Registered Nurse Charge (RN) - Cardiac

Overview

At Tenet, your nursing skills can make a pivotal difference for the patients we treat and the communities we serve. You'll work in an enriching, rewarding environment where you'll have the resources to surpass your patients' needs. For our part, we'll give you ample tools and support – like competitive benefits, personalized mentorship, enhanced flexibility, and more – so you can take your health career where you always knew you could.

Success Profile

• Innovative
• Advocate
• Collaborative
• Person-Centered
• Resourceful
• Critical Thinker

Job Description

Overview

The Clinical Lead is a registered nurse who assists the nurse manager/director in coordination, direction, throughput and evaluation of patient care, unit activities and staff activities and performance on an assigned shift. Incorporates knowledge of the nursing process and professional standards of nursing in daily practice. Applies knowledge of patient requirements, growth, and development to effectively make assignments and interventions. Facilitates the provision of consistent care based on changing needs of patients on unit. Manages clinical and non-clinical activities on the unit in absence of the unit manager/director. Coordinates all unit activities for smooth operation in the absence of the unit manager/director.

Responsibilities

• Supports, evaluates, prioritizes, and supervises patient care and unit needs during assigned shift. Serves as designee for unit matters in nurse manager/director absence.
• Makes assignments for staff to meet patient care needs and for incoming patients.
• Makes patient assignments and delegates unit specific task assignments to ensure patient care and unit needs are met. Monitors effectiveness and completion of unit assignments.
• Evaluates staffing by considering mix of caregivers, patient volumes (current and anticipated), patient acuity and staff availability.
• For shift assigned and oncoming shift; demonstrates timely and effective communication skills in daily interactions with team members and others.
• Performance Improvement/Quality: Seeks to proactively improve quality of the services provided and patient care outcomes. Serves as unit champion and resource to staff for quality and patient safety initiatives and issues. Effectively uses change management methods to support improvement activities.
• Serves as role model for exceptional customer service and facilitates and actively participates in service recovery efforts during the shift on unit.
• Teacher/Mentor - Improves job performance of staff by assisting in personal and professional development through preceptor training and role modeling for care delivery and desired behaviors. Provides professional/technical/clinical/coaching support for nursing associates. Assists and actively participates with nurse manager/director with quality projects and staff annual performance evaluations.
• Troubleshoots issues which arise that require an immediate resolution and keeps nurse manager/director informed of circumstances, actions and outcome.
• On shifts not in clinical lead/charge nurse role, takes patient care assignment, serves as preceptor or other roles determined to meet patient care needs of the unit for the shift.
• Serves as representative for unit or nursing department on committees or task forces as assigned by nurse manager/director or administration.

Qualifications

• Special Skills: Use of general patient care equipment and communication equipment; use of unit-specific equipment (clinical and general). Ability to adapt to changes in healthcare technology and support others in transition and learning. Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum Requirements: - Education: Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Experience: Must have functioned in an RN role for a minimum of 1 year clinical experience required. 1 year of ICU experience required (prefer Neuro ICU exp)
• Licenses and Certifications: Valid current Arizona Nursing License. Required in area of clinical specialty within 3 years from ANCC or other approved credentialing entity (i.e. critical care: CCRN).
• Preferred Requirements: - Education: BSN

About the Role

At Tenet, we believe in providing a fully comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes you and your family's health and wellness. Our benefits include:

• Learning and Education: Our online learning platform provides access to thousands of free courses to help you further your education – on your schedule.
• Graduate Medical Education Programs: We offer more than 100 residencies and fellowships within our GME programs, where you can gain more experience on treating the full range of diseases within your specialty.
• Leadership and Executive Development: Wherever you are in your career, our development programs are designed to take your professional growth to the next level.
• Coaching and Mentorship: You’ll have open dialogues between your supervisors and team members to continue developing your skills and leave a large impact on care.
• Military and Veterans Support: Through our skill and experience equivalency mapping, we can help you translate your skills learned in the military toward a successful civilian career. Learn more here.
• Healthcare Scholarships: We're invested in raising the next generation of health professionals, opening doors to more scholarships to help advance education for all.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Competitive Compensation
• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement Savings Plans

Pay

Up to $20,000 Bonus Based on Eligibility

Schedule

Shift-based schedule