RN Shift Coordinator - Harvard Hospital

Overview

A Community-Focused Critical Access Hospital with Emergency, Inpatient, and Surgical Services Harvard Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) proudly serving our rural community with high-quality, compassionate care. We offer:
• A 5-bed Emergency Department (ED) providing 24/7 care
• ASRH (Acute Stroke Ready Hospital) designation, ensuring rapid response for stroke patients
• EDAP (Emergency Department Approved for Pediatrics) designation, equipped and staffed to care for pediatric emergencies
• 10 Inpatient Rooms + 3 ICU Rooms o Licensed for 4 Inpatient Beds + 1 ICU Bed (flexible use of rooms)
• 2 Operating Rooms (ORs) + 1 Procedure Room
• Emergency Physicians On-Site 24/7, Immediate, round-the-clock emergency care
• Hospitalist Coverage 24/7, Remote overnight support with daily on-site rounding
• Leadership Support – Nurse leaders on site Monday-Friday during business hours. RN House Coordinators covering nights, weekends, and any leadership gaps.

We are committed to clinical excellence and patient-centered care, supported by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team. Harvard Hospital offers the unique opportunity to work in a close-knit, rural environment with advanced emergency capabilities.

Responsible for hospital operations when administration not present. In the absence of on‑site leadership, fulfills the leadership role for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides leadership for nursing units in the absence of department directors.
• Provides leadership for other hospital departments in the absence of department directors during disaster situations.
• Reviews staffing needs for next 24 hours and makes necessary staffing adjustments for all nursing units.
• Organizes, directs and collaborates with personnel on assigned shifts.
• Investigates and resolves administrative problems and complaints and refers unusual problems to department directors or administration.
• Offers input into the evaluations of nursing staffli>
• Coordinates educational offerings for assigned shifts
• Responds, coordinates and critique crisis situations.
• Supervises staff, assesses their needs, identifies educational opportunities, and communicates with unit leadership.
• Assists in maintaining and monitoring Nursing unit budgets, identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• Manages and assists in the resolution of opportunities related to human resources, and safety and risk management issues
• Assists in implementation and evaluation of nursing initiatives.
• Aware of and collaborates in performance improvement and quality initiatives for the nursing departments.
• Highly visible to partners, rounding with charge and lead nurses at least once per shift and others as able throughout the assigned shift.
• Rounds on patients and families as requested/needed with attention to high‑risk patients. Rounds on at least one patient and family per shift.
• Role model service recovery as appropriate. Encourages and acts as a resource for front‑line partners to participate in the service recovery process.
• Coordinates patient admissions, discharges and transfers and work assignments of nursing staff to meet patient and unit needs.
• Serves as incident commander until the administrator on call arrives for Disaster Operations Plan. Participates in on‑going Disaster Preparedness education.
• Participates in nursing leadership educational sessions quarterly
• Acts as a resource person for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.
• Assists with complex patient care situations.
• Counsels patients, families and staff in time of crisis. Accesses appropriate resources.
• As a designated Organ Procurement Requester assists with procurement of organs to be donated. Assists with completion of the death packet and process as needed.
• Contacts OR staff for emergency OR procedures; assists Maternity staff in obstetrical emergencies, including assisting with coordinating resources for emergency surgeries; coordinates resources from Central services and Radiology for such cases.
• Assists in procurement of supplies, nourishment for staff, physicians or patients, medical records and medications as needed.
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