in response to the patient care provided. You will also act as a resource and mentor to staff.
Responsibilities include:
1. Utilizes the nursing process in delivering care to assigned patients.
- Utilizes assessment data to determine patient's actual or potential problems.
- Oversees plans for proper nursing interventions, adjusts care as appropriate.
- Collaborates with physicians and other health care team members in developing and implementing plan of care.
- Evaluates patient's responses to interventions.
- Understands and utilizes Care Maps and supervises staff compliance with Care Maps and Variances.
2. Participates in the education of patient and/or significant other.
- Explains procedures and interventions to patient as indicated/ requested.
- Recognizes and utilizes health teaching opportunities and resources/ materials available for teaching.
- Assesses the effectiveness of patient teaching by feedback from patient and/or family.
3. Participates in interdisciplinary discharge planning activities.
- Identifies discharge planning activities and oversees staff participation in preparation of patients for discharge.
- Leads discharge planning rounds as necessary.
4. Evaluates assigned nursing staff performance on shift collaboratively with the Nurse Manager.
- Participates in the hiring, training, disciplining and supervision of staff. Evaluates performance and ensures appraisals are completed on a timely basis.
- Utilizes appropriate method of documentation according to departmental policy.
- Oversees the documentation of staff on the unit by reviewing charts prior to discharge in entirety and ongoing daily documentation.
- Collaboratively with the Nurse Manager manages the financial goals of the unit.
- Provides guidance and assistance to nursing staff in clinical and managerial issues, bed assignments, equipment failure, occurrences, EOC issues, etc.
5. Provides supervision/direction to Nursing staff in planning, implementing and evaluating patient care.
- Performs all duties of a Registered Professional Nurse in Nursing.
- Collaborates with other departments to facilitate the delivery of patient care services.
- Collaborates with instructors of affiliated nursing programs in student assignment to selected patients.
- Serves as a resource for problem solving and as a role model to other members of the team.
- Provides education remediation to staff as needed; coordinates curriculum for in-house education; provides in-services for staff as follow-through for Nurse Educator and maintains appropriate documentation.
- Represents unit on assigned committees and communicates committee's activity to manager and staff.
- Assigns Nursing Care based on procedures and skill level required; and ensures assignments are completed by staff.
6. Collaborates on development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and practice.
- Monitors compliance with standards established by regulatory agencies.
- Communicates unit activity, staffing patterns and pertinent information to Nurse Manager.
- Supports, facilitates, and participates in quality improvement activities.
- Communicates unit activity and changes to Nurse Manager, and/or Supervisor.
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, preferred. Must be enrolled in an accredited program within 24 months of employment, if hired after September 1, 2010 and obtain a BSN degree within five (5) years of employment date.
- Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
- BLS/ACLS, preferred.
- Minimum of three (3) years experience in Perinatal Nursing. Experience in labor and delivery required.
- NRP and Fetal Monitoring Certification required.
- Demonstrates effective communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Our Culture
Transforming care, optimizing patient satisfaction and creating better patient outcomes are just some of the things our talented team members are doing at North Shore-LIJ each and every day. As a culture committed to providing our customers with the highest quality service, we stand behind our core values: Patients first; Caring; Excellence; Innovation; Integrity and Teamwork. It is our commitment and our culture that sets us apart from others and is the cornerstone of everything we do. Join an organization whose team members are valued, cared for and offered continuous opportunities to grow. Click on the link to learn more about us: www.northshorelij.com/goals
Please note: North Shore-LIJ is a smoke-free environment. Smoking and the use of tobacco products is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises. Free smoking cessation programs and quit medications are offered to team members who wish to quit through the North Shore-LIJ Center for Tobacco Control.
