Patient Care Leader (RN) - Acute Care

Overview

The Patient Care Leader (RN) is a mentor and a colleague/customer advocate. This individual possesses the skills to identify, introduce and assimilate change successfully into the practice environment through and with colleagues. The Patient Care Leader provides effective professional direction to facilitate staff satisfaction, promote unity, and achieve optimal nursing outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Aids the manager with planning, education, and implementation of process improvements.
• Performs safety audits to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Performs chart audits to validate compliance with care protocols and documentation standards.
• Aids the manager with review of policy and procedures.
• Captures unit-specific orientation of new colleagues and monitors their progress after orientation is complete.
• Facilitates colleague participation in development of unit goals.
• Represents the acute care unit at specific committees as assigned.
• Affords input into colleague performance appraisals.
• Aids the manager in preparation of unit budget by providing input into needed supplies and equipment.
• Works with manager to develop plans to address colleague concerns identified by the Employee Opinion Survey.
• Works with colleagues to ensure work schedules are complete and appropriate while utilizing a self-schedule method.
• Works with manager to ensure staffing is appropriate each shift based on quantity & acuity of patients as well as skill level of colleagues scheduled to work.
• Makes adjustments as needed.
• Works with manager, colleagues and physicians to identify opportunities to improve and facilitate patient satisfaction.
• Performs patient rounds to assure patient satisfaction is achieved and concerns related to plan/provision of care are addressed prior to discharge.
• Performs other related work as required or requested.

Qualifications

• Current RN license in the State of Illinois required.
• Healthcare Provider or Instructor BLS certification required.
• BSN or MSN preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years hospital experience required.
• Leadership experience preferred.