Clinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator RN - Clinical Nurse Coordinator

Company: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

Clinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator RNClinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator RN

Full-time, Monday-Friday

Great Benefits and Work Environment!

Are you looking for a rewarding career, tight-knit nursing team and top-notch benefits? We're looking for qualified Clinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator like you to join our Texas Health family.

Position Highlights

* Work location: Texas Health Ft. Worth, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104
* Work environment: Quality Improvement
* Work hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, mainly Monday-Friday, business hours

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is now an 815-bed, Magnet-designated regional referral center that has served the residents of Tarrant County and surroundings communities since 1930. Hospital services include cardiovascular care, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics and sports medicine, neonatal intensive care, and trauma/emergency medicine. In early 2014, Texas Health Fort Worth opened a new 75,000 square foot Emergency Services Center, one of the largest in the region. Texas Health Fort Worth has more than 4,000 employees, 200 volunteers and nearly 1,000 physicians on its medical staff. Texas Health Fort Worth recently received national recognition for its oncology program and was named "Best Place to Have a Baby" in Tarrant County. The hospital is also a designated Cycle III Chest Pain Center by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. We invite you to join us in furthering your career and our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

Qualifications

* Master's Degree Nursing Required
* Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
* BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
* CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training 60 Days Required
* Other CNL or other professional nursing certification in 12 Months Required
* SSLP - Six Sigma Lean Professional Upon Hire Preferred (Green belt, yellow belt, etc.)
* 2 Years direct patient care experience Required
* 5 Years current hospital experience required
* Skills: Interpersonal skills, Effective oral and written skills, Collaboration and negotiation skills and Excellent organizational skills

Responsibilities:

* 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

Why Texas Health As a Texas Health Clinical Nurse Outcomes Coordinator, you'll enjoy top-notch benefits including 401(k) with match, paid time off, competitive health insurance choices, healthcare and dependent care spending account options, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, a student loan repayment program and more.

At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, excellence-driven culture make Texas Health a place you'll love to call home.

Here are a few of our recent awards:

* 2021 FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For--" (7th year in a row)
* Becker's Healthcare "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare" (4 years running)
* "America's Best Employers for Diversity" list by Forbes
* A "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials" by Fortune and Great Place to Work--

A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

* Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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