Clinical Coordinator (Rn) Pto - Tisch Cancer Institute

Description

The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for the complex, multi-disciplinary coordination of specialty patient population(s), developing, evaluating and revising care pathways based on assessments conducted through engagement with the patient, family and multiple departments and disciplines. The Clinical Coordinator interfaces directly with MSH Departments, Administrators, Nursing, Medical and Quality leadership, and clinical staff and coordinates care for a patient population regarding the clinical, educational and operational impact of all care delivery, and outcome measures.

Responsible to:

This position reports directly to discipline leadership with a professional line to MSH Nursing or related disciplines professional practice leadership.

Responsible for:

Developing and implementing a plan of care for a specialty patient population, and/or specialty specific standards of care organization wide.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a clinical role model and resource to the nursing staff.
• Demonstrates knowledge of hospital, departmental and care center standards, policies, procedures and guidelines as well as regulatory agency standards. Assures readiness for Joint Commission and other agency surveys and presents related programs during Joint Commission and other agency visits.
• Works collaboratively with clinical leadership and supportive resources to ensure that patients have access to comprehensive interdisciplinary patient and family educational programs throughout their care trajectory.
• Demonstrates professional involvement by:
• Maintains leadership competency by participation in continuing education, professional organizations and other related activities.
• Collaborates with other members of the health care team in the development, implementation, and ongoing review of policies, procedures, and standards of care for designated patient populations.
• Supports academic affiliations for purposes of providing clinically enriching experiences for students of nursing and other related clinical disciplines.
• Promotes an interdisciplinary approach to patient care delivery.
• Attending and participating in workshops, seminars, and courses as presenter or author.
• Maintains clinical competencies, supports relationship centered care, the professional practice model, the care delivery model and is responsible and accountable for their own nursing practice.
• Is open and responsive to the diverse backgrounds and experience of other people and promotes and environment that is sensitive to cultural diversity.
• Serves as a professional resource to other members of the health care team.
• Participates in the development and implementation of continuous quality improvement programs to support the professional practice model and care delivery systems
• Advocates the highest standards of nursing or discipline related practice.
• Organizes and leads in the execution of day to day patient care coordination, as appropriate to program objectives and areas of clinical expertise.
• Considers ethical issues in professional nursing practice.
• Administrative Practice
• Serves as a resource to leadership and staff in the development and implementation of nursing standards consistent with the established model of care.
• Keeping abreast of current literature and trends in practice.
• Participates in quality management activities including identifying and communicating issues of performance improvement and risk in a timely manner, using chain of command.
• Provides consultation and education to members of the interdisciplinary team specific to the clinical specialty service, relative to the coordination of care for the specialty patient populations.
• Serves as a resource for patients and their families.
• Supports the mission, philosophy, goals and objectives of the Department of Nursing or Related Discipline and The Mount Sinai Hospital.
• Development
• Adheres to dress code in accordance with departmental policy.
• Participating in related professional organizations.
• Leads and participates in committee activities
• Professional Practice
• Treats co-workers, patients and families with dignity and respect.
• Maintains attendance and punctuality record in accordance with departmental standards.
• Approaches patients, families and other members of the health care team in a professional, respectful manner.
• Establishes and implements short and long term goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures to ensure a high level of performance in nursing care delivery to the specialty patient population.
• Clinical Leadership
• Participates in promoting and maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Acts as a patient advocate utilizing the Patient Bill of Rights.
• Coordinates clinical care within a designated specialty, in conjunction with Nursing, Social Work, Care Management, and other related disciplines, Medical and Quality leadership, coordinates care across multiple departments and services within the context of the specialty program including the clinical plan of care, quality assessment and improvement processes.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

Bachelors degree in specific discipline (i.e., Bachelor of Science in Nursing) is required. Masters degree in health related field is preferred.

Certification in specialty field is preferred

Experience Requirements

2 years experience in specialty clinical field

Licensing and Certification Requirements (if applicable)

Current NYS nurse licensure

BCLS certification Required Issuing Authority: AHA

Collective bargaining unit: NYSNA-MSH

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $61.53 - $61.53 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.