Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for our Sepsis Nurse Coordinator opportunity!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Sepsis Coordinator ensures all aspects of the sepsis program are in place to reduce the mortality risk of sepsis.
What you will do in this role:
- Implement and maintain an effective organizational-wide sepsis program.
- Utilize processes to monitor and measure sepsis outcomes.
- Retrieve, communicate and present information in written and/or visual fashion in a manner appropriate to intended audience.
- Collaborate with medical staff, CMO, ICU, Emergency Department providers, and other professionals to ensure goal-directed therapy requirements are met throughout hospitalization.
- Participate in multidisciplinary rounds as indicated.
- Perform review of policies and procedures annually or more often as needed; complete updates in Policy Stat.
- Communicate and provide updates to Division and Corporate level leadership as requested.
- Conduct monthly Sepsis and Ventilator meetings for evaluation of outcomes, data review and analysis, policy/procedure development, review of current best practices, and ongoing education.
- Develop educational materials. Provide education to individuals and groups about disease-specific care and appropriate assessments.
- Active rounding throughout the facilities to observe practices, perform surveillance, provide in-time education to healthcare team, and advise leadership, staff, medical staff and other professionals.
- Compile data and provide support for the reporting of data to required committees, including, but not limited to MEC and BOG.
- Participate in 24-hour on-call coverage to respond to alerts and act as resource.
- Utilize appropriate skills in telephone etiquette when answering the telephone.
- Ensure the privacy of our patients and confidentiality of their Protected Health Information (PHI).
- Promote customer service initiatives.
- Promote and exhibit teamwork including the ability to assist other departments within the hospital as needed.
- Maintain positive relationships, both formal and informal.
- Complete mandatory education.
- Comply with hospital policies/procedures and patient safety initiatives.
What qualifications you will need:
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Tennessee or compact state required.
- 5 years of clinical experience required.
- Emergency department or critical care experience preferred.
Benefits
Parkridge 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.
Parkridge Medical Center is a 270+ bed hospital. We are near downtown Chattanooga. We feature comprehensive diagnostic, medical, and surgical services. These services include cardiovascular surgery and cancer treatment. These services include intensive care, orthopedic and spine surgery, and rehabilitation. The facility includes a state of the art neurosurgery program. Patients also have access to OB-GYN services. Patients have access to a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They also have access to (NICU) and behavioral health treatment centers for children and adults.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Sepsis Nurse Coordinator opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly 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.
