UNIT COORD CLIN SPEC PT

Overview

 

Unit Coordinator Clinical Specialist PT, Rehab Admin Support

Full Time, 72 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

 

Fort Sanders Regional Overview:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is an award-winning, certified, and accredited facility with 468 beds. As a Joint Commission Comprehensive Stroke Center, Fort Sanders offers state-of-the art care that maximizes recovery from stroke.  We are also the region’s leader in technology in areas such as bariatric surgery, robotic surgery and minimally invasive spine surgery. Our door-to-balloon times for heart attack patients are below the national average, and our hip fracture center offers advanced diagnosis, surgery and recovery procedures for hip patients.

 

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as its 2020 “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. As you’d expect, we offer our employees a robust benefits package, including: offering unmatched medical insurance, tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment assistance, certification bonuses; leadership and professional development programs; an employer-matched 401(k); and a generous Combined Time Off (CTO) program.

 

Position Summary:

This position is designed to provide supervisory leadership to staff level employees, coordinating such activities with the department’s Unit Leader/Operation Leader.  The incumbent is expected to exercise independent judgement and discretion in performing the duties listed below. Staff Clinical Specialist duties include planning, evaluating and implementing treatment programs for patients.  While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of new program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.

 

Recruiter: Jennifer Gordon || jgordon2@covhlth.com || 865-374-8107

Responsibilities

• Participates in performance appraisal of staff.
• Participates in hiring process, including providing hiring recommendations to the Unit Leader.
• Prepares documentation for possible disciplinary actions and makes recommendations for such action to the Unit Leader.
• Provides recommendations to Unit Leader for commendations, bonuses, or other appropriate forms of recognition for outstanding performance of employees.
• Makes work assignments and directs work activities. Coordination of scheduling taking into account patient needs, workload ratios, skills/competency and staff relief for meetings.
• Provides input regarding core competencies for all team members to Unit Leader/Operations Leader.
• Provides input regarding Policies and Procedures.
• Provides input into educational/orientation needs of team members.
• Serves as clinical or technical resource as needed including assuming patient care responsibilities.
• Checks emergency crash carts or ascertains that the cart has been checked (if applicable).
• Responds to customer service needs.
• Assists assurance of work group compliance with the Joint Commission, CARF, OSHA, Infection Control, Safety, other regulatory/accrediting agencies, and any applicable state laws.
• Facilitates and implements program development.
• Demonstrates competency in critical skills, including demonstration of competency in addressing the age-specific needs of the patient population served.
• Able to temporarily assume responsibilities of the UL/OL as needed.
• All job responsibilities of staff position.
• Advance clinical practice - evaluation and treatment of patients.
• Develops and maintains orientation checklists and competency criteria.
• Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
• Gives 20 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
• Peer counseling
• Mentorship
• Community lectures/volunteer
• Orientation of new staff in area of specialty
• Inservices
• Resource notebook in area of specialty
• Takes at least one student per year.
• Demonstrates leadership in development and implementation of new and current program policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates leadership in development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of care and standards of practice. This include