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Full-Time

Unit Coordinator

Posted on 7/4/2026

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Bronson Methodist Hospital

Southwest Michigan health system

No salary listed

Battle Creek, MI, USA

In Person

Bachelor's, Master's

Category
Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1)
Required Skills
Nursing
Word/Pages/Docs
Quality Assurance (QA)
PALS
ACLS
Data Analysis
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • A Bachelor's degree in Nursing and two years of clinical experience are required.
  • A valid Registered Nurse license in good standing with the State of Michigan is required.
  • Advanced nursing-specific certification is preferred.
  • Department-specific certifications such as PALS, BLS, or ACLS may be required.
  • Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills are required.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal communication, conflict-resolution, and team-leadership abilities are required.
  • Demonstrated problem-solving ability is required.
  • Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and demonstrate accountability for assignments is required.
  • Ability to use job-relevant software such as Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Visio is required.
  • Ability to organize and analyze data is required.
  • Fluent spoken and written English is required.
  • Knowledge of regulatory standards and ability to assess their impact on the organization are required.
  • Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
Responsibilities
  • Function as the clinical liaison and day-to-day leadership resource for staff, physicians, and management.
  • Maintain unit standards and foster a positive team environment as a role model, mentor, coach, and resource person.
  • Assist managers in attracting, developing, maintaining, and retaining qualified staff members.
  • Assist with hiring, orientation, performance monitoring and evaluation, problem solving, employee counseling, staffing, payroll, and budget activities.
  • Serve as a contact for internal and external customers.
  • Maintain a safe environment of care, implement new processes, and monitor ongoing processes to meet quality standards.
  • Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care.
  • Conduct or facilitate audits for accreditation, regulatory requirements, and organizational standards.
  • Coordinate day-to-day unit operations, including patient placements and staff assignments.
  • Assume responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel and ensure appropriate utilization of personnel.
  • Coordinate department staff schedules with manager input as needed.
  • Adjust department staffing daily to address staffing needs, volume changes, and call-ins.
  • Facilitate staff attendance at organizational committees and meetings.
  • Manage staffing levels to help the department achieve its budget.
  • Participate in projecting staffing needs and assist in creating staffing plans with the manager or director.
  • Approve or deny paid time off.
  • Follow organizational staffing policies and communicate with staff about scheduling requests and issues.
  • Act as a clinical expert resource and maintain positive relationships and teamwork across the healthcare team.
  • Maintain and provide input into guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards.
  • Act as the first responder for clinical and service-recovery issues.
  • Provide guidance and supervision to personnel accountable to the nurse manager.
  • Provide ongoing performance feedback and monitor staff performance daily.
  • Work with the manager to develop personal development plans, including follow-up and mentoring.
  • Evaluate personnel performance and provide or collate peer input for evaluations.
  • Communicate staff behavior and performance issues to the manager and participate in employee discipline processes.
  • Participate in employee evaluation processes at the manager's discretion.
  • Co-facilitate shared-governance meetings and mentor the staff chair.
  • Facilitate charge-nurse and other unit meetings and report to the nurse manager.
  • Participate in recruitment, selection, and retention of personnel, including assisting the manager with interviews.
  • Create and support an environment that encourages innovation and creativity.
Desired Qualifications
  • A Master's degree in Nursing is preferred.
  • Previous management experience is preferred.
  • Formal or informal leadership experience is preferred.
  • Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification through PQF or NCC is required within six months of completing intermediate fetal monitoring for Unit Coordinators in Labor and Delivery or Mother/Baby/Antepartum at Bronson Methodist Hospital and Bronson Battle Creek.
Bronson Methodist Hospital

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Bronson Methodist Hospital is a nonprofit health system serving southwest Michigan. The system provides hospital, primary, specialty, emergency, outpatient, rehabilitation, and community health services through regional care locations. It serves patients, families, clinicians, referring providers, and communities throughout southwest Michigan. Its operating model centers on coordinated hospitals and practices supported by clinical programs, technology, facilities, supply chain, and administration. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, rehabilitation, technology, facilities, administration, and patient access. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.

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