Clinical Nurse III

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR POSITION TITLE: Coordinator, Forensic Nurse

SUMMARY: Under limited supervision, the Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) provides patient care to adults, adolescents, and children who have been impacted by sexual assault/abuse, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, elder abuse, strangulation, or other related forensic issues. The Forensic Nurse Examiner team, provides compassionate, culturally sensitive and comprehensive assessments, evidence collections, chains of custody and documentation of forensic patients. The FNE collaborates with law enforcement, child and elderly advocacy programs to meet the needs of each individual patient and is also responsible for testifying as an expert witness in the court of law; providing education/outreach to the community at large, interfacing with medical professionals, law enforcement agencies, criminal justice, victim advocacy and external support agencies that provide services to victims of crime and violence..

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: This job has no supervisory responsibility.

QUALIFICATIONS: The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The specific job duties may be changed by the department manager with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

CONDITIONS: The new hire or transfer employee will remain within this job category for a probationary period of six months. With a satisfactory criteria based performance evaluation, the employee will advance to a regular status employee. If the evaluation is not satisfactory, the employee may be terminated.

SKILLS & ABILITIES: The ability to ensure the confidentiality and rights of all patient and departmental documents is required.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret physician’s orders and other written communication methods of the health care team is essential. Ability to respond to customer inquiries or to those of other members of the health care team must be present. The incumbent must demonstrate an ability to read and interpret age-specific data regarding patient conditions. He/she must demonstrate spoken English ability to communicate patient and family education in an age appropriate context.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts in the preparation of medications, intravenous drips and other therapeutic interventions.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to identify problems, collect data, establish facts regarding the patient/family condition, and to prioritize the needs of the patient and family.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Will work in a clean, well-lighted environment. The job requires pushing and pulling and lifting of equipment weighing in excess of 35 pounds up to 40% of the time. Requires lifting and positioning of patients, weighing up to 300 pounds, with the assistance of other staff members, up to 60% of the time. The position requires walking and standing 60% of the time, and requires caring supplies and other items. Potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens and infectious disease.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: To qualify for the position, the candidate must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing; currently licensed as an RN in the State of Maryland; minimum 2 years experience in emergency medicine and/or maternal/child health; Certification by the Maryland Board of Nursing as a Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE), Forensic Nurse Examiner – Adolescent/Adult (FNE-A) and Forensic Nurse Examiner Pediatric (FNE-P) required within 6 months of hire. BLS and ACLS required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS: Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland and BLS certification. ACLS required. Certification by the Maryland Board of Nursing as a Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE), Forensic Nurse Examiner – Adolescent/Adult (FNE-A_ and Forensic Nurse Examiner Pediatric (FNE-P) required within 6 months of hire.