RN Clinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator - Bedford, TX - Clinical Nurse Coordinator

Work location: Texas Health HEB, 1600 Hospital Parkway TX 76022 Work environment: Quality Improvement Work hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, mainly Monday-Friday, business hours At Texas Health HEB we're committed to providing Northeast Tarrant County with a patient and family-centered approach to care. We're a 296-bed, acute-care, full-service hospital serving our community since 1973. Our location in the DFW mid cities provides convenient care to the residents of Hurst, Euless, Bedford and the surrounding areas.----- If you're looking for women's services, outpatient surgery, oncology, cardiac rehabilitation and emergency medicine, we've got it. Plus, we're an accredited Cycle IV Chest Pain Center, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit and provide nuclear medicine, neonatal intensive care, respiratory therapy and orthopedic medicine.---- And did we mention our awards? Texas Health HEB is Joint Commission-certified in both Heart Failure and Chest Pain, a Primary Stroke Center, a Level III Trauma Center and a designated Baby Friendly facility.---We're a top-notch choice in North Texas for emergency services, women's services, cardiac care and much more.-- As part of the Texas Health family, we employ over 26,000 employees and are among the top five largest employers in the DFW area. Join us and be a part of our exceptional team as we provide outstanding care and deliver award-winning results. You belong here.-- Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) is required. Two (2) years RN direct patient care experience is required. Five (5) years current hospital experience is required.
• Recent RN experience in an ED and / or ICU acute care experience is highly preferred.-- RN background in an Operating Room is helpful. Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing is required upon hire. BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly is required. CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training is required within 60 days. CNL or other professional nursing certification in 12 Months is required. SSLP - Six Sigma Lean Professional Upon Hire Preferred (Green belt, yellow belt, etc.) Skills: Interpersonal skills, Effective oral and written skills, Collaboration and negotiation skills and Excellent organizational skills -- Responsibilities:-- You--will focus on surgical site infections from an outcomes/quality perspective.-- Your work will mainly be office related with opportunites to--present--and educate--nursing staff. --------------------------- Collaborates with physicians and/or APRN for services needed as well as all with other allied health care providers - Partners with physicians by engaging in rounding to discuss priority of patients and patient care needs - Assimilates and applies research-based information to design, implement and evaluate patients' plans of care - Facilitates the integration of multiple disciplines to achieve highest and optimal patient outcomes - Assists with optimizing throughput and discharge facilitation - Reviews critical documentation to ensure excellent outcomes - Initiates a culture of collaboration on the clinical floors - Advocates and negotiates within the health care system to meet the needs of the patient - Provides direct patient care as needed. --------------------------- Participates in interprofessional rounds, leading when appropriate - Collaborates with care transitions team to facilitate discharges, RCB measures, review of excess days and patient throughput - Serves as an educator for patients/family members as well as provides staff development opportunities - Utilizes Change Management tools to lead important change initiatives - Participates in/leads process improvements/projects to enhance all KPI outcomes - Optimizes clinical KPI and RCB metrics, educating physicians, staff as needed for compliance - Partners with department leaders to analyze processes and implement actions to reduce cost and /or enhance revenue stream. --------------------------- Facilitates the development, implementation, monitoring, and assessment of processes that impact patient outcomes - Uses benchmark data from internal and external sources to identify opportunities for improvement of care and patient safety - Identifies and takes action to resolve ineffective processes in collaboration with staff and other disciplines - Supports the dissemination of outcomes information - Serves as a resource to nursing staff for complex patient care issues --------------------------- Incorporates the quality caring model in daily nursing decisions - Participates in shared decision making by participating in councils as requested by nursing leadership - Promotes safe workplace and patient safety initiatives by role modeling use of high reliability organization error prevention tools - Completes ongoing personal development based on self-appraisal, peer feedback and professional goal setting --------------------------- Basic computer skills - EPIC/Care Connect, Excel and Power Point Explore our----for info like--,--, recent----we've won and more. Do you still have questions or concerns?--Feel free to email your questions to-- --