Registered Nurse, Shift Coordinator, Medical Surgical - PRN

Hospital Nursing Leadership

Provides hospital-wide nursing leadership by coordinating staffing, patient flow, and daily operations while supporting nursing teams across departments. Serves as a key resource during emergencies and complex patient situations, helping ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care.

Schedule: PRN Shift: Variable, as needed

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for nursing units in the absence of department directors.
• Provides leadership for other hospital departments in the absence of department directors during disaster situations.
• Reviews staffing needs for next 24 hours and makes necessary staffing adjustments for all nursing units.
• Organizes, directs and collaborates with personnel on assigned shifts.
• Investigates and resolves administrative problems and complaints and refers unusual problems to department directors or administration.
• Offers input into the evaluations of nursing staff
• Coordinates educational offerings for assigned shifts
• Responds, coordinates and critique crisis situations.
• Supervises staff, assesses their needs, identifies educational opportunities, and communicates with unit leadership.
• Assists in maintaining and monitoring Nursing unit budgets, identifying opportunities to reduce costs.
• Manages and assists in the resolution of opportunities related to human resources, and safety and risk management issues
• Assists in implementation and evaluation of nursing initiatives.
• Aware of and collaborates in performance improvement and quality initiatives for the nursing departments.
• Highly visible to partners, rounding with charge and lead nurses at least once per shift and others as able throughout the assigned shift.
• Rounds on patients and families as requested/needed with attention to high-risk patients. Rounds on at least one patient and family per shift.
• Role model service recovery as appropriate. Encourages and acts as a resource for front-line partners to participate in the service recovery process.
• Coordinates patient admissions, discharges and transfers and work assignments of nursing staff to meet patient and unit needs.
• Serves as incident commander until the administrator on call arrives for Disaster Operations Plan. Participates in on-going Disaster Preparedness education.
• Participates in nursing leadership educational sessions quarterly
• Acts as a resource person for nursing staff, physicians and other hospital personnel.
• Assists with complex patient care situations.
• Counsels patients, families, and staff in time of crisis. Accesses appropriate resources.
• As a designated Organ Procurement Requester assists with procurement of organs to be donated. Assists with completion of the death packet and process as needed.
• Contacts OR staff for emergency OR procedures; assists Maternity staff in obstetrical emergencies, including assisting with coordinating resources for emergency surgeries; coordinates resources from Central services and Radiology for such cases.
• Assists in procurement of supplies, nourishment for staff, physicians or patients, medical records and medications as needed.
• Familiar with and assists with the delivery of care in accordance with the hospital and departmental Mission, Vision, and Values. Interprets and enforces institution policies.

Education And/Or Experience

Graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN or upon hire BSN completion agreement for enrollment in an accredited BSN Completion Program May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines). If hired prior to 1-1-14 in Winnebago County and prior to 9-1-14 in Rock, Walworth and McHenry Counties an ADN only is required.

Certification/Licensure

• Licensed as an RN in the state of practice
• CPR-BLS
• ACLS desired

Other Skills And Abilities

• Good interpretive and analytic skills.
• Must have planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Level Of Supervision

Work requires a high level of independent judgment. The position has substantial latitude for independent action.

Supervises

• Directly supervises employees in the hospital in the absence of administration.
• Fulfills leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

Pay Range:

$41.18 - $65.89