Rn lead
Company: Christus Health
Location: Longview
Posted on: April 19, 2024
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Job Description:
Description Summary: Supports and coordinates day-to-day
activities of nursing personnel in patient care units, provides
direction to Clinical Staff, implements work of assigned units, and
coordinates activities with other patient care units and related
departments.Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to
on long-range goals or plans.Continues to develop the ability to
cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing.Makes
appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers to
help manage the clinical situation.Responsibilities: Organizing and
overseeing patient care delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring
proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient care
unit.Coaching/counseling individual team members; monitoring and
providing feedback on performance and addressing training
needs.Documenting daily staffing, operational, and administrative
records; maintaining compliance with governmental policies and
procedures.Providing direction and support to nursing staff
demonstrating and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of
every patient; assisting with communications with patients and
families Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably,
delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and
provides oversight and guidance.Mediates and resolves conflicts
among individuals, groups, and departments.CORE COMPETENCIES
Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process Uses critical thinking
skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social,
cultural, Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet
individual patient needs using evidence-based practice.Implements
patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents
progression of treatment and teaching goals Evaluates the care and
treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient's response to
the care and treatment(s).Performs timely reassessment and
documentation Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies
based on the specific patient care need for designated unit's
patient population Standard II.Patient Throughput & Patient Flow
Process Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer
needs to facilitate patient flow Utilizes appropriate systems of
communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process Coaches
on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating
orders to ensure accuracy.Standard III.Unit Operations Plans,
directs and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a
particular nursing unit during an assigned shift Demonstrates good
stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and
Supplies Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively
participates in resourcing efforts.Educates and trains others on
the operations, ethics, and regulations within the
industry.Standard IV.Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations
Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe
environment resulting in positive patient outcomes Demonstrates
accountability for nursing research and quality improvement
activities Provides evidence-based nursing care Communicates
patient information effectively across the continuum of care
Educates and trains 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 Serves as a subject matter expert for patient care
Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends
improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.Supports proper
allocation of team resources, delegates appropriate levels of
responsibility and authority, and provides support and guidance for
high-quality patient care Mediates and resolves conflicts among
individuals, groups, and departments.TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Clinical Policies and Standards Follows a specific set of standards
and associated clinical procedures Analyzes policy and standards
documentation and ensures organizational compliance Provides
feedback for improvement of procedures Assists in the development
and implementation of specific procedures Works with control and
monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques Health Information
Documentation Shares experiences with maintaining paper and
electronic patient documentation Walk through the steps and
procedures for receiving, validating and updating patient records
Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for
ensuring their accuracy Explains health information documentation
best practices and their rationale across health care
practices.Medical Equipment Describes experience with basic medical
equipment used in own unit or facility Uses standard diagnostic
tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems Educates
patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper
working order prior to use to ensure patient safety Inspects,
troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment Medical Order
Processing Shares experiences with processing medical orders for
one or more groups of patients or conditions Describes functions
and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and
forward medical orders Discusses common errors, their sources and
procedures for correcting Explains considerations for entering and
following standing orders Differentiates between standing orders
and preprinted orders and considerations for each Patient Chart
Reading and Interpretation Describes experiences in reading and
interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
Reviews patients' charts for completion and accuracy; identifies
and alerts to mistakes or omissions Recognizes unexpected readings
and alerts nursing or medical staff Relates examples of misreadings
or misinterpretations and lessons learned Reviews, discusses and
validates own interpretation with others Patient Safety Shares
experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or
settings Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures
for those groups and settings Listens and responds to safety
inquiries from patients and family members Recognizes and addresses
physiological and psychological signs of problems Describes
considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus
harm to others Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and
near misses, participates 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
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