Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
King Of Prussia, PA

Home Care Clinical Nurse Coordinator

SHIFT: Day (United States of America) Seeking Breakthrough Makers Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation. At CHOP, your experience is valued; your voice is heard; and your contributions make a difference for patients and families. Join us as we build on our promise to advance pediatric care-and your career. CHOP's Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion CHOP is committed to building an inclusive culture where employees feel a sense of belonging, connection, and community within their workplace. We are a team dedicated to fostering an environment that allows for all to be their authentic selves. We are focused on attracting, cultivating, and retaining diverse talent who can help us deliver on our mission to be a world leader in the advancement of healthcare for children. We strongly encourage all candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply. A Brief Overview The Clinical Nurse Coordinator is responsible for assuring delivery of safe, efficient, cost effective, age specific nursing care in accordance with CHOP and CHHC standards of practice, policy and procedure and within all regulatory and accrediting agency guidelines. Responsible for and deploys strategies designed to meet defined CHOP clinical, financial and quality initiatives and associated performance and outcome targets. Responsible to coordinate with the patient, caregiver and interdisciplinary team to assure safe and quality patient care to support the plan of care of the home health patient. What you will do * Financial Stewardship * Executes and monitors systems to assure consistent and appropriate resource assignment and utilization. * Partners with nurse manager to identify and execute quality improvement initiatives that result in a measurable impact on quality, cost and resource utilization. * Assures efficient and cost effective utilization of Home Care resources for day to day operations, clinical programming and education. * Clinical Excellence * Provides competent care for patients and families based on experience. * Assures nursing practice and documentation is in accordance with CHOP, CHHC standards of care, policy and procedure as well as all regulatory and accrediting agency guidelines. * Participates in on-call rotation to meet patient care needs. * Assures regulatory compliance (i.e. environmental, financial, practice, safety, technological, compliance). * Partners with Clinical leaders to execute the action plans for measurable continuous improvement in care outcomes. * Partners with clinical nurse expert and frontline staff to coordinate all facets of patient care planning with multidisciplinary team. * Resources daily operations to ensure nursing sensitive indicator metrics are at or above the mean. * Identifies opportunities for improvement and develops an action plan to improve patient outcomes. * Professional Engagement * Demonstrates competence in professional practice. * Coordinates with other CHOP care team colleagues to support continuous and measurable improvement in systems and process, further engaging staff in their environment. * Creates a work climate which achieves high level employment engagement as measured through department specific metrics. * Leads collaborative efforts for patient population based outcomes through clinical practice, education, research/evidence-based practice, and consultation. * Advancing Practice * Provides opportunities to allow staff to practice at the full scope of their licensure. * Assists in developing and deploys systems that assure consistent and appropriate resources for patient management. * Supports evidence-based practice by leading and supporting system improvements and measuring outcomes with concise metrics. * Innovation and Learning * Supports and resources evidence-based practice planning and implementation of educational program/projects. * Promotes evidence-based practice and generates an awareness of research and its value to clinical practice. * Supports staffing and assignments to accommodate clinical experiences. Education Qualifications * Technical Diploma Nursing Required * Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred Experience Qualifications * At least two (2) years Previous nursing experience or completion of CHOP Nurse resident program. Required * At least one (1) year Leadership experience. Required Skills and Abilities * Demonstrates the ability to facilitate change, excellent communication * Critical thinking/analytic abilities * Planning and organization/long and short term * Problem solving * Ability to influence/Change agent * Conflict management * Adaptability * Initiative * Self-motivation/professional development * Colleague development * Organizational sensitivity * Basic use of patient care devices * Computer Competency * Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports). * Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and Skype). * Web browsing, intranet search, document access. * Use of shared network file space. * Basic use of patient facing technology. (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors). * Navigation and use of clinical communication systems. * Information Literacy * Determines the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it. * Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently. * Evaluates information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice. * Evaluates outcomes of the use of information. * Information Management Literacy * Navigation of the electronic health record system. * Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems. * Effectively uses clinical decision support tools. * Understands policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems. * Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools. * Evidence of ability to provide exceptional clinical and administrative nursing skills. Licenses and Certifications * Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or * Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and * Basic Life Support (BLS) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more. Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed. EEO / VEVRAA Federal Contractor | Tobacco Statement