Insight Hospital and Medical Center · 1 month ago
SANE Program Coordinator
Insight Hospital and Medical Center is seeking a SANE Program Coordinator to implement and maintain a system of care for SANE patients and their families. The coordinator will work collaboratively with healthcare teams and assist in the emergency department while performing forensic examinations and ensuring quality patient care.
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Responsibilities
Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with local Rape Crisis personnel, law enforcement agencies, social work, and emergency department personnel
Performs forensic examinations and collection of evidence in accordance with state and professional organization guidelines
Demonstrates competence in the use of additional evidence collection tools such as colposcope, Bluemaxx light, toluidine blue, and photo documentation
Completes SANE documentation to include consents, discharge instructions, assessment, and interventions
Initiates appropriate referrals for follow up after care as needed
Performs quality assurance functions and other duties as assigned by the program coordinator
Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinate care based on respect for patient preference, values, and needs
Elicit and communicate patient values, preferences, and expressed needs
Provide patient-centered care with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team. Engage patients or designated surrogates in active partnerships that promote health, safety and well-being, and self-care management
Addresses patient family education needs considering patient level of comprehension, style of learning from the point of entry through discharge
Navigates and collaborates with patient, family and healthcare team regarding the care provided and needed to ensure appropriate transition along the continuum
Evaluates patient’s response and interventions to ensure optimal patient care
Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care
Base individualized care plan on patient values, clinical expertise, and evidence
Assesses, formulates nursing diagnosis, plans, and implements and continually evaluates effectiveness of the individualized written nursing care plan and delivery of nursing care for each patient assigned
Analyzes and prioritizes problems and makes sound judgments based on logic and/or critical thinking skills
Improve the safety and quality of healthcare systems by minimizing the risk of harm to patients and the healthcare team
Administers medications and executes regimens as authorized by the state licensure
Incorporates quality measures and data to understand individual and system performance
Applies use of technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality
Identifies strategies to reduce risk of harm to self or others
Participates in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice projects or research
Promotes and incorporates error prevention techniques
Report safety concerns and events including near misses
Promote and incorporate use of technology to communicate, manage information, mitigate errors, and support decision-making
Navigates, plans patient care, and documents ongoing status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes in accurate, timely manner in the electronic health record
Responds appropriately to clinical decision-making supports and alerts
Advocates protecting the integrity of the healthcare record and the privacy of each patient
Interacts effectively with patient, families and with healthcare team to foster open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making
Functions as the coordinator of the patient’s plan of care through interaction and communication with healthcare team
Acts with integrity, consistency, and respect for diversity
Functions within scope of practice
Delegates to other team members as appropriate
Escalates barriers, safety and clinical concerns utilizing appropriate chain of command
Influences the behavior of individuals or groups within the environment to facilitate goal establishment and achievement
Accountable for the delivery of nursing care consistent with the core values, mission, philosophy, and policies of Insight Health System
Understands and maintains a current working knowledge of scope of practice as outlined by state Board of Nursing
Integrates leadership skills to promote systems thinking, communication, and facilitating change
Participates in healthcare teams to improve patient care, the work environment, and patient and staff satisfaction
Accountable to own nursing practice by following nursing process. Assigns, directs, delegates, and supervises ancillary personnel and support staff in carrying out particular roles/functions aimed at achieving patient care goals
Participates in practices endorsed at the healthcare system level
Plans, organizes, and delivers patient care in the context of the work unit
Practices bedside report/hand-offs as applicable
Escalates concerns utilizing appropriate chain of command to maintain safety, quality, and patient satisfaction
Complies with nursing process
Ability to respond effectively and efficiently to critical situations involving patients, personnel, and visitors in a professional manner
Performs basic nursing skills competently
Ability to evaluate own daily practice for errors and pursue corrective action
Engages in the changing environment and is open to new ideas
Functions as a dependable team member, assisting when requested or when the need is obvious
Communicates effectively and empathetically with all members of the healthcare team including patients
Responsible for continued professional growth, development, and competency
Navigate and retrieve information from the computer and healthcare record
Qualification
Required
Associates degree from an accredited nursing program
Communicate effectively with a wide variety of intra-and inter-facility staff and administration using both oral and written communication
Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships
Possession of critical thinking, teaching and clinical skills
3+ years of SANE RN adult & pediatric examiner experience
Currently licensed as RN in the State of Michigan
Must maintain current CPR training
Maintain department specific certifications (ACLS, PALS, TNCC, ENPC, etc.); new hires/transfers to this role must obtain within one year of hire
Preferred
Bachelor's of science in nursing degree from an accredited nursing program
Data abstraction and analysis in nursing discipline
One to two years of supervisory level experience in nursing
Company
Insight Hospital and Medical Center
Insight Hospital and Medical Center Chicago is a 414-bed general medical and surgical teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois.