Clinical Nurse Leader RN, Emergency Department-27925

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) is an expert nurse and role model who achieves expected outcomes, demonstrates leadership, and serves as a resource in the management of clinically complex patients. The CNL works with the healthcare team to coordinate care for all patients within the defined microsystem and functions to provide holistic patient centered care using the nursing process and evidence based practices.

Responsibilities

• Create respectful interactions that are therapeutic and trusting through supporting patient’s rights to make decisions about care and treatment and through remaining cognizant of cultural differences when communicating.
• Foster collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary team and colleagues through rounding with other members of the interdisciplinary team to discuss patient progress and by conducting interdisciplinary team meetings to provide mechanism for all clinical disciplines to collaborate, plan, implement, and assess the plan of care.
• Interact with the patient/family upon admission and throughout the hospital stay to discuss the plan of care and coordination of services based on clinical needs and available resources.
• Support of educational environment through patient and family education regarding available options for care through the continuum, creation and coordination of the development of patient educational pathways and patient education materials, and by providing formal and informal educational opportunities on the unit to improve clinical skills of all staff.
• Nurture professional relationships both internal and external to unit and organization with professional organizations, regulatory bodies, Boards of Nursing, colleges of nursing and other key stakeholders through participation in continuing education for self and for the development of colleagues and future generations.
• Serve on ROPH Division of Nursing and Professional Nursing Staff process improvement committees as designated.
• Oversee and create nursing education programs, utilize the ROPH nursing learner needs assessment to identify gaps in knowledge of nursing staff and deliver education to meet them.
• Collaborate and plan with colleges of nursing to provide progressive educational experience for all levels of nursing students at ROPH.
• Lead initiatives and meet deadlines relative to maintenance of Joint Commission accreditation, ANCC Magnet Designation and other specialty designations or certifications within the organization.
• Support and facilitate planning for ROPH based faculty and instructors as well as meaningful student experiences throughout the organization.
• Employ nurses' science to patient care and environment through utilization of information technology to obtain evidence-based practices and the latest research to provide current best practice information to care providers on the unit.
• Initiate and/or participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of Care and Standards of Practice.
• Lead activities that evaluate current practice and stimulate changes in nursing practice.
• Use the results of quality monitoring data and other evidence-based content to plan and conduct annual competency verification activities that assure compliance with RUMC, ROPH, The Joint Commission, Illinois Department of Public Health, and professional association standards.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing is required (must, at a minimum, be enrolled in a Master’s Program with proof of graduation date within 9 months of employment).
• BLS.
• At least 1 year experience.
• National certification.
• ACLS PALS in ED or continuously assigned to areas with a scope of service that involves patients under the age of 13.
• Incident Command Training.
• CASEM Educational Programs as dictated by organization.
• Clinical Nurse Leader-ICU: At least 1 year of ICU RN experience, and ACLS.
• Clinical Nurse Leader-ED: At least 1 year of ED RN experience, ACLS, and PALS required.
• Clinical Nurse Leader-Perioperative Services: At least 1 year of RN experience within a perioperative services departments (OR, SDS, PACU, Pre-op, or Endo), ACLS required.
• Clinical expertise, ability to practice at an advanced level.
• Ability to teach and motivate staff.
• Ability to act flexibly as new developments arise and priorities change.
• Ability to take initiative and develop role.
• Mentoring and group facilitation skills.
• Must possess level of interpersonal skills sufficient to interact effectively across the multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledgeable on evidence based practice.
• Basic computer skills.
• Can demonstrate recent clinical practice.
• Ability to utilize various data monitoring outcomes through tools such as Excel.
• Ability to disseminate outcomes and knowledge through the use of PowerPoint and writing abilities.
• Ability to meet deadlines both at unit and organizational level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical Nurse Leader certification preferred, but not required.
• CCRN.