Nursing Unit Coordinator resume example

· Successfully partnered with nursing, the multidisciplinary healthcare team, and hospital leaders to develop and maintain a quality environment to support professional nursing staff and ensure high-quality patient care.

· Successfully created and developed goals, objectives, policies, procedures and systems for assigned clinical areas.

· Responsible for the supervision, management, coordination, and provision of competent, compassionate, and efficient patient care, while demonstrating fiscal responsibility.

· Ensured compliance with all policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.

· Created "team" approach for the outpatient Cancer Center, to enhance patient care and employee satisfaction.

· Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate crucial communication, and standardized workflow communication using the In-Basket messaging system in EPIC for all things relevant to the patient care process.

· Created Physician Workflow for Outpatient Cancer Center, led project to reduce treatment delays.

· Created new Charge Nurse role workflow.

· Led successful project to reduce patient wait times in IFC- changed workflow between Pharmacy & Nursing to a colored "Dot" system.

· Worked closely with Director of Oncology service line on HR procedures, union issues, disciplinary procedures, budgeting process, and hiring of new staff.

· Created Scheduling Guidelines and Infusion Times "cheat sheet" to improve patient scheduling process

· Managed private oncology/infusion practice

· Oversaw administration of chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusions/injections

· Successfully trained oncology nurses in workflow and safe chemotherapy and biotherapy administration, performed annual reviews

· Successfully provided and ensured high-quality oncology patient care

· Prepared monthly budget and productivity statistics

· Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements

· Established clinic workflows and measures to evaluate clinical effectiveness.

· Successfully compounded and prepared all medications, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy

· Performed all patient education and chemotherapy teaching for all patients

· Ordered and tracked all medications

· Assisted MD with bone marrow biopsies and other clinical procedures.

· Established and maintained relationships with pharmaceutical representatives to stay current on al medications and procedures

· Worked as Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse on 32-bed Medical/oncology unit, providing safe, high quality patient care.

· Personal strengths included interdisciplinary communication, team-building and teamwork approach, participation in patient safety workflows, and patient assignment/staffing expertise.

· Successfully educated staff and maintained regulatory compliance.

· Highly skilled in chemotherapy/immunotherapy administration, and peripheral IV / port access.

· Joined the Preceptor/mentor program for new employees.

· Chosen by San Jose State University/ECH to be nursing student preceptor.