Position Overview
United Health Services is seeking a Sepsis Coordinator to lead the growth, development, and ongoing success of our system-wide Sepsis Program. This is a high-impact leadership role focused on improving outcomes for a complex patient population through collaboration, clinical expertise, and performance improvement.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with Emergency Department teams and interdisciplinary leaders to drive evidence-based sepsis care across the continuum. You’ll influence practice, coach clinical teams, and lead strategic initiatives that ensure high-quality, efficient, and coordinated care delivery for sepsis patients across UHS.

Work Locations:

UHS Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, NY UHS Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, NY

There is more than one location associated with this position. This is either because there are multiple openings at different sites, or the successful candidate will be required to float across multiple UHS facilities. Your recruiter and hiring manager will clarify expectations during the interview process.

Primary Work Shift:

Day Rotational

Regular Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Compensation Range:

$37.00 - $55.50 per hour, depending on experience

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Schedule

• 40 hours per week

• Day - rotational schedule

Required Functions

• Develop and maintain a well-coordinated, multi-disciplinary sepsis accreditation program at UHS

• Develops, reviews, and updates standards of care, policies, clinical pathways, protocols, and order sets to comply with sepsis program best practices and optimal patient outcomes, Acts as an expert resource for sepsis care.

• Serves as coordinator for all sepsis workflows.

• Collaborates with the quality management department & sepsis registry programs and staff to ensure timely and accurate data abstraction/entry occurs.

• Responsible for developing, coordinating and ensuring delivery of regular sepsis education to nurses, physicians, clinicians, patients, families, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), communities, referring hospitals.

• Develops performance improvement plans for sepsis programs that achieve and maintain positive patient outcomes.

• Promotes a positive image of the UHSH to patients, physicians, EMS, hospital staff, and the community.

• Monitors and adheres to following sepsis rounding procedures on admitted sepsis patients and navigates their care; lead/supervise other nurse navigators if assigned.

• Participates in appropriate hospital committees.

• Actively participates on local, regional, and national advisory groups to work to advance the science of care for the sepsis patient.  Actively remain abreast of current evidence-based practice for sepsis.

Education and Experience

Minimum Required

• Bachelors degree
• 2-5 years clinical nursing experience in the Emergency Department, Critical Care, or working in the inpatient service line.

License and/pr Certification

Minimum Required

• NYS Registered Nurse

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