The Sepsis Coordinator is a specialized healthcare professional responsible for leading efforts to optimize patient outcomes through the effective identification, treatment, and management of sepsis across the continuum of care. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care for patients with sepsis across emergency and inpatient settings. The coordinator serves as a clinical expert, educator, and quality improvement leader, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to enhance early recognition, treatment, and outcomes for sepsis patients.

1. Serve as a clinical expert and resource for sepsis across departments.
2. Conduct daily rounds to reinforce sepsis workflows, compliance, and provide bedside education.
3. Develop and deliver educational materials for staff, patients, and families.
4. Educate clinical and medical staff on sepsis protocols, early recognition, and treatment guidelines.
5. Participate in professional development activities and sepsis-related forums.
6. Lead the development and implementation of sepsis protocols, order sets, and clinical pathways.
7. Perform chart reviews to identify gaps in care and documentation
8. Coordinate sepsis-related quality improvement initiatives and report progress to leadership.
9. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to identify and address barriers to effective sepsis care.
10. Collect, analyze, and report sepsis metrics to clinical teams, quality, and leadership.
11. Work with quality and data analysts to track performance and outcomes.
12. Develop and evaluate sepsis scorecard with action plans to achieve best practice in sepsis performance.

DCH Standards:

• Maintains performance, patient, and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Must adhere to the DCH Behavioral Standards, including creating positive relationships with patients/families, coworkers, colleagues, and with self.

• Performs essential job functions in a manner that ensures the safety of patients, visitors, and employees.
• Identifies and reduces unsafe practices that may result in harm to patients, visitors, and employees.
• Recognizes and takes appropriate action to reduce risks and hazards to promote safety for patients, visitors, and employees.

• Requires use of electronic mail, time and attendance software, learning management software, and intranet.
• Must adhere to all DCH Health System policies and procedures.
• All other duties as assigned.

1. Registered Nurse with current Alabama or Multistate License.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or must be actively working on a Bachelor’s degree with completion date within 2 years of hire, with evidence of active matriculation. (Master’s preferred).
3. Minimum 2 years in emergency or critical care settings; experience with sepsis managementexperience preferred.
4. Skills: Strong clinical judgment, leadership, communication, and data analysis skills. Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.

WORKING CONDITIONS

WORK CONTEXT

• Must be able to use computers, electronic mail, telephone, and texting

PHYSICAL FACTORS

• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects

• Must be able to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking
• Must be able to reach reasonable distances in any direction
• Must be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit, and stoop
• Must have the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, and carry objects
• Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must possess stamina to provide 24-hour management for assigned area(s) of responsibility
• Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.