Job Title: Nursing Coordinator
Company: Good Samaritan Hospital
City/State: Suffern, NY
Category: Nursing Support
Department: Patient Logistics
Union: NO
Position: Part Time
Hours: 7a-8p
Shift: Days
Req #: 8328
Posted Date: Aug 07, 2024
Hiring Range: $36.49 - $45.86
Job Details:
Summary:
The Nursing Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the development, coordination, evaluation, and expansion of services throughout the organization. This position works within the interdisciplinary team to provide and coordinate care for patients experiencing life-threatening diseases.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with team members, medical personnel, nursing, and ancillary staff to oversee the patient logistics services.
- Maintains data for team operations and Quality Committee reporting.
- Conducts and/or facilitates patient care consultation with the covering physician.
- Coordinates educational opportunities for staff on palliative and end of life care.
- Assesses and makes recommendations for high quality pain and symptom management.
- Monitors and educates patients, families, and clinical staff in advance care planning and decision-making. Updates policies, procedures, and teaching guides to comply with current standards of care.
- Assesses data reflective of the patient's status to provide the appropriate care relative to the patient’s age and specific needs.
- Interviews and assesses patients to identify proper care including the need for inpatient or at home hospice care.
- Documents and maintains data in Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
- Establishes and promotes effective communication to patients, families, staff, and physicians at all times.
- Assures compliance with all hospitals, N.Y.S. DOH, TJC, OSHA, and Federal standards and guidelines.
- Performs routine and special procedures relating to clinical specialty.
- Attends relevant continuing education programs.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Experience: Prior experience in clinical nursing care preferred.
Education: Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing required; a bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) preferred.
Licenses / Certifications: Must possess a limited permit to practice nursing, issued by the New York State Education Department, or a valid license and current registration, issued by New York State Education Department, as a Registered Nurse.
Other: N/A
Special Requirements: N/A
About Us:
Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:
- Health Insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible Savings Account
- Paid Time Off
- Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement