STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: NURSING COORDINATOR
Class Code: 6583-27
Date Established: 07-10-81
Occupational Code: 7-4-9
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To coordinate and supervise nursing
activities to ensure the implementation of services and therapeutic
interventions based on nursing process and standards of practice, and to ensure
adequate staffing levels of nurses within units.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Plans, supervises,
coordinates and evaluates the work of professional and paraprofessional nursing
staff.
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Monitors, directs and
updates nursing schedules and coordinates schedules between units.
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Coordinates staff
activities to provide adequate nursing care for all patients.
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Consults with staff
members and exchanges information relative to problems of care and treatment of
residents/patients and investigates accidents, injuries, illness, hygiene and
complaints.
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Provides information
for budget planning in area of medical supplies and equipment with projections
for future needs.
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Supervises and
administers therapeutic prescriptions to patients.
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Reviews nursing staff
reports and record observations on patients' conditions.
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Acts as a contributing
member of the multidisciplinary team engaged in providing treatment for acute
behavioral, emotional and/or physical disturbances.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in analyzing and
interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in order to
arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or scientific understanding
to analyze problems of a specialized or professional nature in a particular
field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
major aspects of long-range agency objectives by planning short- and long-term
organizational goals, reviewing recommendations for procedural changes, and
developing or revising program policies.
Errors at this level result in incorrect decisions at an administrative
level, and are detected subsequent to implementation in an overall evaluation
process.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of programs
or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor, including
disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending hiring and
terminating employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a working unit or
section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires reviewing summaries and
reports and making management level decisions to solve problems or to achieve
work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those solutions and
goals. This level also requires
formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the general public
to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands of its client
system.
Complexity: Requires evaluating a combination of
wide-ranging job functions to determine work procedures, to solve problems, and
to reach conclusions by applying analytical, technical, or scientific thinking. This level also requires planning
policies and long-term strategies, drawing conclusions based on available
criteria, and evaluating the effectiveness of program objectives.
Independent Action: Requires independent judgment in
planning and evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of
professional, technical and managerial standards under administrative direction
and according to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree from a recognized
college or university with major study in nursing or a related human service
field. Each additional year of
approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work
experience.
Experience: Five years' experience as a registered
nurse in a health care facility or a related human service field working in the
specialty area in which the vacancy exists. Each additional year of approved work experience may be
substituted for one year of required formal education.
License/Certification:
1. Current license as a
Registered Nurse in New Hampshire.
2. Must be certified by
the American Nurses Association in Nursing Administration or a speciality that
is consistent with the job accountabilities and appropriate to the institution
or agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of professional nursing
theory, practice, and management.
Knowledge of nursing techniques involved in the care of developmentally
disabled, emotionally disturbed, or geriatric patients. Ability to instruct, coordinate and supervise
nurses and subordinate employees.
Ability to administer detailed therapeutic prescriptions. Ability to follow directions. Ability to maintain records and
charts. Ability to prepare
reports. Ability to maintain
effective personal relationships with employees and patients. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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