RN Program Coordinator III - Spine and Orthopedics

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Job Title

RN Program Coordinator III - Spine and Orthopedics

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Lutheran Hospital

Department

5d General Surgery-Lutheran Hospital

Job Code

T26148

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Summary

Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve care to positively impact the quality and the cost of care for the Nursing Institute.

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Identifies and recommends opportunities to improve care to positively impact the quality and the cost of care for the Nursing Institute.
• Completes quality management activities and initiatives to evaluate nursing care practices. Completes data collection and analysis.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and assists in implementing programs to improve quality scores and patient outcomes.
• Monitors, collects data, evaluates, educates and assesses patients.
• Supports overall nursing unit's outcomes.
• Plans and conducts special projects as assigned. Handles daily nursing activities.
• Communicates nursing quality initiatives and regulatory agency or other industry or professional standards to nurses and others.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing preferred.
• Knowledge of healthcare systems.

Certifications:

• Current valid State Registered Nurse (RN) License.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• Five years clinical registered nurse experience.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires frequent standing and walking.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Works under stressful conditions and requires irregular hours.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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