RN, Clinical Staff Leader - Gyn/Onc-Days

About the role

The Clinical Staff Leader is a registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Health System and is responsible for the practice of nursing according to the rules and regulations defined by the state's Nurse Practice Act, Erlanger's Models of Care/Practice, policies and procedures. The nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care as assigned and for the supervision of other qualified staff to whom the nurse has delegated patient care in the exercise of his/her independent judgement. The nurse addresses physical, spiritual, emotional, and educational needs of the patient and coordinates the plan of care with other healthcare professionals. The nurse is responsible for participation in and completion of all patient safety initiatives appropriate to the position. In addition, the nurse conducts all job responsibilities according to the Mission, Vision, and Values of Erlanger Health System. The Clinical Staff Leader is responsible for managing all aspects of nursing responsibilities during each shift to include delegating nursing assignments, preparing schedules and staff assignments, overseeing patient flow to ensure patient acuity, clinical needs and prioritization of patient care is occurring, and assist with clinical care to support departmental functions, as needed. All Clinical Staff Leaders will be placed on a matrix system, which includes five core competencies: Customer-Focus; Cost-Effective Care; Communication; Competent Care and Compassionate Care plus quality performance indicators that may be organizational and/or unit-based. This matrix will be a guide for nurses based on the Benner Model of novice to expert. It will be utilized to note the RN's engagement, advancement and professional development.

Responsibilities

Quality/Safety:

• Maintains continuous updates to Visual Management Board
• Ensures bedside reporting occurring daily
• Accountable for HCAHPs initiatives implementation
• Execute and ensure adherence to appropriate bundles for CLABSI, CAUTI, etc.
• Ensure Hand Hygiene is completed 'wash in and wash out', and bare below the elbows in clinical areas
• Participates and leads committees and quality initiatives
• Ensure that the area is maintained according to established standards and guidelines at all times
• Accountable for regulatory compliance and appropriately escalates problems relating to rules and regulations in a timely and effective manner

Service Excellence:

• Enforces hourly rounding and bedside shift report
• Deescalate situations and implement service recovery
• Accountable for unit specific metrics and tracks progress in meeting goals and objectives

People:

• Assist in recruitment and retention of staff on unit