These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests.
GENERAL SUMMARY: The Sepsis Coordinator works in collaboration with all members of the healthcare team through consistent daily clinical patient rounds to assist in the planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of care delivery for sepsis patients. Scope of practice includes providing organized care to the patient with sepsis with focus on health promotion and disease prevention. The coordinator also functions as an educator to the patient, the patient's family and hospital staff providing care to the sepsis patients.
DESCRIPTION:Duties and Responsibilities:
- Facilitates the implementation and evaluation of the Sepsis program including all systems necessary for the multidisciplinary approach throughout the continuum of care.
- Makes regular rounds on sepsis patients to evaluate appropriateness of treatment plans, nursing intervention, physician documentation and compliance with the Sepsis bundle to assure that all patients receive comprehensive and timely treatment interventions that are consistent best practice guidelines.
- Provides education to the patient and family and evaluates their learning/understanding.
- Documents care delivery in a timely, professional, comprehensive manner that portrays critical thought and judgment. Collects, analyzes and submits data related to CMS sepsis core measures to identified designated regulatory agencies.
- Analyzes data to identify where opportunities to improve the early identification and treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock patients exist.
- Facilitates close multidisciplinary partnership between the ED, ICU, MS, and other departments.
- Provides education on sepsis best-practice treatment to staff and informs physicians on documentation guidelines for the treatment of sepsis.
- Provides real time, detailed feedback to clinical providers and departments.
- Coordinates and facilitates Sepsis Committee and work groups with physicians and leadership.
- Works with Quality Performance Improvement Department, in collaboration with the Department of Nursing, Nursing Education Department, physician leadership, and Marketing Department to facilitate program projects and sepsis education.
- Continuously improve the results of outcome measures for the severe sepsis and septic shock population such as:
- Improvement in Compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Resuscitation and Management Bundle
- Reduction in LOS Reduction.
- Reduction in the mortality rates.
EDUCATION:- Provides formal and informal education to medical and clinical staff.
- Collaborates with nursing management, the education department, and Medical Staff to develop and implement an education model based on current educational resources and structure in place.
- Acts as a resource for medical and clinical staff to support program goals.
- Assist the concept of "making it easier to do the right thing" by supporting the development of the EMR such as, RN Screening tools, MD Order sets, MD documentation, and the identification of additional opportunities.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:- Ensures that quality care is provided for all patients.
- Trustworthy collaboration.
- Health education.
- Perfect skill in fostering safety and comfort.
- Participatory - authoritative management.
- Carries out other duties related to patient care and unit operations as assigned..
JOB SPECIFICATIONS:Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Knowledge:- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- BSN required.
Skills:- Current license in the State of Illinois required.
- Current CPR certification required.
- ACLS certification preferred.
- Computer skills to include data entry, retrieval, and basic use of Excel.
Abilities:- Ability to relate well to professional and non-professional staff.
- Knowledge of growth and development needs of staff.
- Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy in carrying out work duties.
- Ability to cooperate effectively with others, a team player.
- Ability to delegate appropriately.
Benefits:- Paid Sick Time - effective 90 days after employment
- Paid Vacation Time - effective 90 days after employment
- Health, vision & dental benefits - eligible at 30 days, following the 1st of the following month
- Short and long-term disability and basic life insurance - after 30 days of employment
Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.
