Registered Nurse (RN) Clinical Lead - Medical ICU (MICU)

About the role

Medicare Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at Navicent Health Medical Center is a 14-bed unit focusing on the care of critically ill patients with medical diagnoses and complications such as respiratory disease, diabetic complications, renal disease, and other complex medical conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership to the health care team with an emphasis on coordination of patient care and throughput of patients.
• Demonstrates technical and clinical competence and serves as clinical resource person and role model for staff.
• Facilitates the development of safe/effective plans through early identification of patient needs and resources.
• Anticipate medical/psychosocial needs in high-risk patients.
• Facilitate appropriate clinical pathways and plans of care.
• Participate in daily rounds on all patients with a focus on discharge planning.
• Serves as charge nurse and operational leader for patient flow when not in administrative role.
• Assures that patient and caregivers are aware of the patient care plan and anticipated day of discharge.
• Responds to customer concerns or complaints timely.
• Alerts physicians of cases needing review and/or discussion.
• Acts as a liaison between patient, family, physician, and interdisciplinary health care team regarding plan of care and progress towards goals.
• Works with Clinical Intake and Navigation Center to effect efficient patient flow.
• Reviews and amends staffing to determine immediate needs and anticipates staffing needs for future shifts.
• Facilitates the accomplishment of a safe discharge plan related to patient needs and payor specifications.
• Engages with patient, family and post-acute care to ensure post discharge planning and follow-up actions are taken by appropriate personnel.
• Participates in the evaluation of staff performance.
• Aligns educational activities with organizational and departmental goals.
• Assures timely, sufficient communication and provision of educational activities.
• Works with unit leadership to facilitate orientation for staff new to the department.
• Assures that orientation, education and competency checklists are completed and stored appropriately.

Requirements

• Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification Required: Current RN license with the Georgia State Board of Nursing. Must attend hospital mandatory training annually. Must maintain and successfully complete all competencies-including age specific and other department specific training on an annual basis.
• Education Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
• Experience Required: Minimum 6 months experience as a Clinical Nurse. Prefer 2 years of experience as a Clinical Nurse and 6 months of experience functioning as a Charge Nurse.

Qualifications

NA

Skills

NA

Benefits

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards, including compensation, benefits, and career development opportunities. Eligibility for these benefits may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.). For more information, please ask a Recruiter during an interview.

Pay

$41.10 - $61.65

Schedule

Full time, 36 hours per week, 7am schedule