RN Clinical Lead - ICU

About the role

The Department 34516 Advocate Trinity Hospital - Critical Care: ICU is seeking a Full time Benefits Eligible position. The schedule is 36 hours per week with a pay range of $41.10 - $61.65.

Responsibilities

• Provides work direction to the clinical and support staff with responsibility for the coordination of resources to efficiently support procedures, day-to-day operations and the smooth flow of patients through the department.
• Supports direct patient care by performing the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic, and quality care through assessment of patients, establishment and implementation of the nursing care plan, and evaluation of clinical outcomes when necessary.
• Promotes an environment conducive to the delivery of safe, efficient and quality patient care, which may include performing patient rounding on a daily basis.
• Captures the needs of the patient care team by initiating service complaint follow-up when necessary and promoting communication among patients, families, hospital departments and medical staff to optimize the interdependence of team members.
• Acts as a resource to employees, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance.
• Assigns, monitors, and reviews progress and accuracy of work, directs efforts and provides guidance on more complex issues in collaboration with the unit leadership.
• Affords human resource responsibilities, which may include: interviewing and selection of new employees, resolution of employee concerns, and employee moral or other duties as assigned in collaboration with unit leadership.
• Maintains employee assignments and works on assignments for the unit. Evaluates staffing levels and makes adjustments as necessary to maintain productivity level established for assigned area(s).
• Maintains the quality of care provided. Assists in ensuring policies and procedures are followed in compliance with the medical center, the Nursing department, and regulatory and peer review agencies.
• Contributes to the development of new and existing programs and services. Works with vendors for requested products and coordinates in-services for equipment. Participates in product trials, and submits recommendations to management in collaboration with the unit Educator or CNS.

Requirements

• Licensure: Nurse, Registered (RN)
• Education/Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Health Related Field; or Associate Degree and enrolled in BSN program within 2 years of hire and complete BSN degree within 5 years Typically requires 3 years of experience in clinical nursing within an acute care setting.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates a holistic approach to nursing practice committed to meeting the needs of the patient and family.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Demonstrates clinical and technical knowledge in area(s) of specialty. Demonstrates the ability to apply evidence-based interventions and nursing skills/technology to correlate to the patient’s response to an individualized plan of care. Demonstrates the ability to recognize situational changes that require unplanned interventions. Demonstrates proficiency in computer skills including keyboarding, navigation within a windows operating system, use of electronic mail and electronic medical records systems. Demonstrates excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills. Demonstrates human relation skills with the ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, staff and physicians. Demonstrates the ability to make critical, independent decisions and the ability to think ahead, anticipate learning needs and take preventive actions. Demonstrates excellent organization, prioritization and problem solving skills. Demonstrates time management skills with an ability to multi-task and prioritize with frequent interruptions. Demonstrates skilled coaching and developing employees to achieve the quality and service standards of the unit and medical center.

Skills

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required.

Benefits

• Compensation: Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay: such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Annual increases based on performance.
• Benefits and more: Paid Time Off programs, Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses, Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave, Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs, Educational Assistance Program.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to: lift up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist. lift up to 20 lbs. over the head. carry up to 40 lbs. a reasonable distance.
• Must be able to: push/pull with 30 lbs. of force. perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs. with a second person present.
• Position requires use of foot pedals on carts or machines.
• May be exposed to chemical and hazardous waste as well as blood and body fluids and communicable disease. Therefore, protective clothing and equipment must be worn as necessary.
• Must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions.
• Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.