ED Nursing Team Leader

Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions

• Coordinates unit activities and provides leadership for unit staffing and patient assignments and responds to and provides leadership during crisis and emergency situations.
• Responsible for supervision and evaluation of nursing care furnished to each patient in their assigned clinical department.
• Evaluates the care for each LPN assigned patient upon admission and when appropriate, on an ongoing basis in accordance with accepted standards of nursing practice and hospital policy.
• Promotes efficient patient flow including timely discharges and admissions.
• Encourages a safe environment by promoting adherence to established protocols, policies and procedures.
• Serves as clinical resource and subject matter expert for staff.
• Provides just in time feedback with appropriate accountability as needed.
• Implements evidence - based practices.
• Rounds on patients, physicians, and employees.
• Leads unit based daily huddle and represents unit at house wide daily huddle.
• Maintains records related to orientation in-service and unit competency assessments.
• Adheres to productivity, revenue and expense goals.
• Displays sound judgment and critical thinking skills in areas of decision-making and problem-solving.
• Maintains effective interdepartmental relationships by working with other unit leaders and departments to define and work toward common goals.
• Ensures compliance with various quality standards and regulatory agency requirements.
• May take management call as directed.
• Facilitates bidirectional communication to ensure timely exchange of information to all stakeholders.
• Treats all people (customers and employees) fairly and with respect.
• Creates an environment that supports employee recruitment and retention.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required

• Registered Nurse with current Alabama or Multistate License required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a registered nurse required. Specialty nursing experience preferred in applied area.
• Must obtain within 6 months - American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted Cardiac/Critical Care ACLS Emergency Department-both campuses ACLSPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Emergency Department - Regional Campus only **Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
• Perioperative ACLS PACU -PALS; ACLS Women’s/Children NICU -Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) Labor & Delivery -ACLS, NRP, and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Mother Baby Unit - NRPPediatrics - PALS Clinical Support Cardiac Monitoring Unit -ACLS Dialysis ACLS International RNs Current approved Alabama Board of Nursing RN license or multi-state license required or ability to obtain prior to start.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider training required or obtain within 30 days of start date.
• BSN preferred, minimum Associates required.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
• TNCC must be completed w/in 12 months of hire date

WORKING CONDITIONS

• WORK CONTEXT Must be able to use computers, electronic mail, telephone and texting
• PHYSICAL FACTORS Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Must be able to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Must be able to reach reasonable distances in any direction.
• Must be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, sit and stoop.
• Must have the ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull and carry objects.
• Must be able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must possess stamina to provide 24-hour management for assigned area(s) of responsibility.
• Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.