Sepsis Coordinator Position Available In Forsyth, North Carolina

Sepsis Coordinator
Winston Salem, NC, United States

Job ID:

155583

Job Family:

Nursing

Status:

Full Time

Shift:

Day

Job Type:

Regular

Department Name:

12531088943214-Quality Resource Center
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Overview

Position Highlights:

Location:

Winston Salem, North Carolina
Full Time

What We Offer:

Day 1

Health Coverage:

Choose from either copay or HSA-eligible health insurance options with coverage starting on your first day of work.

Generous PTO:

Accrual starts at up to 25 days/year, to be used for vacations, sickness, holidays, and personal matters.

Parental Benefits:

Six weeks paid birthing-mother maternity leave & four weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

Retirement:

Up to 7% employer-paid retirement contributions

Education Reimbursement:

We invest in your professional growth, offering up to $2,500 per year towards a bachelor’s degree and up to $5,000 per year towards a graduate degree.

Job Summary:

Responsible for collaborating with the multidisciplinary healthcare team and facilitating activities/services that drive improvements in sepsis oues bybining the roles of clinician, leader, liaison, educator, and quality improvement specialist. The Sepsis Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the provision of reliable, high value, evidence-based and coordinated care for adult sepsis patients in the ED and inpatient settings. The Sepsis Coordinator facilitate evidence-based practice across all disciplines in accordance with current sepsis guidelines while working directly with providers and multidisciplinary teammates as necessary to facilitate the care for sepsis patients that is consistent with National guidelines and the Organization’s Sepsis Program goals.

What You’ll Need:

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a healthcare related field required
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in good standing in the state w the teammate practices
Typically requires at least 5 years of experience in healthcare with strong clinical background
CCRN, CEN, CPHQ, or Lean Six Sigma

What You’ll Do:

Conducts periodic clinical shift support as required to improve performance oues.
Makes regular rounds on sepsis patients and routinely attends Interdisciplinary Rounds to evaluate appropriateness of orders, treatment plans, nursing intervention, physician documentation andpliance with the Sepsis bundle to assure that all patients receiveprehensive and timely treatment interventions that are consistent best practice guidelines. Facilitates close multidisciplinary partnerships between the ED, ICU and other clinical departments.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary care providers to identify on-going care concerns related to sepsis care and works with them to develop strategies for improvement.
Facilitates the design, implementation and evaluation of the Multidisciplinary Sepsis Program Charter and annual PI Plan to address all applicable regulatory, accreditation, certification and/oranizational requirements.
Facilitates the defining oue and process measures of the Sepsis program for the severe sepsis and septic shock population such as: Improvement in Compliance with the Sepsis Care Bundle; Reduction in LOS; Reduction in the mortality rate; Reduction in sepsis related readmissions
Leads the facilitation of the multidisciplinary Sepsis team activities such as meeting agendas, scheduling of meetings, maintaining minutes and follow-up on assigned tasks. Facilitates the development and periodic review and revision of Sepsis-related forms, including orders sets, protocols, checklists, flowcharts, policies, and procedures.
Works with the Electronic Medical Record support teams (Clinical Application Analysts and Clinical IS), Quality Management Nurses, Clinical Documentation Specialist, and Health Information Coders to improve/enhance documentation regarding Sepsis for nursing and physicians. Participates in hospitalmunity outreach program by providing sepsis awareness and early intervention education to the public.
Facilitate the development and delivery of Sepsis related education for healthcare providers and teammates across the continuum of care.
Completes periodic real-time and retrospective review of the sepsis patient’s EMR to ensure optimal sepsis care. Uses the findings of these reviews tomunicate opportunities and improvement strategies to the frontline care team regarding patient sepsis care.
Facilitates the design and use of reports to identify potential sepsis patients and uses the reports to monitorpliance with the established sepsis treatment protocols and guidelines.
Facilitates the review 30-day readmission episodes for sepsis patients, in-hospital mortality, and 30-day mortality using a standardized review tool or protocol.
Remain abreast of all appropriate federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines including hospital policies and protocol changes Works closely with the Quality Management to understand regulatory reporting requirements, review and consolidate quality related data forpliance with evidenced based metrics to prepare and present data to the appropriate Organizational and Medical Staffmittee/team meetings.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent and effective oral and writtenmunication skills with patients, family members, visitors, coworkers and medical staff under a wide variety of circumstances
Ability to work with infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and older adult patients
Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
Ability to work effectively with the team