Clinical Staffing Coordinator, Therapy Services

Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware (formerly Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children), is hiring a Clinical Staffing Coordinator for Therapy Services in Delaware Valley.  

The Clinical Staffing Coordinator provides evaluation, treatment, and consultation independently to patients within the designated clinical discipline/program and demonstrates clinical proficiency in direct patient care.  This position will have both clinical and administrative responsibilities. Exact percentages will be set by program or location.  

Staffing duties include: 

• Completes and maintains the staffing schedules for all clinical Per Diem and Float staff across Therapy Services department to ensure coverage to meet patient care needs including weekends and holidays.  
• Effectively and efficiently communicates coverage needs to Per Diem and Float staff providing schedules and coverage responses to program managers.    
• Works collaboratively with Manager of Quality and Clinical Practice and applicable Management team members to determine any coverage shortages and utilization opportunities.    
• Assists to arrange replacement staffing and distribute available resources appropriately.   

Administrative duties include: 

• Assists Manager of Quality and Clinical Practice compiling, analyzing, and reporting data on efficiency and productivity of per diem and float staff.  
• Assists Manager of Quality and Director of Operations on compiling requested data for analysis of metrics.

This position will have both clinical and administrative responsibilities.  Exact percentages will be set by program or location. 

Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree in one of the following: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Speech-Language Pathology; or its equivalent from a CAPTE, ACOTE, or ASHA-accredited university required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience required.
• State of Delaware License required upon hire in one of the following disciplines: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology.
• American Heart Association BLS certification required within 6 months of date of hire and must be maintained for duration of employment.
• Clinical affiliation and/or work experience in pediatrics preferred.  

Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.