Children's National Medical Center
RN Clinical Program Coordinator | PRN | General Surgery and Trauma Burn Team
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Job Title
RN Clinical Program Coordinator – PRN – General Surgery and Trauma Burn Team (25000114)
Overview The RN Clinical Program Coordinator coordinates the needs of patients in their assigned unit or clinical area of responsibility.
The role manages patient care by teaching patients, families and applicable staff about procedures; screening patients for risk factors prior to invasive procedures; ensuring pre‑procedure requirements are met; following up after procedures; communicating results as necessary; scheduling follow‑up care as needed; and maintaining documentation.
Position assists in coordinating all modalities needed to provide comprehensive care of the patient and will complete the hospital and nursing orientation at CNMC.
The Coordinator will coordinate nursing care and services for patients and family members through telephonic, electronic, in‑person, or mail channels, consulting with physicians and other healthcare providers to resolve health concerns.
All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, CNMC policies and procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice, supporting the development of RN relationships within the community and the health and well‑being of the community at large.
Responsibilities
Lead the activities of the patient care delivery team for a specific patient population.
Provide continuous accountability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care, ensuring continuity of care is maintained.
Participate in and support shared nursing leadership and internal/external committees, professional organizations, and community activities.
Support the Division of Nursing’s performance improvement process.
Identify, define, and report on measures consistent with Nurse Sensitive Indicators (NSIs) for ambulatory nursing practice.
Integrate evidence‑based practice and research into practice.
Assist physicians and other professional providers to maintain appropriate cost and desired patient outcomes.
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance; continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation; stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication; actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Plan to consult and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other professional colleagues; involve patients and families in shared decision‑making; advocate for patient and family needs; access relevant health services.
Use the nursing process in the clinic setting and in tele‑health services to assess patient problems and concerns; critically analyze and integrate subjective and objective data.
Provide health education based on the patient/family learning preferences throughout a patient’s disease trajectory or health promotion, utilizing expertise in cultural competency to enhance relationships, processes, and outcomes.
Coordinate mechanisms across systems, institutions, and community to provide continuity of care for wellness needs or health concerns; direct and participate in the development of patient care policies and protocols.
Establish and maintain medical equipment and supplies, promoting safe and effective use; ensure regulatory requirements are met and area is in a constant state of readiness; keep updated on the application of health informatics systems.
Apply knowledge of operations, financial principles, and resources to ensure quality and appropriate care services are delivered in a cost‑effective and safe manner.
Facilitate interdisciplinary patient care rounds/conferences to review treatment goals and optimize outcomes.
Ensure schedule accuracy in meeting patient/family care and personal needs; participate in cross coverage of other areas providing clinical care when special needs arise.
Work in collaboration with professional staff including RNs, LPNs, PCTs and other unlicensed assistive personnel as manifested in the state practice act and CNMC job descriptions.
Communicate and escalate clinical/administrative issues as appropriate to levels of individuals assigned for resolution.
Participate in peer review for staff.
Qualifications Minimum Education Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
Minimum Work Experience • 5 years of nursing experience. • Minimum of one year recent pediatric experience in a comparable setting. • Minimum of one year of demonstrated nursing leadership experience (e.g., charge nurse, educator, preceptor, council chair/member, advancement on the clinical ladder or comparable positions). (Required)
Professional Practice
Participate in and support Shared Nursing Leadership.
Contribute to the sustainability and advancement of nursing excellence which translates into ongoing Magnet designation.
Contribute to internal/external committees, professional organizations, and community activities.
Support and participate in the Division of Nursing’s performance improvement process.
Identify, define, and report on nurse-sensitive indicators (NSIs) for ambulatory nursing practice.
Integrate evidence-based practice and research into clinical practice.
Assist physicians and other professional providers to maintain appropriate cost and desired patient outcomes.
Safety
Speak up when team members exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Attend carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review to self‑check behavior and performance.
Patient Family‑Centered Care
Plan to consult and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other professional colleagues; involve patients and families in shared decision‑making; advocate for patient and family needs; access relevant health services.
