Patient Care Leader (RN) - Labor and Delivery

Major Responsibilities

• Provides operational and clinical leadership to the unit during assigned shift including serving as a clinical resource.
• Demonstrates strong and consistent critical thinking skills.
• Partners with Care Management, clinical nurses and physicians to support implementation of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Ensures smooth and appropriate flow of patients in collaboration with the bed board including timely and comprehensive admission of patients to units.
• Attends bed meetings and collaborates with other departments for optimal distribution of resources to support the care of patients.
• Coaches staff nurses to prepare patients for discharge. Ensures discharges are thorough and meet standards.
• Maintains visibility on the unit with clinical staff, physicians, volunteers and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Ensures financial outcomes and assists with department productivity target goals.
• Leads the provision and coordination of patient-centered, compassionate and wholistic care.
• Moves between the unit and the Nurse Manager to discuss rounding outcomes and celebrate successes and areas for improvement.
• Promotes accountability for evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making and improvement of outcomes through performance improvement activities.
• Supports others in the advancement of evidence-based practice.
• Leads safety huddles, ensures safe processes/bundles are implemented and follows up with staff as appropriate.
• Helps ensure department is compliant with core measures (CLABSI/CAUTI, HAPU, Falls, etc.)
• Helps to ensure associate documentation is in compliance with policy and best practice.
• Discusses KRA targets/outcomes with colleagues.
• Coaches to standard work and supports improvement work designed to deliver outcomes.
• Promotes accountability for evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making and improvement of outcomes through performance improvement activities.
• Leads safety huddles, ensures safe processes/bundles are implemented and follows up with staff as appropriate.
• Helps ensure department is compliant with regulatory and patient care standards.
• Attends and assists with unit rapid responses while on duty to support positive patient outcomes.
• Sets up and oversees department schedule.
• Ensures modifications are accurately reflected on schedule and time card.
• Adjusts staffing levels when needed in collaboration with the staffing office and House Supervisor and records appropriately in the electronic scheduling system.
• Assigns breaks and lunches to staff and coordinates coverage.
• Assigns Clinical Technician duties and validates completion.
• Proficient in time keeping including recording of call-ins and ensuring clock-ins are accurate.
• Minimizes department overtime.
• Ensures availability of adequate supplies and equipment.
• Fosters professional development of self and others while supporting a professional practice environment grounded in safety, quality monitoring and quality improvement.
• Performs the principle duties and responsibilities of the Registered Nurse and serves as a role model for professional practice.
• Assists with onboarding of new associates and works with leadership team to provide support, track progress and help to ensure new associate has an individualized orientation plan.
• Communicates progress to unit manager.
• Facilitates associate critical thinking and clinical skills to optimize patient outcomes, customer satisfaction and resource management.
• Learns and contributes to shared governance as well as quality improvement initiatives.
• Contributes to performance management process of clinical staff by providing real-time coaching for outcomes as well as providing formal feedback to Nurse Manager for inclusion in performance appraisal.
• Achieves professional certification.
• Participates in advanced or continuing education or other growth opportunities.
• Encourages unit staff to pursue certification, advanced or continuing education as well as participation in Shared Governance.
• Creates impact by being a change agent on the unit and in the organization.
• Describes elements of the Magnet Model and uses the elements to create relevance for site's Magnet journey.

Qualifications

• Nurse, Registered (RN)
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• 2+ years nursing experience (preferably including charge nurse or other nursing unit leadership capacity).