Clinical Coordinator - ER/Emergency Services at Hollywood Presbyterian

Los Angeles, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 Jun, 26

Salary

171000.0

Posted On

06 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Clinical Leadership, Operational Leadership, Emergency Care Delivery, Throughput Management, Acuity-Based Staffing, Clinical Escalation, Quality Performance Metrics, Interdisciplinary Coordination, Triage Operations, Patient Flow Optimization, Trauma Activation, Stroke Alert Response, STEMI Response, High-Risk Interventions, Staff Mentoring, Regulatory Compliance

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

CLINICAL COORDINATOR – EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT JOB SUMMARY The Clinical Coordinator – Emergency Department provides advanced clinical and operational leadership, ensuring safe, efficient, and regulatory-compliant emergency care delivery. This role oversees throughput, acuity-based staffing, clinical escalation, quality performance metrics, and interdisciplinary coordination. Serves as designee for the Nurse Manager in their absence. This position is scheduled primarily during afternoon and evening hours and may be structured as 8-hour or 10-hour shifts based on clinical and operational need. The role provides leadership overlap between day and night 12-hour nursing shifts and includes at least one weekend per month to ensure consistent leadership representation. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS * Oversee triage operations and ensure appropriate acuity-based assignments. * Coordinate patient flow to optimize door-to-provider and disposition times. * Lead trauma activations, stroke alerts, and STEMI response processes. * Conduct real-time clinical escalation and support high-risk interventions. * Facilitate shift huddles and interdisciplinary coordination. * Participate in case reviews, incident investigations, and root cause analyses. * Mentor and coach staff in clinical practice and documentation integrity. QUALITY & REGULATORY ACCOUNTABILITY * Monitor compliance with Sepsis Bundle, Stroke Door-to-Needle, STEMI Door-to-Balloon benchmarks. * Ensure EMTALA compliance and documentation accuracy. * Track LWBS rates and boarding metrics. * Support Joint Commission and CMS Conditions of Participation readiness. * Participate in departmental quality improvement initiatives. FINANCIAL & OPERATIONAL STEWARDSHIP * Reduce LWBS and improve throughput to support revenue integrity. * Optimize staffing utilization based on acuity and census. * Reduce preventable admissions and hospital-acquired conditions. * Support efficient resource deployment during surge events. LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY & SCOPE * Authority to reassign staff based on acuity and patient care needs. * Authority to escalate unsafe staffing or patient safety concerns. * Authority to remove staff from assignment if safety risk identified. * Provide input into staff performance evaluations and corrective coaching. REQUIRED LICENSURE & CERTIFICATIONS * Current California RN License. * BLS, ACLS, PALS required. * TNCC required. * NIH Stroke Scale Certification required. * CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse) required within 12 months of hire. PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS * TCRN (Trauma Certified Registered Nurse). * CPEN (Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse) if pediatric volume significant. Full-Time, Exempt

Responsibilities

The Clinical Coordinator provides advanced clinical and operational leadership for the Emergency Department, focusing on safe, efficient, and compliant emergency care delivery. Key duties include overseeing triage, coordinating patient flow, leading critical response processes like trauma activations, and serving as the Nurse Manager's designee when absent.