Clinical Coordinator, Nursing

Clinical Coordinator, Nursing at White Plains Hospital

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• Clinical leadership to ensure safe patient care through coordination and collaboration with department staff and leaders.
• Responsible for patient flow and efficiency metrics, proactively supporting throughput and assuring delivery of quality department/clinical services in accordance with hospital and regulatory/accreditation standards, especially during off‑shift.
• Knowledgeable about all units and the type of patients, equipment, and medications each unit can accept and provide.
• Works independently and thinks critically to handle a multitude of scenarios.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills, collaborates with all departments, and upholds hospital behavioral standards.
• Maintains knowledge of hospital, nursing department operations, and strategic plans.

• Responsible for patient throughput across all clinical areas, focusing on Emergency Department, PACU, and Cardiac Cath Lab, to achieve hospital strategic goals.
• Oversee patient care for all admitted patients waiting for a bed, including:
  • Verifying correct admission orders in EPIC‑Grand Central and tracking gaps.
  • Face‑to‑face rounding on all admitted patients awaiting a bed.
  • Ensuring staffing coverage for hold patients in outpatient beds.
  • Oversight of the care team assigned to holds (rounding, break coverage, etc.).
• Supports facilitation and coordination of CAMS procedural and non‑procedural area emergency response.
• EPIC‑Grand Central super user.
• Supports throughput metrics and current hospital goal.
• Daily morning review of all blocked beds, ensuring appropriateness and cohorting patients where suitable.
• Supervises all services (patient‑related and others) to provide safe, efficient, quality care and collaborates with NM/ANM to resolve clinical practice and personal issues on off‑shifts.
• Assists staff in understanding the rationale behind hospital/nursing policies and procedures.
• Provides clinical/technical support to staff.
• Assures appropriate staffing levels on assigned shift and subsequent shift in collaboration with Nurse Manager/Director of Nursing, scheduling staff based on budgeted staffing plans and department needs.
• Ensures compliance with state regulations and accreditation standards.
• Attends and participates in educational programs or activities to maintain current knowledge or expertise.
• Participates in shared governance councils/taskforces as required to support the Magnet Culture.
• Adheres to safety standards for employees and patients.
• Submits all other work reports as required/requested by the Nurse Manager/Division Administrator.
• Collaborates with admitting to place patients correctly by reviewing EPIC‑Grand Central bed requests.
• Maintains prompt, ongoing, effective communication with charge nurses/managers regarding unit admission, transfers, or discharge issues.
• Routine walking rounds to collaborate with NM/ANM, identify available beds, and improve throughput.
• Promotes fiscal responsibility by reviewing requests for constant observation and supervision at initiation and performing face‑to‑face rounds to ensure they remain indicated.
• Responds to all off‑shift codes (RRT, Code Blue, heart stat, etc.) and supports staff and rapid transport of patients to appropriate levels of care.
• Attends fire bells 24/7.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with current New York registration.
• BSN required.
• Knowledge of current nursing, medical, and health trends and practices in patient care.
• CPR/ACLS/PALS certification required.
• Minimum five years recent clinical nursing experience in an acute hospital.

• Establishes two‑way communication, clearly defining expectations and responding appropriately.
• Delegates responsibilities appropriately.
• Maintains composure under stress.

• May be exposed to chemicals; hazardous chemicals listed in the hospital SDS database.
• Must be physically able to transport 50…