Exprienced Nurse, Mobile Hlth Mobile Resp Team

Responsibilities

Clinical Practice:

• Provides independent care to unit specific patient population; serves as clinical resource for others, utilizes and integrates evidence into practice, functions effectively in roles specific to unit (such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc).
• Accountable to patients and families for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Accountable to peers for the advancement of group practice on the unit, and to the nurse manager for the totality of work performance.
• Serves as an effective primary coordinating nurse; collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care addressing patient/family needs.
• Serves as clinical resource for others.

Service/Quality Assists:

• Assists in team development and evaluation of the Relationship-Based Care model; suggests methods for improvement.
• Participates in collection of data related to Relationship-Based Care outcomes (e.g. hand offs, medication safety, etc).
• Participates in implementation efforts addressing Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NSQI).
• Participates and contributes to Performance Improvement, or Evidence Based Practice, or research at the unit level.
• Complies with standards and participates with unit level activities for regulatory compliance.

Unit Operations:

• Supports charge nurse decisions; performs charge role for assigned shifts as needed.
• Follows and supports the AACN guidelines for Healthy Work Environment (communication, collaboration, effective decision making, recognition, leadership, staffing); participates as team member focusing on elements within the Healthy Work Environment.
• Assists in the development of clinical practice protocols and standards for unit.
• Participates in unit based process governance activities: Performance Improvement, Professional Development, Clinical Practice, Teamwork, etc.; assists in development of action plans and supports implementation.
• Orients Clinical Nurse I to unit level governance structure and councils.