Forensic Care Clinical Coordinator RN - Part Time

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Job Summary:

The RN Clinical Coordinator provides clinical leadership and coordination of the Forensic department at Mary Washington Healthcare. In collaboration with department leadership, this role supports compliance with applicable policies, procedures, regulatory, and accreditation standards. The RN Clinical Coordinator will assist leadership in ensuring the highest degree of clinical/operational performance and customer experience. This role participates in forensic patient care by providing an initial physical assessment, clinical specimen/evidence collection, and intervention. This role also maintains clinical and legal records, ensures chain of custody, provides testimony regarding assessment, evidence collection, handling, and documentation.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Works in partnership with management to review, monitor, and document Associate competencies. Supports and contributes to performance feedback for assigned staff. 
• Supports management in the selection, hiring, orientation, and performance management for assigned staff.
• Assists management by contributing to the development, administration and monitoring the departmental budget to ensure cost-effective operations within authorized budget allocations.
• Participates in Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QA/PI) initiatives, helps develop action plans, and addresses performance issues to ensure safe, effective, and service-oriented patient care.
• Coordinates and organizes Forensic operations and resources to assure efficient and effective performance of services provided.
• Builds collaborative relationships with physicians, unit leadership and staff to identify/implement opportunities to improve patient care services.
• Serves as a clinical resource for the team members and nursing staff regarding Forensic patient care, offering direct coaching as necessary.
• Assists management in the development, revision, and adherence of departmental policies, procedures, protocols, and standards to ensure quality care, efficiency, and procedural compliance.
• Regularly communicates information, discusses safety, quality and regulatory issues and monitors continued understanding and compliance with MWHC and departmental policies. Informs departmental leadership of any immediate concerns.
• Maintains clinical nursing competencies and provides direct patient care to patients when needed.
• Conducts physical and forensic examination of individuals who experience sexual assault for the purpose of detecting and treating injury/disease and collection potential evidence.
• Identifies and facilitates care for injuries that require medical treatment. Collects, processes, and maintains appropriate chain of custody of both clinical and non-clinical evidence and necessary records.
• Documents assessment, evidence collection, and interventions with careful attention to legal consideration.
• Provides patient education regarding examination, procedures, post exposure pregnancy and STD prevention, follow-up care, HIV and other STD testing, and rape-trauma syndrome and crisis intervention.
• Coordinates with law enforcement and rape advocacy groups as part of the SART team. Participates in education as needed.
• Provides testimony, when requested, on examination procedures and findings.
• Participates in outreach and community education activities.
• Supports grant related activities, goals, objectives, and outcomes.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Valid RN License from Virginia or reciprocal compact state required.
• AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire.
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical RN experience in a Forensic program, required.
• Certified in SANE-Adults and SANE-Pediatrics, required.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required; BSN preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Must be able to respond to the exam site within 60 minutes.
• Must be available to take on call time.
• Membership in a professional organization is preferred.
• Demonstrates proficiency in verbal and written communication, as well as computerized systems.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.