Lead Primary Care Nurse

2 days ago


East Orange, New Jersey, United States Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Full time
Job Title: Lead Primary Care Nurse

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Primary Care Nurse to join our team. As a key member of our primary care team, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direct day-to-day supervision of staff, ensuring that nursing clinical practice is consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statues, and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care in the ambulatory setting.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Plan and institute practices that promote the organization's capacity to provide resources that ensure continuity of care among primary care, specialties, other disciplines, and across health care systems.
  • Evaluate and manage the performance of nursing personnel and outcomes of nursing care delivery systems.
  • Staffing plans reflect the requirements of state practice acts, regulatory mandates, and professional standards in accordance with organizationally defined standards to safely meet the needs of patient care.
  • Participate in the performance evaluations with the Nurse Manager in a timely manner congruent with organizational policy and guidelines.
  • Initiate activities that focus on improving the quality of clinical nursing practice and nursing care delivery systems.
  • Adhere to regulatory, ethical, and professional standards in business and care delivery practices.
  • Address conflict openly, using tactful and sensitive measures to mediate mutually beneficial resolutions.
  • Set standards, serve as a role model, and set expectations for conducting and participating in performance improvement initiatives.
  • Implement an ongoing, proactive program to identify and eliminate safety risks to patients or staff and risks for unanticipated adverse events.
  • Assure that initial and ongoing competency assessments occur within organization-specific time frames using measurable performance criteria.
  • Institute policies and practices that include nursing staff in making shared decisions about nursing practice.
  • Execute and monitor systems to assure consistent and appropriate resource assignment and utilization.
  • Partner with the Nurse Manager to identify and execute annual unit-based quality improvement initiatives that result in a measurable impact on quality, cost, and resource utilization.
Requirements:
  • Technical Diploma in Nursing is required.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is preferred.
  • At least two (2) years of primary care or ambulatory nursing experience is preferred.
  • At least one (1) year of pediatric experience is preferred.
  • At least one (1) year of previous supervisory experience is preferred.
Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice to give and evaluate patient care.
  • Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations, and procedures to administer patient care.
  • Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.
  • Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to maintain a safe working environment.
  • Clinical Quality Management and Service Orientation.
  • Regulatory requirements including the State Nurse Practice Act.
  • Skills in applying and modifying the principles, methods, and techniques of professional nursing to provide ongoing patient care.
  • Skills in exercising initiative, judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making.
  • Skills in preparing and maintaining records, writing reports, and responding to correspondence.
  • Skills in developing and maintaining department quality assurance.
  • Skills in leadership functions and providing role models to staff.
  • Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public.
  • High degree of accountability and time management.
  • Organizing, planning, and prioritization.
  • Communicating effectively in writing and verbally.
  • Recruiting, developing, and engaging talent.
  • Building, motivating, and influencing teams.
  • Conflict management.
  • Managing vision and purpose.
  • Computer Competency.
  • Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports).
  • Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams).
  • Web browsing, intranet search, document access.
  • Use of shared network file space.
  • Basic use of patient-facing technology (e.g., IV pumps, point-of-care devices, CR monitors).
  • Navigating and using clinical communication systems.
  • Information Literacy.
  • Determining the nature and extent of clinical information needed and using the appropriate technology to access it.
  • Accessing needed information effectively and efficiently.
  • Evaluating information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporating it into clinical practice.
  • Evaluating outcomes of the use of information.
  • Information Management Literacy.
  • Navigating the electronic health record system.
  • Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems.
  • Effectively using clinical decision support tools.
  • Understanding policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems.
  • Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.
Licenses and Certifications:
  • Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required.
  • Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required.
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - issued through an organization that requires a hands-on instructor-led psychomotor skills verification (e.g., American Heart Association or Red Cross) - upon hire - Required.
  • Certified Pediatric Nurse - CPN - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PCNB) - upon hire - Preferred.

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