Develop pertinent goals based on patient response to illness, health promotion, and program expected outcomes; implement suitable, evidence-based nursing interventions; provide careful and complete documentation of care provided.
Engage opportunities to act in the best interest of the patient/family, building trust and confidence, while upholding moral and legal standards of due care.
Coordinate mechanisms across systems, institutions, and community to provide continuity of care for wellness needs or health concerns.
Resources and Work Environment
Establish and maintain medical equipment and supplies, promoting safe and effective use.
Ensure regulatory requirements are met and area is in a constant state of readiness; keep updated on the application of health informatics systems linked to patient care.
Apply knowledge of operations, financial principles, and resources to ensure quality and appropriate care services are delivered in a cost‑effective and safe manner.
Enhance knowledge, skills, and abilities in clinical, legal, regulatory, and cultural competence relevant to patient population and community care.
Employ critical attributes of effective collaboration to create, promote, and maintain an environment that supports successful partnerships and high‑performance team outcomes.
Partners for Excellence
Facilitate interdisciplinary patient care rounds/conferences to review treatment goals and optimize outcomes.
Ensure schedule accuracy in meeting patient/family care and personal needs; participate in cross‑coverage of other areas when special needs arise.
Direct the flow of patients and staff to assure patients are adequately managed and the care environment runs smoothly.
Work in collaboration with professional staff including RNs, LPNs, PCTs and other unlicensed assistive personnel as manifested in the state practice act and CNMC job descriptions.
Communicate and escalate clinical and administrative issues as appropriate to the levels of individuals assigned for resolution.
Participate in the peer review for staff.
Locations Primary Location: District of Columbia – Washington
Work Location: CN Hospital (Main Campus), 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, 20010
Job Status & Schedule Position Status: R (Regular) – O – PRN
Shift: Flex Time – Work Schedule: PRN
Compensation Full‑Time Salary Range: $82,347.20 – $137,238.40
EEO Statement Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
Drug‑Free Workplace Children’s National Hospital maintains a drug‑free workplace and we require a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances or the misuse of legal substances by all staff.
While recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug‑free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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Overview The RN Clinical Program Coordinator coordinates the needs of patients in their assigned unit or clinical area of responsibility.
The role manages patient care by teaching patients, families and applicable staff about procedures; screening patients for risk factors prior to invasive procedures; ensuring pre‑procedure requirements are met; following up after procedures; communicating results as necessary; scheduling follow‑up care as needed; and maintaining documentation.
Position assists in coordinating all modalities needed to provide comprehensive care of the patient and will complete the hospital and nursing orientation at CNMC.
The Coordinator will coordinate nursing care and services for patients and family members through telephonic, electronic, in‑person, or mail channels, consulting with physicians and other healthcare providers to resolve health concerns.
All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, CNMC policies and procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice, supporting the development of RN relationships within the community and the health and well‑being of the community at large.
Responsibilities
Lead the activities of the patient care delivery team for a specific patient population.
Provide continuous accountability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care, ensuring continuity of care is maintained.
Participate in and support shared nursing leadership and internal/external committees, professional organizations, and community activities.
Support the Division of Nursing’s performance improvement process.
Identify, define, and report on measures consistent with Nurse Sensitive Indicators (NSIs) for ambulatory nursing practice.
Integrate evidence‑based practice and research into practice.
Assist physicians and other professional providers to maintain appropriate cost and desired patient outcomes.
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance; continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation; stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication; actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Plan to consult and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other professional colleagues; involve patients and families in shared decision‑making; advocate for patient and family needs; access relevant health services.
Use the nursing process in the clinic setting and in tele‑health services to assess patient problems and concerns; critically analyze and integrate subjective and objective data.
Provide health education based on the patient/family learning preferences throughout a patient’s disease trajectory or health promotion, utilizing expertise in cultural competency to enhance relationships, processes, and outcomes.
Coordinate mechanisms across systems, institutions, and community to provide continuity of care for wellness needs or health concerns; direct and participate in the development of patient care policies and protocols.
