Lead Nurse Care Coordinator

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Lead Nurse Care Coordinator

Job Code: 13174

Location: Saco 04072

Department: Other

FT/PT Status: Full Time

Summary:

The Lead Nurse Care Coordinator oversees the nursing program and ensures the delivery of high-quality patient care across the organization in addition to providing direct care duties in assigned program. The lead nurse may supervise paraprofessional medical, administrative, or nursing staff. The lead nurse bridges the gap between direct nursing care and administration.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide consultation and operational support to program operations and clinical leadership on the day-to-day expectation of the nursing department.
• Provides mentorship to professional nurses in the organization and supervises any additional assigned staff.
• Assures medication accuracy with effective ongoing monitoring for ordering, labeling, packaging, distributing and checking that medications ordered by the physician are administered.
• Ensures nursing documentation is being entered following standards of care.
• Develop and conduct medical/health trainings as assigned to staff.
• Provide ongoing supervision and yearly performance reviews of assigned staff.
• Coordinates closely with healthcare and allied professionals and departments.
• Manages any matrix schedules across departments including on-call in coloration with leadership.
• Take oversite and ownership of nursing and related medical supplies.
• Coordinate closely with health and allied professionals and departments.
• Cares for residents/clients non-assigned units by covering in the absence of unit staff nurses.
• Reviews, revises, and implements nursing policies and procedures in collaboration with clinical leadership of assigned programs.
• Assures consistent provision of services by monitoring health care in assigned programs and communicating with program staff.
• Assures current and accurate medical records by maintaining an accurate computer database and consistently charting significant health related interactions.
  
  

EDUCATION:

• Associate’s degree required. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing preferred.
  
  

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Current Maine Registered Nurse License.
• CPR/First Aid Certification.
• CRMA Training Certification preferred.
  
  

EXPERIENCE:

• Two years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in pediatric/psychiatric nursing or equivalent.