Registered Nurse (RN) Nursing Practice Coordinator, FT, Days

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

The Nursing Practice Coordinator role supports delivery of high-quality patient care and promoting best practices for nursing team members. This role will collaborate with various departments to develop implement and evaluate nursing policies procedures and standards. The Nurse Practice Coordinator will also serve as a resource for nursing staff providing guidance just-in-time training and support to enhance nursing practice and professional development. They also act as a bridge between clinical education leadership and frontline nursing teams ensuring consistent communication quality improvement and professional growth.

Team members in the Nursing Practice Coordinator role must demonstrate and maintain clinical expertise in the specific area of healthcare in which they will provide education and training.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Healths purpose: Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

• Serve as a clinical practice resource and liaison for nursing staff by providing guidance on clinical procedures protocols standards and evidence-based guidelines.

• Deliver just in time training and practice reinforcement in response to policy changes practice updates quality data trends root cause analyses and drill or event debriefs.

• Support the integration and implementation of new clinical practices workflows technologies and equipment through interdisciplinary collaboration and frontline education.

• Assist with facility level orientation and onboarding of new nursing team members by reinforcing clinical standards workflows and expectations for safe practice.

• Support preceptor development at the facility level by reinforcing best practices in clinical teaching coaching and competency validation.

• Actively participate in shared governance councils and facility initiatives including Magnet activities research and professional practice projects to promote nursing excellence and engagement.

• Participate in quality safety and event reviews by analyzing data to identify variations or gaps in nursing practice and collaborating with leaders to develop and support action plans for improvement.

• Collaborate with the Nursing Practice and Clinical Education teams to review evaluate and support clinical policies procedures and protocols to ensure alignment with evidence-based practice regulatory requirements accreditation standards and organizational goals.

• Review regulatory education certification and competency validation compliance data provided by Clinical Education partners and collaborate with department leaders to address gaps and ensure ongoing compliance.

• Maintain current knowledge of clinical best practices regulatory standards and professional guidelines relevant to the assigned practice area and apply this knowledge to support nursing practice advancement.

• Serves as a role model and participates in educating and mentoring other members of the care team.

• Practices safe efficient use of supplies.

• Attends department and organization meetings.

• Completes annual and as needed compliance training for the specialty in which providing support.

• Assumes responsibility for ones own professional development and continuing education.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

• This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor manager director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

• Education - Masters degree in Nursing or Healthcare Administration

• Experience - Three (3) years acute care nursing experience

In Lieu Of

• In lieu of the masters degree requirement above a BSN or bachelors degree may be considered if the applicant signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreeing to enroll in an accredited applicable masters degree program within one year and obtain the masters degree within two (2) years.

• In lieu of bachelors degree or masters degree requirements will accept DNP or PhD in Nursing.

Required Certifications Registrations Licenses

• Holds a current RN compact/multistate license recognized by the NCSBN Compact State or is licensed to practice as an RN in the state the team member is working.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• May require life support certification or other specialty education/training depending on clinical area of assignment.

• Specialty training such as arrhythmia competency management systems and electronic medical record systems - Preferred

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and other relevant software applications.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to operate and support the use of equipment specific to the role consistent with the specialty.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Patewood Memorial Hospital

Facility

Patewood Hospital

Department

Nursing Administration-PMH

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