Nurse Coordinator - Young Adult

As a Nurse Coordinator you will:

• Communicate in a therapeutic, respectful way with patients at the patients’ level of understanding.
• Investigate and follows up on complaints or concerns from patients’ family members.
• Assign inpatient rooms based on requirements of programming tracks on inpatient unit(s).
• Reassign nursing staff as necessary to provide optimum coverage and regulatory/compliance requirements.
• Manage milieu and operational concerns on unit(s).
• Assist and provides direction to nursing staff in resolving problems.
• Apprise nurse leader of concerns that require her/his attention.
• In the absence of or as delegated by the nurse leader, assesses and coordinates the resolution of clinical crises.
• Provide significant input into the procedures and protocols for the unit
• Provide support to nurse leader by interviewing and screening candidates for existing nursing vacancies.
• Orient new nursing staff to the unit.
• Maintain appropriate documentation regarding new employee and ongoing education and training, competency assessment and performance appraisal, working with Human Resources as needed.
• Identify nursing staff education needs and recommends methods of staff development to nurse leader.
• Provide input into the performance appraisals of RNs, mental health workers and unit support staff
• Utilize clinical expertise in the provision of direct patient care as needed, consultative activities, staff development, and treatment planning.
• Provide quality nursing care services that are based on an understanding of the needs of the assigned patient population
• Assist nurse leader in evaluating and monitoring nursing documentation and initiates corrective action to ensure compliance with internal and external standards
• Help create a culture of performance improvement that contributes to providing quality, cost effective services.
• Suggest ways in which the unit/program can maintain and improve safety.
• Attend required in-services for updates and reviews.
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to all communication pertaining to patients, families and organizational business.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Work requires graduation from an accredited program of nursing (BSN preferred) and possession of a current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland at the time of appointment and continuously while in position.
• Work requires clinical and managerial skills, knowledge of psychiatric nursing, and comprehensive knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of assigned patient population - acquired through two to three years of related experience, 1 of which must be in inpatient psychiatric nursing.
• Work requires interpersonal skills sufficient to provide effective leadership for assigned personnel and to interact effectively with psychiatrically and physically ill patients, family members, visitors and a variety of Sheppard Pratt departments (51 to 80% of work time).
• Work requires analytical and problem-solving abilities necessary to reassign nursing staff to meet programming demands of unit; screen applicants (with supervision of nurse leader); identify training needs; and resolve nursing and administrative issues in absence of the nurse leader.
• In keeping with the Maryland Board of Nursing guidelines, all nurses must have an active Maryland nursing license to practice in the state of Maryland, or must have an active license in a compact state that allows them to practice in Maryland, if they reside in that compact state. A multistate licensee who changes primary state of residence to another party state shall apply for a multistate license in the new party state within 60 days. The rule requires that a nurse apply for a new license in a new primary state of residence within 60 days of relocating, it does not require the new license be issued within 60 days.

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