Lead Child Protection Team RN Child Protection Team | Full-Time | Phoenix Posting Note: ...Read[...]

Department: PCMG-MAIN | Child Protection Team

Category: Nursing

Location: Phoenix

Employee Type: Regular

Posting #: 872479

Posted On: 8/27/2024

Position Summary

Posting Note: The Phoenix Children’s is hiring a Lead Child Protection Team RN. The Lead role will be the point person for education, orientation, competency, team schedules and assignments of the SANE RN Team. The Child Protection Team at Phoenix Children’s partners with agencies such as law enforcement, children’s services, victim advocates, and mental health clinicians. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners work with a team to provide services at Phoenix Children’s as well as three advocacy sites – Childhelp Children’s Advocacy Center of Arizona, Mesa Family Advocacy Center, and Southwest Family Advocacy Center in Goodyear. This position is located at our partnership with Child's Help, and located at 2120 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. The hours of this position will be 2 PM - 10 PM, which qualifies for the second shift, shift differential

The Lead Child Protection Team RN is responsible for being the point person to lead the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) team regarding education, orientation and ongoing competencies as well as team schedules and assignments. Escalates issues pertaining to difficult cases, serve as the designated liaison with the providers and other interdisciplinary team members. This position is 10% administrative and requires a clinical knowledge base to help facilitate patient care, overcoming barriers to care, helping to improve the overall quality of care and enhancing the patient experience.

Position Duties

• Nursing Process/Direct Care
  • Completes nursing assessment of patient conditions consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors, to determine initial level of compliance with treatment plan per policy and unit guidelines. Performs ongoing patient and family assessments and identifies variations from diagnoses.
• Management of Patient's Condition
  • Acts as partner, advocate, and advisor, assisting and supporting patient/family in the optimal management of their own health care, respecting their culture and values, individual needs, health goals and treatment preferences.
  • Continually evaluates patient responses to care, teaching, and discharge plans. Documents patient progress in appropriate charts and shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team and families to ensure timely communication and understanding of patient health status, progress, and ongoing needs.
  • Delegates teaching components to staff prepared to teach and/or intervene in clinical settings.
  • Facilitates communication between patient, family and interdisciplinary.
• Operations of Clinic Services
  • Works collaboratively with unit / medical leadership to provide guidance and direction to staff by taking an active role in planning, decision-making, and communication to healthcare team of issues affecting the interdisciplinary team, quality of care, and integration of patient care activities.
  • Provides clinical expertise that promotes coordinated specialty services.
  • Assesses staff education needs and provides staff learning opportunities relevant to patient / family specialty population.
  • Assists in the investigation of significant incidents or identified risk, and partners with leadership to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • May organize operations of clinic site to assure compliance with necessary service requirements of identified population or specialty program.
  • Utilizes professional, regulatory, and governmental agency standards to guide care of patient population.
• Continuity of Care
  • Facilitates continuity of care using nursing process, interprofessional collaboration, coordination of and access to appropriate health care services and community resources.
  • In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, refers patients to optimal health services within and outside the organization and across the care continuum.
  • To assure optimal care and coordination, supports patient and family in transitioning across the care continuum: hospital based services, community based services and other health care professionals.
  • Attends MDT Case Review meetings. Assists law enforcement agencies with required paperwork related to medical evaluations as appropriate. Assesses barriers that prevent children from accessing medical evaluations and working with partner agencies to address them.
  • Facilitates, coordinates and leads SANE MDT case and peer review process monthly. Participates in quarterly 1:1 Forensic Nurse Examiner “update” meetings with Medical Director.
• Assessing Effectiveness of Services and Monitoring Specialty Population Needs and Outcomes
  • Evaluates effectiveness of specialty care services with attention to target population quality indicators, such as unplanned admissions, patient satisfaction, and health / illness / injury outcomes.
  • Maintains skill and knowledge proficiency/competency within specialty area.
  • Maintains accurate records to support data analysis and reporting.
  • As needed prepares accurate, required reports for granting agencies, specialty national health initiatives, and hospital quality initiatives.
  • Regularly reviews research-based literature to improve clinical care outcomes and support quality improvement efforts, as well as compliance with regulatory bodies.
  • Facilitates adherence to national standards as appropriate.
• Community Efforts
  • Promotes the development of community awareness of program.
  • Provides community education.
  • Participates in relevant community events.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable

Position Qualifications Education

1. Four-year degree (BSN) in nursing, or a Diploma Nursing degree or two year (ADN) degree in nursing coupled with directly related work experience.
Required

2. Master’s degree in nursing.
Preferred

3. Completion of an accredited SANE RN Pediatrics/Adult training course.
Required

Experience

1. 5 or more years of nursing experience working with children in an acute pediatric setting, or equivalent/applicable experience.
Required

Certifications / Licenses / Registries

1. Current State of Arizona RN License from a compact state with multistate privileges or the ability to establish licensure according to Arizona law prior to start date.
Required

2. Current BLS Certification for Healthcare Provider from the America Heart Association.
Required

3. Completion of the Certification for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) within three years of hire or transfer into the position.
Required

Special Skills

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Required

2. Confident, articulate, and professional speaking abilities.
Required

3. Possess strong commitment to team environment dynamics with the ability to contribute expertise and follow leadership directives at appropriate times.
Required

4. Solves problems while ensuring rules and directives are followed.
Required

Physical Requirements & Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential

1. Physical Requirement - Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) -Constantly

2. Physical Requirement - Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) -Constantly

3. Physical Requirement - Hearing -Constantly

4. Physical Requirement - Pushing/pulling -Constantly

5. Physical Requirement - Reaching -Constantly

6. Physical Requirement - Sitting -Occasionally

7. Physical Requirement - Standing -Frequently

8. Physical Requirement - Stooping/crouching/kneeling/crawling -Frequently

9. Physical Requirement - Talking -Constantly

10. Physical Requirement - Walking -Constantly

11. Physical Requirement - Near Vision -Constantly

12. Physical Requirement - Far Vision -Constantly

13. Physical Requirement - Color Discrimination -Frequently

14. Physical Requirement - Use of keyboard, mouse and/or computer equipment -Constantly

15. Physical Requirement - Lift up to 35 pounds without assistance -Frequently

16. Physical Requirement - Lift more than 35 pounds without assistance -Occasionally

17. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Inside office environment -Applicable

18. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Airborne communicable diseases -Applicable

19. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Bloodborne pathogens or bodily fluid -Applicable

20. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Fumes or airborne particles -Applicable

21. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Hazardous materials exposure -Applicable

22. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Radiation exposure -Applicable

23. Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential - Toxic or caustic chemicals -Applicable

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