Establish and maintain medical equipment and supplies, promoting safe and effective use; ensure regulatory requirements are met and area is in a constant state of readiness; keep updated on the application of health informatics systems.
Apply knowledge of operations, financial principles, and resources to ensure quality and appropriate care services are delivered in a cost‑effective and safe manner.
Facilitate interdisciplinary patient care rounds/conferences to review treatment goals and optimize outcomes.
Ensure schedule accuracy in meeting patient/family care and personal needs; participate in cross coverage of other areas providing clinical care when special needs arise.
Work in collaboration with professional staff including RNs, LPNs, PCTs and other unlicensed assistive personnel as manifested in the state practice act and CNMC job descriptions.
Communicate and escalate clinical/administrative issues as appropriate to levels of individuals assigned for resolution.
Participate in peer review for staff.
Qualifications Minimum Education Bachelor’s Degree (Required)
Minimum Work Experience • 5 years of nursing experience. • Minimum of one year recent pediatric experience in a comparable setting. • Minimum of one year of demonstrated nursing leadership experience (e.g., charge nurse, educator, preceptor, council chair/member, advancement on the clinical ladder or comparable positions). (Required)
Professional Practice
Participate in and support Shared Nursing Leadership.
Contribute to the sustainability and advancement of nursing excellence which translates into ongoing Magnet designation.
Contribute to internal/external committees, professional organizations, and community activities.
Support and participate in the Division of Nursing’s performance improvement process.
Identify, define, and report on nurse-sensitive indicators (NSIs) for ambulatory nursing practice.
Integrate evidence-based practice and research into clinical practice.
Assist physicians and other professional providers to maintain appropriate cost and desired patient outcomes.
Safety
Speak up when team members exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Attend carefully to important details – practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review to self‑check behavior and performance.
Patient Family‑Centered Care
Plan to consult and collaborate with patients, families, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other professional colleagues; involve patients and families in shared decision‑making; advocate for patient and family needs; access relevant health services.
Develop pertinent goals based on patient response to illness, health promotion, and program expected outcomes; implement suitable, evidence-based nursing interventions; provide careful and complete documentation of care provided.
Engage opportunities to act in the best interest of the patient/family, building trust and confidence, while upholding moral and legal standards of due care.
Coordinate mechanisms across systems, institutions, and community to provide continuity of care for wellness needs or health concerns.
Resources and Work Environment
Establish and maintain medical equipment and supplies, promoting safe and effective use.
Ensure regulatory requirements are met and area is in a constant state of readiness; keep updated on the application of health informatics systems linked to patient care.
Apply knowledge of operations, financial principles, and resources to ensure quality and appropriate care services are delivered in a cost‑effective and safe manner.
Enhance knowledge, skills, and abilities in clinical, legal, regulatory, and cultural competence relevant to patient population and community care.
Employ critical attributes of effective collaboration to create, promote, and maintain an environment that supports successful partnerships and high‑performance team outcomes.
Partners for Excellence
Facilitate interdisciplinary patient care rounds/conferences to review treatment goals and optimize outcomes.
Ensure schedule accuracy in meeting patient/family care and personal needs; participate in cross‑coverage of other areas when special needs arise.
Direct the flow of patients and staff to assure patients are adequately managed and the care environment runs smoothly.
Work in collaboration with professional staff including RNs, LPNs, PCTs and other unlicensed assistive personnel as manifested in the state practice act and CNMC job descriptions.
Communicate and escalate clinical and administrative issues as appropriate to the levels of individuals assigned for resolution.
Participate in the peer review for staff.
Locations Primary Location: District of Columbia – Washington
Work Location: CN Hospital (Main Campus), 111 Michigan Avenue NW, Washington, 20010
Job Status & Schedule Position Status: R (Regular) – O – PRN
Shift: Flex Time – Work Schedule: PRN
Compensation Full‑Time Salary Range: $82,347.20 – $137,238.40
EEO Statement Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law.
Drug‑Free Workplace Children’s National Hospital maintains a drug‑free workplace and we require a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances or the misuse of legal substances by all staff.
While recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug‑free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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