Health Care Coordinator

Job Overview

This is a full-time salaried exempt position, paying 80 hours bi-weekly. (This includes a paid 30 minute lunch break.)

Enjoy the rewards and challenges of pediatric developmental disabilities nursing at St. Edmond's Home for Children. We are a 44-bed ICF (Intermediate Care Facility) providing care to medically fragile children with intellectual and physical disabilities. Our mission is to provide compassionate, dignified care, which includes charity, justice and excellence. We offer a holistic inter-disciplinary approach to care including, medical/nursing, therapeutic and social services.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off (PTO,) medical, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP,) life insurance, long term and short term disability, and critical care insurance, along with employer contribution to our 403(b) plan, and a generous tuition reimbursement package.

We are hiring a Health Care Coordinator to lead and supervise the frontline nursing staff to ensure they deliver excellent resident care.

The Health Care Coordinator will ensure standards for quality patient care, manage work-based nursing teams, and provide supervision to floor nurses. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Nursing and assist in administrative and clinical supervision. Requires flexibility with regard to scheduled work assignments, should staffing problems emerge.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain ongoing resident-focused monitoring, including the timely, accurate, and appropriate collection of
  assessment data in accordance with physician orders, prescribed nursing regimens, changes in resident’s condition, or
  health status. Analyze assessment findings and other clinical data in relation to each resident’s baseline clinical data.
  Nursing assessments and interventions are substantiated by research findings (i.e. are evidence-based), are appropriate
  in relation to each resident’s age, developmental level, health status, and medical condition.
• Demonstrates sound decision-making and prudent, reasonable judgments through the execution of timely, accurate,
  and precise interpretation of nursing assessment findings, and through the timely, accurate, and precise communication
  of relevant assessment findings via nurse-to-nurse communications, nurse-to-physician communications, nurse-to-Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) communication, and nurse-to-parent / family/guardian communications.
• Evaluate resident responses (i.e. response patterns, or trends) to medical conditions, illness, or pathological processes
  as well as clinical outcomes and responses to physician prescribed, nursing executed treatments, medications, feeding
  regimens, therapies, etc.
• Ensure that written documentation on medical records meets all regulatory and professional organization standards (i.e.
  all nursing documentation is completed using the appropriate medical records, assessment tools, flow sheets, and
  records specified for the purpose, and in accordance with Facility guidelines, policies and/or procedures that guide
  their specific use.)
• Demonstrates sound judgment regarding resource utilization--considers factors related to safety, appropriateness,
  effectiveness, and cost in planning, organizing, coordinating, providing and evaluating care for children who are
  developmentally delayed and medically complex.
• Exercises informed judgment and uses individual knowledge, skills, competencies, and professional nursing
  qualifications when conducting first-line nursing management responsibilities, and delegating nursing activities to
  others.
• Medical on-call rotation
• Provide floor nurse coverage as needed

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