Boston Children's Hospital
Clinical Coordinator (RN), CBAT (Inpatient Psych Step-Down) - Waltham
Boston Children's Hospital, Waltham
Department Summary:
Boston Children’s Waltham’s Community Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) Program is a 12-bed intensive, short-term acute residential unit for children and adolescents experiencing behavioral health difficulties. We provide children with treatment and stabilization in a structured setting that can act as an alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization or a bridge between an inpatient hospitalization and home. We work with families to help children to learn living and coping skills in a safe community environment that supports a successful return to their family and school.
Key Responsibilities:
- Planning, organizing, and overseeing daily clinical and administrative operations of 12 bed Community Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) unit in Waltham, caring for children ages 8 - 17
- Requests and allocates resources and facilitates coordination of care/services to meet patient care and operations requirements
- Selecting, hiring, and supervising direct care staff to ensure high quality patient care
- Evaluates nursing and clinical support personnel
- Provide performance feedback in accordance with facility expectations; Provide both positive and corrective feedback to staff in real time as indicated
- Supports and develops charge nurse leaders and advanced staff nurse roles.
- Facilitates the patient screening and admission process
- Approving staff schedules to ensure appropriate staffing skill mix and align with department staffing plans
- Manages day to day staffing concerns in collaboration with the unit charge nurse and scheduler.
- Oversees and approves payroll biweekly
- Both leads, supports, and/or collaborates in driving unit quality initiatives
- Leads and participates in hospital, departmental and multidisciplinary programs, committees and special projects
- The role requires the synthesis of expert clinical/management knowledge and practice responsibility to remain current in the disciplines of nursing and management
- Collaborates with the Nurse Director and other interdisciplinary leaders to develop, recommend and implement internal standards, policies and procedures to improve quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care
- Develops and implements programs within the department in alignment with the philosophy and goals of the department as well as the mission and values of Boston Children’s Hospital
- Ensures 24-hour supervision of the patient care operations of the department
- Partners with Nurse Director and Professional Development leaders to develop and deliver appropriate staff education, competency assessment and validation, and ongoing professional development programs
- Partners with Nurse Director and Professional Development leaders to design and oversee robust orientation programs for nursing and clinical support staff
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
- A Master’s degree is preferred
- 4 + years of Inpatient Psychiatric experience, or combination pediatric and psychiatric experience required
- Managerial/supervisory experience, preferred
- The analytical skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application of clinical, scientific or technical principles, theories and concepts and in-depth, cross-functional experienced-based knowledge
- Strong communication skills to effectively deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions, or well-developed writing skills
- Current Massachusetts license as a Registered Nurse (RN)