Registered Nurse Clinical Nurse Lead - OR (Ortho/Neuro)

Essential Functions

• Complies with legal, hospital and departmental policies, procedures and position requirements.
• Values: Compassion, dedication, integrity, community, and accountability.
• Attends required classes: Unit Skills fair, One mock code per quarter, ACLS, CPR, PALS (if required).
• Completes and turns in annual competency evaluation.
• Demonstrates an understanding of regulatory requirements and professional practice guidelines.
• Shows competence in the performance of department-specific skills in order to be a resource and mentor for others in the department.
• Demonstrates an active involvement in leadership activities within the past year (E.g. CNL development program, active participation in evaluations, PCI involvement).
• Promote shared governance by actively participating in unit based council and/or hospital council.
• Reports significant events such as near misses, adverse events, patient/family complaints, and any situation that affects the safe delivery of patient-centered care in a timely manner.
• Is proactive, rounds with team members on the unit, and identifies opportunities for improvement; completes real time correction.
• Affixes patient care tasks as appropriate, considering staff members’ level of nursing experience, competency, and knowledge.
• Delegates tasks to unlicensed support staff as outlined by state board regulations and facility policies as appropriate to the clinical situation.
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and make recommendations when appropriate.
• Aids in monitoring staff performance, behaviors, and competency for performance reviews and reports information to manager.
• Ensures that all infection control precautions and procedures are followed in the department.
• Drives one unit based process improvement initiative.
• Must attend and participate in 25% of monthly PCI trainings.
• Runs debrief with team after any codes and or significant events, etc.
• Actively participates in unit SWARM activities.
• Joint Commission tracers/environment of safety checks.
• Accountable for completion of work including documentation, validates accuracy every shift.
• Prioritizes care and completes tasks during shift.
• Works with staff to prepare for oncoming shift by preparing full report and stocking/tidying patient care areas.
• Assists other team members by providing direct patient care as needed.
• Performs other specific department tasks as assigned by members of the department’s leadership team.
• Rounds with patients and family members to ensure that needs are met and identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Ensures that appropriate staffing levels meet patient care needs. Input hours into PMR tool to ensure department productivity standards met.
• Utilizes acuity tool to aid with staffing if applicable.
• Maintains NRCPR Database and runs abstracts to evaluate performance for quality control and recommends improvements as required.
• Receives and reviews preceding critical care shift reports and floor nurse reports; makes complete rounds of all units, and notes patients' condition.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of critical care techniques, tools and responses required to ensure optimal patient care.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures to follow during a rapid response, code, or stroke call.
• Knowledge of electrophysiology and cardiac cath lab procedures and best practices.
• Knowledge of surgery specialties and how to prepare, assess and provide post-operation patient care to ensure best practices are followed.
• Knowledge of chart abstraction, education and marketing for the Chest Pain, CHF and Stroke programs.
• Skill in evaluating performance and recommending improvements.
• Skill in developing training materials and educating staff in the proper responses for critical care issues.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of computer systems and programs, especially NRCPR, PC File and Folder, Word, EXCEL, e-mail and attachment capabilities, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Skill in communicating with staff involved in critical care, and physicians to ensure the proper care of patients.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.