Nurse Leader

4 weeks ago

Texarkana, Texas, United States Christus Health Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Nurse Leader to join our team at Christus Health. As a key member of our nursing staff, you will be responsible for supporting and coordinating the day-to-day activities of nursing personnel in patient care units, providing direction to Clinical Staff, and implementing work of assigned units.

Key Responsibilities
  • Meet expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
  • Organize and oversee patient care delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient care unit.
  • Coach/counsel individual team members; monitor and provide feedback on performance and address training needs.
  • Document daily staffing, operational, and administrative records; maintain compliance with governmental policies and procedures.
  • Provide direction and support to nursing staff, demonstrating and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of every patient; assist with communications with patients and families.
  • Allocate team resources responsibly and equitably, delegate appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provide oversight and guidance.
  • Mediate and resolve conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.
Core CompetenciesStandard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
  • Use critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and developmental needs of patients and families.
  • Communicate findings to appropriate healthcare team members.
  • Develop and use a specific plan of care and modify it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.
  • Implement patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitor and document progression of treatment and teaching goals.
  • Evaluate the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient's response to the care and treatment(s).
  • Perform timely reassessment and documentation.
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
  • Anticipate and plan for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow.
  • Utilize appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process.
  • Coach on tools and techniques for checking, cross-checking, and validating orders to ensure accuracy.
Standard III. Unit Operations
  • Plan, direct, and evaluate the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift.
  • Demonstrate good stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and supplies.
  • Assess departmental staffing needs; actively participate in resourcing efforts.
  • Educate and train others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations
  • Incorporate patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes.
  • Demonstrate accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities.
  • Provide evidence-based nursing care.
  • Communicate patient information effectively across the continuum of care.
  • Educate and train others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
  • Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.
Standard V. Leadership
  • Serve as a subject matter expert for patient care.
  • Give continuing feedback, recognize achievement, and recommend improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.
  • Support proper allocation of team resources, delegate appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provide support and guidance for high-quality patient care.
  • Mediate and resolve conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.
Technical CompetenciesClinical Policies and Standards
  • Follow a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures.
  • Analyze policy and standards documentation and ensure organizational compliance.
  • Provide feedback for improvement of procedures.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
  • Work with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools, and techniques.
Health Information Documentation
  • Share experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation.
  • Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating, and updating patient records.
  • Describe the flow of information between various stations or units.
  • Discuss the functions, features, and document flow of electronic documentation.
  • Transcribe verbal orders; explain techniques for ensuring their accuracy.
  • Explain health information documentation best practices and their rationale across healthcare practices.
Medical Equipment
  • Describe experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility.
  • Use standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolve common equipment problems.
  • Educate patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment.
  • Ensure that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety.
  • Inspect, troubleshoot, and evaluate incoming equipment.
Medical Order Processing
  • Share experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions.
  • Describe functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update, and forward medical orders.
  • Discuss common errors, their sources, and procedures for correcting.
  • Explain considerations for entering and following standing orders.
  • Differentiate between standing orders and preprinted orders and considerations for each.
Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
  • Describe experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care.
  • Review patients' charts for completion and accuracy; identify and alert to mistakes or omissions.
  • Recognize unexpected readings and alert nursing or medical staff.
  • Relate examples of misreadings or misinterpretations and lessons learned.
  • Review, discuss, and validate own interpretation with others.
Patient Safety
  • Share experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings.
  • Explain key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings.
  • Listen and respond to safety inquiries from patients and family members.
  • Recognize and address physiological and psychological signs of problems.
  • Describe considerations for patients who can cause harm to self versus harm to others.
  • Utilize appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participate in immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time.
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
  • 2 years of clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting.
  • BLS required.
  • RN License in state of employment or compact.

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