Forensic Medicine Coordinator

Department/Unit:
SANE Program

Work Shift:
Weekend_Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:
$84,783.00 - $131,414.00

Will have all the responsibilities of the forensic medicine coordinator. Will be a weekend day position: Saturday and Sunday 7am-7pm, providing forensic exams for Albany Medical Center.

Additional Responsibilities:

• In collaboration with the SANE Medical Director, the Coordinator will train interested residents, nurses, mid-levels, and MD's to standardize the care delivered to victims of violence
• Ensure competencies for the sexual assault examiner are current and stay up to date.
• Scheduling the SAEs, ensuring their commitment is fulfilled.
• Compiling data collection, trends, etc. for grant funding with Medical Director.
• Responsible for maintaining forensic equipment and supplies.
• Responsible for the Chain of Custody for the evidence collected and storage of equipment.
• Develop a NYS training program for SAFE/SANE examiners and arrange training classes for SAEs as required.
• Oversee peer review of documentation, providing feedback for quality improvement.
• Conduct quarterly staff meetings for process improvement.
• Ensures the proper criteria are met in caring for victims of violence, in accordance with NYSDOH, International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN), and Joint Commission standards of Excellence.
• Coordinates Community outreach trainings.
• Attend community outreach meetings i.e. area SART, DCJSAE, NYCASA, and communicates back the initiatives at staff meetings.
• Remain on the schedule for FNE cases, as needed, to stay current.
• Ensures providers are compensated for their cases as well as their on call pay.
• Continued involvement in open cases from beginning to end, including follow up from law enforcement, crime lab, and District Attorney's office.
• Performs audit reviews of sexual assault documentation and provides feedback to examiners on each case.
• Assists with organizing community events for examiners to attend.
• Provides examiners with dates for conferences that are local as well as in other states to attend.
• Creates a monthly newsletter to keep examiners up to date with changes/equipment/case review.
• Works with the Medical Director to ensure pediatric and adult documentation is standardized.
• Meets with the lab to stay current with process of pediatric SA collection and obtaining of cultures, quality review.

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines - required
• 1-3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse - required
• Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care.
• Principles of growth and development.
• Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications.
• Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions.
• Assessments, treatments and medications related to forensic patients.
• Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team composed of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies.
• Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including patient documentation, and in interactions with other agencies.
• Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules.
• Maintain confidential patient information.
• Clinical forensic nursing patient assessment and the use of equipment/instruments relevant to forensic patient care.
• Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, and interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff.
• Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, and decision making.
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required
• NYS SAFE Certification Upon Hire - required
• SANE-A - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Adult Upon Hire - preferred
• SANE-P - Sexual Assault Nurse Exam Pediatric Upon Hire - preferred
• TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire - preferred
• ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification Upon Hire - preferred
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Upon Hire - preferred