Clinical Coordinator / Clinical Nurse Specialist, OR

Facility: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Department: Nursing
Status: Full-Time
Hours: 8am - 5pm

Job Details:

This position is responsible for providing services that promote, improve and manage health care across CCAD. This position is also responsible for serving as a support and clinical expert for the clinical nursing practice and/or in the management of the care of individuals and groups with chronic health problems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Designs, implements and evaluates unit based educational offerings for nursing staff.
* Participates in the management of care for individuals and groups with complex health problems
* Ensures quality health care and coordinates care to positively influence patients’ outcomes
* Analyzes cost and quality factors related to patient outcomes
* Helps integrate the nursing practice with medical diagnosis and the treatment of disease, injury and disability
* Serves as a consultant and/or liaison to all health care professionals within CCAD and the community to influence and advance clinical practice
* Identifies educational needs across a continuum of patient care to facilitate the development of programs and materials for patients, families and health care team members
* Conducts research in nursing and evaluates findings that impacts clinical practice
* Communicates research findings to other health care professionals through formal and informal presentations
* Plans, implements and evaluates department orientation and educational activities for staff
* Manages and develops unit based educational programs
* Utilizes a variety of resources to resolve problems confronted in relation to various circumstances, including new technology, research protocols, changing patient population and new pharmacology

Experience:

* Minimum of four (4) years post graduate experience in appropriate and relevant health care setting is required
* Ability to identify and use appropriate concepts and principles from behavioral and biological sciences
* Strong program development, research and analytical skills
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Strong organizational and time management skills
* Strong oral and written communication skills
* Ability to speak and write in English is required
* Ability to speak and write in both English and Arabic is preferred

Education Requirements:

* Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required plus successful completion of a post graduate/post basic specialist training program of at least six (6) months duration
* Valid and current national nursing license is required
* Evidence of a passing NCLEX score is required
* BLS, ACLS and PALS relevant to area of specialty is preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Typical physical demands include: a high degree of manual dexterity to sufficiently perform computer functions on a keyboard, produce materials on a PC and operate basic office equipment, normal or corrected vision and hearing, extensive sitting, mobility sufficient to visit with departments or employees throughout CCAD and lift up to 30 lbs.

Organization-Wide Competency Assessment Requirements:

All employees will embrace the CCAD mission, vision and values and be responsible for adhering to the core values of the institution, including: Patient’s First, Collaboration, Mutual Respect, Quality, Patient Safety, Integrity, Cultural Sensitivity and Compassion.
All employees are also expected to meet the standards of performance outlined in the Organization-Wide Competencies listed below as applied to the position.
Customer Service Orientation includes attitude, behavior, interpersonal skill and problem solving that enable an employee to respond to internal and external customer needs and expectations in a positive manner. Adaptability including teamwork, flexibility needed to fulfill job responsibilities, adapting to changes in work environment and accepting supervisory feedback. Efficiency and Effectiveness includes quantity and quality of desired work, as well as organization skills necessary to perform successfully. Essential Job Requirements includes adherence to all relevant policies, procedures and guidelines affecting the work environment, as well as maintenance of required competencies and communication skills. Managerial Responsibilities includes overall accountability for assigned work group relative to operational goals, personnel requirements and budgetary constraints.

Disclaimer:

The responsibilities described on this job description are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. These statements are not intended to be exhaustive of all responsibilities, duties, knowledge, skills and abilities required of employees in the position.
Final determination of a candidate’s qualifications and eligibility to perform the job is at the sole discretion and judgment of the institute/department executive leadership.

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