RN Virtual Care Coordinator - Cardiac Telemedicine - Part Time Benefited
Company: Children's National
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 18, 2024
Job Description:
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (Required)
Minimum Work Experience
5 years nursing experience with a minimum of two (2) years' recent
pediatric experience in a CVICU or comparable ICU setting, and a
minimum of one (1) year of demonstrated nursing leadership
experience. for example as a charge nurse, educator, preceptor,
council chair/member or comparable jobs (Required)
Required Skills/Knowledge
Successfully completes the hospital and nursing orientation at
CNMC.
Knowledge of pediatric healthcare standards with related clinical
skill competency.
Strong knowledge of JC and other regulatory agency
requirements.
Demonstrated leadership and management skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven capacity to make critical clinical decisions when
appropriate
Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse (Required) Or
Registered Nurse licensure in the state of practice or supervision
(Required)
Functional Accountabilities
Professional Practice/Research
- Participate in/support Shared Nursing Leadership.
- Contribute to the sustainability and advancement of nursing
excellence which translates into on-going Magnet designation.
- Participate, contribute to internal/external committees,
professional organizations, community activities.
- Accountable to support/participate in 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.
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; accessing relevant health
services.
- Exercise authority and accountability for clinical care for
specific patient population and area workflow.
- 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.
- Use the nursing process in the clinic setting, at the bedside,
and in telehealth 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; utilize expertise in cultural competency to enhance
relationships, processes, and outcomes for patients/families.
- 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.
- Direct and participate in the development of patient care
policies and protocols in order to advise and guide practice.
Resources and Work Environment
- Establish and maintain medical equipment and supplies, include
a plan to promote safe and effective use of equipment.
- Ensure regulatory requirements are met and area is in a
constant state of readiness in area of practice; keep update on the
application of health informatics systems such as diagnosis and
treatment technology 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.
- Responsible to enhance knowledge, skills and abilities in areas
in clinical, legal, regulatory and cultural competence associated
with patient population and community relevant care.
- Employ critical attributes of effective collaboration to
create, promote, and maintain an environment that supports
successful partnership and high-performance team outcomes.
Partners for Excellence
- Facilitate interdisciplinary patient care rounds/conferences to
review treatment goals and optimize outcomes.
- Ensure time, schedule and alternate coverage accuracy in
meeting patients/families care and personal needs; participate in
cross coverage of other areas providing clinical care when the
special needs arise.
- Direct the flow of patients and staff to assure patients are
adequately managed and the care environment is running
smoothly.
- Work in collaboration with professional staff including RNs,
LPNs, PCTs and other unlicensed assistive personnel as manifested
in the state practice act/guidelines and CNH job descriptions.
- Communicate and escalate clinical/administrative issues as
appropriate to levels of individuals assigned for resolution.
- Participate in the peer review for staff.
Safety
- 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 takes 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 in order to self-check behavior and performance
Job Specific Responsibilities
- Responds to routine, urgent, and emergent patient issues at CNH
Critical Care bedside. Provides follow-up to ensure problem
resolution.
- Collects and analyses patient data from remote monitoring and
multiple data sources from patients in the CICU at Children's
National Hospital, and others in remote institutions nationally or
internationally, as directed by Command Center leadership.
- Communicates with the members of the Command Center and bedside
CICU teams to provide safe error-free care during routine and
emergent conditions.
- Communicates to the healthcare team and documents patient
physiologic health status, concerning trends as appropriate.
- Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the program's identified top
10 triage/ symptom guidelines and uses available decision support
tools in determining evidence-based practices for clinical
problems.
- Collaborates with bedside teams to solve clinical patient
problems using virtual monitoring and AI tools. Communicates
unresolved issues to medical staff or CICU nurse as
appropriate.
- Applies existing basic and advanced features in the Command
Center, including AI algorithms in use to enhance assessment and
documentation during the virtual surveillance activities.
- Participates in expanding the command center care model to
other inpatient, ambulatory, and emergency room care models and
enhancing AI tools.
- Achieve telehealth and other applicable national
certifications.
Organizational Accountabilities
Demonstrates
- Demonstrate awareness of cost containment strategies by
efficiently planning staffing patterns, level and mix to meet
patient care needs.
- Ensure staff adherence to unit/hospital policies.
- Participate in the performance appraisal process for all
staff.
- Implement change with a positive impact.
- Display strong leadership in a team environment through
example.
- Demonstrate initiatives and leadership through involvement in
projects and committee work.
Organizational Commitment/Identification
- Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the
organization
- Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic
differences
- Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Customer Service
- Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until
needs are met
Teamwork/Collaboration
- Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
- Partner with all team members to achieve goals
- Receptive to others' ideas and opinions
Performance Improvement/Problem-solving
- Contribute to a positive work environment
- Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
- Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative
processes
- Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Cost Management/Financial Responsibility
- Use resources efficiently
- Search for less costly ways of doing things
Organizational Accountabilities (Leader)
Deliver
- Set and clearly communicate team goals and priorities in
alignment with departmental goals and budgets
- Develop the budget and assign resources to meet the team
goals
- Provide the resources and guidance required for employees to
perform effectively
- Develop procedures to ensure high safety and quality, and
course-correct as needed
- Identify customers' needs and ensure service excellence in
meeting those needs
Engage
- Be the link between the department and the team in defining the
strategies to meet team goals
- Provide prompt and clear feedback to staff and support their
performance
- Ensure team adherence to organizational regulations
- Manage the working environment to promote productivity and
motivation
- Represent the team in clearing obstacles to high
performance
- Hire staff and develop their capabilities
- Monitor and promote strong employee engagement
Grow
- Encourage and share new ways of making the right work easier to
do
- Recognize and share incremental improvements in operations
- Promote the success of organizational and department
initiatives by clearly aligning programs to the mission
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