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CLINICAL CARE LEADER UNIT COORDINATOR CC JOB

Date: May 16, 2012

Location: RICHMOND, VA, US

CLINICAL CARE LEADER UNIT COORDINATOR CC

Location: ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, RICHMOND, VA
Department: CVICU
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Evening, Night
Hours: 12 hour shifts, varies
Weekends: Yes
Holiday/Vacation Coverage: Yes
On Call: Yes

Job Details:


POSITION SUMMARY:

The Clinical Care Leader is a Registered Professional Nurse with responsibility and accountability for the coordination of clinical activities for a given team of patients on the day shift. Develops and sustains an environment that promotes excellence in clinical practice and customer satisfaction, while striving for optimal efficiency and productivity of all resources.

The Clinical Care Leader utilizes the nursing process, leadership skills and current evidence based clinical knowledge to assess the health needs of patients, collaborate with health team members to coordinate patient care, anticipate outcomes of nursing interventions, and set criteria for the quality of patient care. Provides patient and staff education, clinical supervision, and participates in unit based activities (quality assessment, shared governance, scheduling, quality review, staff development in-services, etc.). Accepts responsibility and accountability for ethical/legal functioning. Provides supervision for team members as needed, and assumes increasing leadership responsibility for professional practice on the unit.

Job Requirements:

1. Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

2. BSN and national nursing certification preferred.

3. Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Virginia.

4. Must possess knowledge of hospital policies and nursing policies and procedures and techniques within assigned patient care area. Cumulative experience must be a minimum of two years of acute care.

5. Maintains current CPR certification.

6. Must have broad based knowledge of clinical, psychosocial, and patho/physiological theories relating to nursing diagnosis and treatment.

7. Possesses the ability to perform the range of nursing techniques found in medical surgical nursing practice.

8. Must have knowledge of/demonstrate leadership theories, teaching skills, and understanding of group dynamics.

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