RN Sepsis Coordinator

As a RN Sepsis Coordinator, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn -whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Sepsis Coordinator is a health care professional who works in collaboration with the medical and hospital staff to provide multidisciplinary care to the septic patient. The Coordinator provides clinical, professional education and expertise for patients, families, physicians and staff members. Scope of practice includes coordinating timely, evidence-based care for the septic patient to ensure optimal patient care management and outcomes. The Coordinator will collect and analyze data surrounding the sepsis patients to assist with documentation, coding, clinical care and outcomes. Facilitates development and refines the sepsis policy and practice to become the standard of care within the facility, while providing and participating in the quality improvement process. Applies good verbal and nonverbal skills to achieve service goals of customer service and satisfaction. Collaborates with all members of the interdisciplinary team to achieve productive movement of the best practices within the organization. Maintains active involvement in nursing and hospital committees as necessary.

What you will do in this role:

• Review lactate reports
• Screen the ER tracker and all nursing units to identify possible septic patients and consult with the nurse to ensure proper treatment
• Round daily in ED and respond to all possible Code Sepsis alerts, providing assistance to nurses and physicians as needed with implementing (and/or educating about) bundle elements
• Screen for patients who had sepsis but no alert was activated or unable to attend alert (after hours) to ensure all bundle elements were implemented
• Monitor SPOT data (inpatient sepsis alert system)
• Submit sepsis coding review questions to HIM service center as needed
• Print charge nurse shift report to keep track throughout the week as a cross reference to ensure all septic patients are captured
• Follow up with staff and physicians when bundle elements were not implemented or were not implemented timely to determine root cause and provide education as needed
• Perform and document findings of chart review on sepsis mortalities
• Prepare agenda for and lead multidisciplinary sepsis committee meetings
• Prepare compliance reports from individual chart review
• Perform chart review with ED physician, intensivists, hospitalist and staff physicians
• Review division reports and data in Crimson
• Attend division sepsis calls

What qualifications you will need:

• (RN) Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.


"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing's future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC


Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive


HCA Healthcare

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our RN Sepsis Coordinator opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.