Job Description

Clinical Resource Specialist at Lehigh Valley Health Network summary:

The Clinical Resource Specialist provides clinical support, coaching, and education to nursing staff during off shifts, promoting quality patient care and staff development. They collaborate with unit leadership to ensure adherence to evidence-based practices and support hospital goals related to patient safety and professional practice. This role requires advanced nursing knowledge, problem-solving skills, and effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare teams.

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Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is home to nearly 23,000 colleagues who make up our talented, vibrant and diverse workforce.

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LVHN has been ranked among the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years. We're a Magnet(tm) Hospital, having been honored five times with the American Nurses Credentialing Center's prestigious distinction for nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes in our Lehigh Valley region. Finally, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg, Lehigh Valley Hospital- Hazleton, and Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono each received an 'A' grade on the Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2020, the highest grade in patient safety. These recognitions highlight LVHN's commitment to teamwork, compassion, and technology with an unrelenting focus on delivering the best health care possible every day.

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Summary

Coaches, mentors, and, facilitates effective patient care utilizing professional evidenced-based standards and practices. Serves as a clinical resource on the off shifts by providing clinical, consultative, technical, or informational services as needed to clinical staff, patients, and/or families. Utilizes effective and appropriate communication styles. Collaborates with Nursing Supervisors, Patient Care Specialists, and unit leadership to ensure quality patient outcomes, staff development, and global education. Supports unit and hospital goals and objectives.

Job Duties

• Promotes ongoing clinical development of Patient Care Services employees on the off shift by providing education, coaching, support, and guidance.
• Provides clinical, consultative, technical, or informational services to patients, families, and clinical staff.
• Demonstrates the problem solving process in the identification and resolution of patient care or other problems referring them, as appropriate, utilizing the accepted chain of command.
• Demonstrates commitment to quality and safety, in accordance with established policies and procedures, utilizing evidence-based practice.
• Fosters staff development and empowerment by promoting teamwork, collegiality, and professional practice.
• Assists in the continuum of orientation requirements and global education in collaboration with Patient Care Specialists and unit leadership teams.
• Uses effective and appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication styles with patients, significant others, visitors, staff, and professional colleagues.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing
• 3 years of experience as a registered nurse in an acute care setting.
• Knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
• Identify clinical problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions/quality care interventions.
• Basic computer skills.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_PA - State of Pennsylvania Upon Hire

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed, stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force), lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patient's weight. Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift. *Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.

Lehigh Valley Health Network does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Agencies should not forward resumes to our job aliases, our employees or any other organization location. Lehigh Valley Health Network is not responsible for any agency fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Keywords:

clinical resource specialist, nursing education, patient care, clinical coaching, evidence-based practice, staff development, quality patient outcomes, healthcare teamwork, acute care nursing, clinical support

Job Tags

Local area, Shift work,

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