Clinical Staff Leader - Mother Baby

With limited supervision, the Clinical Staff Leader (CSL) reports to the Nurse Manager. For each shift worked, the CSL functions as the department’s designated nurse leader providing operational oversight and staff supervision. The CSL works in coordination with nursing leadership to ensure the achievement of optimal evidence-based patient care and department goals through efficient daily operations and compliance with established rules, regulations, and guidelines. The CSL promotes Shared Governance structure and functions and assists with providing leadership presence and staff support by covering a minimum of 1 holiday per year and 2 weekend shifts per six weeks of the unit staffing schedule (or the equivalent of 3 weekend shifts every 2 schedules).

Responsibilities

• Provide operational oversight and staff supervision for each shift worked.
• Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure optimal evidence-based patient care and departmental goals.
• Promote and maintain Shared Governance structure and functions.
• Assist with leadership presence and staff support, including coverage for holidays and weekend shifts.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Nursing degree or Associate of Nursing degree with current enrollment in an accredited BSN program and one year of work experience as a Registered Nurse.
• Certification in specialty area is strongly preferred.
• Successful completion of CSL competency-based training within a designated time period.
• Extensive knowledge of the department’s patient population, healthcare trends, and community/regional resources.
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective collegial working relationships with diverse groups, medical staff, and other healthcare disciplines.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an American Heart Association (AHA) BLS for Healthcare Providers (or AHA-recognized equivalent) or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider.
• Some positions require certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
• Certification as a generalist in a related specialty area by the American Nurses Association (ANA) is preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform job functions while standing, sitting, or walking continuously.
• Ability to climb stairs infrequently.
• Ability to work indoors continuously and outside in temperature extremes infrequently.
• Ability to work from elevated areas frequently and in confined/cramped spaces frequently.
• Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions infrequently, bending at the waist continuously, twisting at the waist frequently, and squatting frequently.
• Ability to perform pinching, gross motor activities, firm grasping, and fine manipulation with fingers and hands continuously.
• Ability to reach overhead frequently and in all directions continuously.
• Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders continuously.
• Ability to fully use both legs continuously and use lower extremities for balance and coordination frequently.
• Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted infrequently.
• Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted infrequently.
• Ability to lift from 36 inches to overhead 25 lbs. infrequently.
• Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force frequently (e.g., transferring patients, pushing wheelchairs or stretchers).
• Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes continuously.
• Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance, match or discriminate between colors, and determine distance/relationship between objects continuously.
• Good peripheral vision capabilities continuously.
• Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction, continuously.
• Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements continuously.
• Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations continuously.
• Ability to work rotating shifts frequently and overtime as required frequently.
• Ability to work in a latex-safe environment continuously.
• Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions continuously.
• Selected positions require ability to maintain good olfactory sensory function continuously.
• Selected positions require ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required, continuously.

Pay

Salary, pay grade Health-29.

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 40
• Scheduled work hours/shift: 7p-7a (night shift with dayshift management hours)
• Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salary