Registered Nurse-Clinical Leader Cath Lab

About the role

The clinical leader works collaboratively with the entire cath lab team to provide the optimal level of care by coordinating the clinical/technical daily activities and personnel involved in all Cath Lab procedures. They manage the flow of scheduled, emergent and add-on cases on a daily basis while anticipating and proactively intervening in issues that will impact that flow such as staffing, bed capacity, etc. They are able to fully function as a cath lab RN and acts as a resource person for staff, physicians, and department directors.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates provision of care excellence in collaboration with all care team members.
• Provides care and oversight to assure patient care reflects respect for patients' rights, dignity, values, cultural preferences, and expressed needs.
• Demonstrates principles of Relationship-based Care to cultivate and maintain therapeutic relationships.
• Uses data and evidence to guide best practice and continuous improvement.
• Utilizes and assures the integration of technology to support patient care and nursing practice.
• Utilizes process excellence tools and processes to improve the quality of patient care delivery.
• Participates in resource planning to advance nursing practice, quality of care, nurse and patient satisfaction.
• Participates in organizational initiatives that promote patient and workplace safety, optimal patient outcomes, and satisfaction.
• Actively engages and facilitates point of care nurses' participation in organizational and unit-based initiatives that promote patient and workplace safety, optimal patient outcomes, and satisfaction.
• Contributes to the positive image of nursing and enhances the SJMO culture of excellence by modeling professional behavior both in the organization and the community.
• Continuously seeks opportunities to enhance one's own professional practice through membership in a professional nursing organization and involvement in community activities.
• Embraces change and lifelong learning, taking personal accountability to seek out experiences that promote personal and professional growth in order to advance skills and competence.
• Integrates principles of the Personal.Connected.Journey and demonstrates Trinity Health Guiding Behaviors to provide excellent care of self, patients, and care team members.
• Uses data and evidence to drive decisions at point of care that improve and optimize care delivery, clinical outcomes, and patient and nurse satisfaction.
• Uses and effectively integrates technology to support patient care and nursing practice.
• Promotes a care environment that results in care excellence as evidenced by outperforming national benchmarks for quality related to patient outcomes, patient and care team members' satisfaction.
• Demonstrates and actively promotes an understanding and commitment to the mission of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland through performing behaviors consistent with the Trinity Health Values.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local laws and regulations, the Trinity Health Organizational Integrity Program, including the Standards of Conduct, Code of Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behaviors.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensure / Certification: Active license to practice nursing in the State of Michigan. Certification by a nationally recognized nursing organization is preferred. Membership in a professional nursing organization is preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for all inpatient bedside care areas, and inpatient and outpatient surgical services required within 45 days from date of hire or transfer.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required for specified care areas: AICU, CCU, PACU, Critical Care Nurse Res Pool, Cath Lab, Amb Surgery, Emergency Department, Clinical Decision Unit required within 6 months from date of hire or transfer.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) for specified care areas as follows: labor and delivery, neonatal intensive care required within 12 months from date of hire or transfer.
• Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification (EFM-c) is required for specified areas as follows: Labor and Delivery, Antenatal, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, obtained within the first 12 months from date of hire or transfer.
• NIH Stroke Scale for specified care areas such as follows: AICU, CCU, emergency department, critical care NRP, and neuroscience required within 6 months of date of hire or transfer.
• FIM credentialing for specified care areas such as follows: inpatient rehabilitation required within 6 months of hire or transfer.