Job Description
Mission Health seeks a Stepdown Overflow Clinical Nurse Coordinator to lead clinical operations on a busy stepdown overflow unit. The coordinator oversees daily patient flow, ensures high-quality, patient-centered care, and supports bedside nurses with complex assessments, care planning, and discharges. This role collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary teams, champions safety and quality initiatives, mentors staff, and promotes evidence-based practice. Ideal candidates bring strong clinical judgment, leadership skills, and a passion for teamwork in a fast-paced acute care setting.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily clinical operations and patient flow on the stepdown overflow unit
- Provide advanced patient assessment, care planning, and oversight of nursing interventions
- Collaborate with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes and throughput
- Serve as clinical resource and mentor for bedside nurses and support staff
- Lead and support quality, safety, and evidence-based practice initiatives
- Assist with staffing coordination, prioritization, and escalation of patient care needs
- Support discharge planning, patient education, and transitions of care
- Monitor adherence to hospital policies, regulatory standards, and best practices
Required Skills
- Stepdown/progressive care nursing
- Patient assessment and triage
- Care coordination and discharge planning
- Telemetry monitoring
- Clinical leadership and mentoring
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Electronic health records (EHR)
- Quality and safety initiatives
- Policy and protocol implementation
- Time and resource management
