Coordinator RN Part-time

Sepsis Coordinator (RN)

Advocate Condell Medical Center

Part Time Days. (The Sepsis Coordinator is a health care professional working in collaboration with medical and hospital staff to identify and provide multidisciplinary care to the septic patient. The Sepsis Coordinator facilitates the bedside clinical care of sepsis to assure that all septic patients receive comprehensive and timely treatment interventions that are consistent with national and Advocate Aurora Health Care's best practice recommendations through program development and establishment of evidence based processes.

Site Sepsis Coordinator 1)Facilitates, plans, implements, and evaluates a sepsis program including all systems necessary for a multidisciplinary hospital based sepsis team 2)Utilize current electronic medical record to identify septic patients and facilitate data collection processes to monitor and analyze outcomes to integrate performance improvement activities. Recommend additional reports as necessary 3)Synthesize and interpret multiple sources of date to monitor metrics designed to evaluate efficacy of sepsis practices across the care continuum 4)Remain abreast of all appropriate federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines including Advocate Aurora policies and protocol changes. 5)Round on septic patients both Emergency and Inpatient and collaborate with the clinical team to develop and implement sepsis bundles and best practice plans of care 6)Collaborate with front line team members to identify and address barriers to care delivery and/or implementation and develop improvement strategies 7)Monitor and disseminate outcomes relating to physician adherence to and documentation of sepsis bundles 8)Attend Sepsis Rapid Responses as available supporting the multidisciplinary team and address any obstacles to bundle adherence and provide specialty nursing service and patient care as appropriate 9)Coordinate multidisciplinary services between Emergency Department, Critical Care, Medical-Surgical, or any other departments which may contribute to the care of the septic patient to ensure patient flow 10)Represents the organization through facilitation of site level meetings and active participating in regional and/or system committees Sepsis Education 1)Develops and oversees sepsis related education for new and current team members 2)Provide case studies and disseminate specific patient outcomes to the care team with a focus on education and alignment of best practices with patient care 3)Attend Departmental meetings of key stake holders in ensuring continual education of sepsis measures and outcomes 4)Provide ad-hoc in-services or formal classes to key stakeholders as necessary to promote ongoing learning and development of the care team Sepsis Research with Evidenced Based Practice and Research 1)Utilizes Nursing Research approach to improving outcomes including a base knowledge of the Internal Review Board (IRB) requirements 2)Sits on multidisciplinary committees focused on advancing nursing research and nursing professional development Licensure: Nurse, Registered (RN) Education/Experience Required:
Current RN or APN licensure in the state in which the teammates practice (determined by the department leader)
3 years critical care or emergency experience
Data analysis and project management
Clinical competence in hemodynamics and care of the critically ill patient
Advanced computer skills in managing projects, presentations, and data collection.

Synthesizing and analyzing data from sometimes conflicting data sources. May require travel to other sites within the organization for key meetings or training activities. Urgent/emergent responsiveness to regulatory requests or to prevent potential sentinel events.

Adherence to and utilization of minimal lift and patent handling policies and procedures. May require use of patient handling equipment.

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