Program Coordinator Jobs in Brunswick, MD (NOW HIRING)

Inova Loudoun Hospital is looking for a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) Sepsis Coordinator to join the team. This role will be part-time; 24-hours per week; flexible schedule; required to attend mandatory sepsis-related meetings.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation. 

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.

• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and hybrid career opportunities.

Registered Nurse (RN) Sepsis Coordinator Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with physicians and staff in an effort to facilitate early identification and intervention to decrease sepsis mortality and length of stay. Assists clinicians with performing comprehensive assessments by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, data to identify patients with sepsis
• Improve outcomes related to sepsis management and complex sepsis issues.
• Acts as a consultant in the clinical setting and a a subject matter expert, teaching patients and families on techniques related to sepsis.
• Plans, implements and evaluates cost effective sepsis related continuing education programs for staff.
• Tracks, supports and submits hospital sepsis data to the clinical team, quality department and national benchmarking agencies
• Achieves departmental/organizational objectives and performs sepsis care for patients that promotes excellence.
• Develops data driven clinical quality improvement by utilizing Inova Health System's quality improvement methodology.
• Ensures the protocols and therapies for sepsis become the standard of care followed within the facility. Participates in rounds with Physicians who are monitoring sepsis patients
• Conducts monthly sepsis program meetings to evaluate outcomes, develop policies/protocols, review current best practices through networking and ongoing education to enhance the overall program
• Coordinates process improvement activities by assigning specific tasks intended to improve performance to various departments and conducting the appropriate follow-up to ensure successful outcomes
• Evaluates compliance with interdisciplinary sepsis documentation, sepsis bundle compliance and Physician utilization of sepsis orders
• Participates in a minimum of 80 hours of self-development activities with a minimum of 18 formal contact hours and maintains own Team Member Continuing Education Record
• May perform additional duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing; Must have 16 hours in specialized sepsis education

• Experience: 2 years of acute care including one year of quality performance improvement experience

• Certification: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse; Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience: 5+ years' clinical experience in ED/Critical Care/Acute Care/Inpatient/Rapid Response Team; EPIC; Excel reports

• Certification: CPR; knowledge of ACLS; PALS is a plus

• Other: independent, self-motivated, strong communication, critical thinking skills; willingness to join the Sepsis Alliance Institute and AHA Living Learning Network.

We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare. 

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.