Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Rn Surgical​/Thoracic

CLINICAL NURSE COORDINATOR, RN - 2W - SURGICAL / THORACIC Job Summary

As a front‑line care provider, a Clinical Nurse Coordinator (CNC) serves as a coordinator and leader for the healthcare team. The CNC applies the nursing process at the point of care, engaging in strategic assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation of the unit as a whole to guide systematic quality and safety improvements. The role centers on improving interdisciplinary communication and coordination, helping patients and families navigate the complex healthcare system, and advocating for both patients and providers.

The CNC is accountable for improving care delivery within a unique setting, with a core focus on maximizing safe, quality, evidence‑based care.

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection‑control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills, and answering questions.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health‑care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health‑care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem‑solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer’s instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• CNC functions in compliance with the specialty standards, practice guidelines and protocols to the assigned unit.
• The Registered Nurse may provide direct oversight of the GN, LPN, Technical Partner, ALS Technician, Nurse Extern and Unit Clerks. This oversight includes the Registered Nurse conducting the initial comprehensive assessment and interpreting the assessment to initiate the interprofessional plan of care, and supervising the delegation of duties within the scope and capability of the care team.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
• One (1) year experience in relevant nursing field.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
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