Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital
Clinical Shift Coordinator RN-Neuro/Ortho Full Time Nights
Northwestern Medicine Catherine Gratz Griffin Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, 60045
Clinical Shift Coordinator RN-Neuro/Ortho Full Time Nights
Salary range: $38.50 - $61.60 hourly. Placement within the range depends on relevant work experience, internal equity, and collective bargaining agreement for union‑represented positions.
Benefits:
$10,000 tuition reimbursement per year ($5,700 part‑time); $10,000 student loan repayment ($5,000 part‑time); $1,000 professional development stipend per year ($500 part‑time); $250 wellbeing fund per year ($125 part‑time); matching 401(k); excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; annual salary increase and incentive bonus; paid time off and holiday pay.
Description Clinical Shift Coordinator is a registered nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care to hospitalized patients through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role functions in a leadership capacity, overseeing daily unit operations, staff, and care delivery while maintaining ANA standards of professional practice.
Responsibilities
Present a friendly, approachable, professional demeanor and appearance.
Provide accurate information and timely updates to patients, customers, and staff; address questions promptly or direct them to appropriate resources.
Use effective service recovery skills to resolve problems or service breakdowns.
Demonstrate teamwork by supporting co-workers within and across departments; communicate effectively and respect diverse opinions.
Utilize organizational and unit resources efficiently.
Manage work schedule efficiently, completing tasks on time.
Contribute to continuous improvement opportunities and processes.
Participate in cost‑reduction and process‑streamlining efforts.
Serve as a role model and resource to staff, demonstrating proficiency as a staff nurse.
Maintain awareness of unstable, complex, or high‑risk patient conditions throughout the shift.
Ensure appropriate assignment of care based on staff competency and patient acuity.
Coordinate and monitor patient care to ensure safety.
Collect, analyze, and organize patient care data for the unit.
Ensure staff compliance with regulatory standards.
Adapt services to reflect age, culture, gender, race, nationality, and religion.
Oversee documentation of key critical elements for patient care and national patient safety goals.
Ensure initial admit orders are received by the end of shift.
Demonstrate knowledge of staffing requirements and consult with manager on variances.
Oversee accurate completion of daily charges to capture appropriate revenue.
Support unit cost effectiveness initiatives (LOS, HPPD, OT, flexible staffing).
Document staffing information and justifications in Optilink each shift.
Check staff timekeeping and enforce time‑and‑attendance policies.
Report shift occurrences to Nursing leadership and risk management.
Ensure compliance with patient life‑safety standards (fire safety, handwashing, crash cart checks).
Accurately track unit equipment.
Demonstrate effective oral, written, and listening skills with staff, physicians, patients, and families.
Maintain chain‑of‑command accountability and timely communication.
Complete leader rounding consistently on assigned staff.
Assist with staff meeting organization and conduct staff huddles.
Collaborate with educator and manager for orientation of new staff; assign preceptors and schedules.
Participate in unit and PCS‑based teams, committees, or shared‑governance councils.
Inform staff of unit initiatives and integrate outcomes into practice.
Ensure RN’s and PC’s work collaboratively and take uninterrupted meal breaks.
Coordinate patient placement with Clinical Placement Nurse.
Promote a welcoming spirit for the unit, including students and resource teams.
Develop functional relationships with other units/physicians and maintain a hospital‑wide perspective.
Promote collective accountability for the unit/department.
Conduct weekend leadership rounding and assist Clinical Manager during the week.
Contribute to annual employee performance evaluations and attend when scheduled.
Conduct formal staff rounding and follow‑up with new employees as directed.
Provide feedback for staff development and facilitate minor disciplinary actions.
Coach staff effectively using leadership skills.
Participate in candidate interview processes for shift hires.
Use retention strategies to recognize and reward staff.
Serve as Qualified Observer for annual competency completion.
Participate in quality‑improvement initiatives.
Support staff in applying evidence‑based practice and research to bedside practice.
Ensure regulatory readiness and evidence‑based practices for patient satisfaction.
Monitor chart audit findings and provide follow‑up.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications Required:
3 years RN experience.
Licensed RN in Illinois.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
Telemetry competency.
Basic computer knowledge.
Effective communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Consistent compliance with the Illinois Practice Act for Nursing and ANA Standards.
Ability to assess interpreter needs and use interpreter services effectively.
Preferred:
2 or more years in a pertinent clinical specialty.
BSN from an accredited nursing school.
Certified RN Professional (CRN).
Specialty certification (e.g., CV‑RN, CHFN, CCRN, PCCN, CNML, NE‑BC) within the last 2 years.
Equal Opportunity Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.
Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check, including criminal history, for newly hired team members. Upon offer, applicants complete a disclosure form authorizing the check. Results are evaluated case‑by‑case and comply with local, state, and federal law, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Sign‑on Bonus Eligibility:
Internal employees and rehires who left NM within the past year are not eligible for the sign‑on bonus, except for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position under certain conditions.
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Benefits:
$10,000 tuition reimbursement per year ($5,700 part‑time); $10,000 student loan repayment ($5,000 part‑time); $1,000 professional development stipend per year ($500 part‑time); $250 wellbeing fund per year ($125 part‑time); matching 401(k); excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; annual salary increase and incentive bonus; paid time off and holiday pay.
Description Clinical Shift Coordinator is a registered nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care to hospitalized patients through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. The role functions in a leadership capacity, overseeing daily unit operations, staff, and care delivery while maintaining ANA standards of professional practice.
Responsibilities
Present a friendly, approachable, professional demeanor and appearance.
Provide accurate information and timely updates to patients, customers, and staff; address questions promptly or direct them to appropriate resources.
Use effective service recovery skills to resolve problems or service breakdowns.
Demonstrate teamwork by supporting co-workers within and across departments; communicate effectively and respect diverse opinions.
Utilize organizational and unit resources efficiently.
Manage work schedule efficiently, completing tasks on time.
Contribute to continuous improvement opportunities and processes.
Participate in cost‑reduction and process‑streamlining efforts.
Serve as a role model and resource to staff, demonstrating proficiency as a staff nurse.
Maintain awareness of unstable, complex, or high‑risk patient conditions throughout the shift.
Ensure appropriate assignment of care based on staff competency and patient acuity.
Coordinate and monitor patient care to ensure safety.
Collect, analyze, and organize patient care data for the unit.
Ensure staff compliance with regulatory standards.
Adapt services to reflect age, culture, gender, race, nationality, and religion.
Oversee documentation of key critical elements for patient care and national patient safety goals.
Ensure initial admit orders are received by the end of shift.
Demonstrate knowledge of staffing requirements and consult with manager on variances.
Oversee accurate completion of daily charges to capture appropriate revenue.
Support unit cost effectiveness initiatives (LOS, HPPD, OT, flexible staffing).
Document staffing information and justifications in Optilink each shift.
Check staff timekeeping and enforce time‑and‑attendance policies.
Report shift occurrences to Nursing leadership and risk management.
Ensure compliance with patient life‑safety standards (fire safety, handwashing, crash cart checks).
Accurately track unit equipment.
Demonstrate effective oral, written, and listening skills with staff, physicians, patients, and families.
Maintain chain‑of‑command accountability and timely communication.
Complete leader rounding consistently on assigned staff.
Assist with staff meeting organization and conduct staff huddles.
Collaborate with educator and manager for orientation of new staff; assign preceptors and schedules.
Participate in unit and PCS‑based teams, committees, or shared‑governance councils.
Inform staff of unit initiatives and integrate outcomes into practice.
Ensure RN’s and PC’s work collaboratively and take uninterrupted meal breaks.
Coordinate patient placement with Clinical Placement Nurse.
Promote a welcoming spirit for the unit, including students and resource teams.
Develop functional relationships with other units/physicians and maintain a hospital‑wide perspective.
Promote collective accountability for the unit/department.
Conduct weekend leadership rounding and assist Clinical Manager during the week.
Contribute to annual employee performance evaluations and attend when scheduled.
Conduct formal staff rounding and follow‑up with new employees as directed.
Provide feedback for staff development and facilitate minor disciplinary actions.
Coach staff effectively using leadership skills.
Participate in candidate interview processes for shift hires.
Use retention strategies to recognize and reward staff.
Serve as Qualified Observer for annual competency completion.
Participate in quality‑improvement initiatives.
Support staff in applying evidence‑based practice and research to bedside practice.
Ensure regulatory readiness and evidence‑based practices for patient satisfaction.
Monitor chart audit findings and provide follow‑up.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications Required:
3 years RN experience.
Licensed RN in Illinois.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
Telemetry competency.
Basic computer knowledge.
Effective communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Consistent compliance with the Illinois Practice Act for Nursing and ANA Standards.
Ability to assess interpreter needs and use interpreter services effectively.
Preferred:
2 or more years in a pertinent clinical specialty.
BSN from an accredited nursing school.
Certified RN Professional (CRN).
Specialty certification (e.g., CV‑RN, CHFN, CCRN, PCCN, CNML, NE‑BC) within the last 2 years.
Equal Opportunity Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.
Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check, including criminal history, for newly hired team members. Upon offer, applicants complete a disclosure form authorizing the check. Results are evaluated case‑by‑case and comply with local, state, and federal law, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
Sign‑on Bonus Eligibility:
Internal employees and rehires who left NM within the past year are not eligible for the sign‑on bonus, except for new graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position under certain conditions.
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