RN Team Leader - 3 South (36/E/N)

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Schedule

36 hours per week; 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM, every other weekend and holiday rotation.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates clinical expertise through excellent assessment of physical, mental, and psychological status of patients using age-appropriate knowledge to ensure care standards are met for the patient population.
• Plans, evaluates, and supervises care for all patients and others as assigned utilizing Core Values in the areas of service, teamwork, communication, respect for others, and time/priority management.
• Consistently models effective interpersonal and leadership skills necessary to promote effective collaborative working relationships with all members of the healthcare team to provide excellent service to patients served.
• Assists manager with daily operation of the unit to accomplish departmental goals.
• Coordinates and participates in formal and informal educational programs, in-services, and performance improvement activities to improve technical skills within and outside of specialty area.
• Demonstrates sound judgment and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrates leadership in patient management which may include real-time service recovery.
• Demonstrates skills necessary to assist with augmentation, development, and implementation of policies and procedures based upon evidence-based best practices and specialty standards.
• Collaborates and demonstrates interpersonal leadership skills with physicians, specialists, all inpatient/outpatient nursing units, admitting, supervisors, and all healthcare team members promoting successful communication that is patient-centered.
• Demonstrates the ability to deal effectively with stress relating to the changing organizational environment, personnel, and patient care issues.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary departments to facilitate flow of patients in and out of the department in a timely fashion.
• Collaborates with the UBE to mentor and report on clinical knowledge of current staff.
• Serves as mentor and resource to all staff.
• Participates in the assessment of staff performance, in collaboration with the Director and/or Manager, through contribution to individual staff performance reviews.
• Ensures unit and staff are in compliance with Regulatory Requirements.
• Assures inventory is performed on all specialty carts and equipment.
• Ensures all real-time documentation is complete and performs all audits specific to clinical area, as indicated.
• Attends 90% of the Team Leader team meetings.
• Attends 90% of unit-based staff meetings.

Requirements

• BSN; OR other advanced degree considered; OR current enrollment in BSN program with completion within 1 year of hire into Team Lead position.
• Current Charge experience required with demonstrated leadership skills.
• Minimum of 2 years’ RN experience in nursing area required.
• AHA Basic Life Support required.
• AHA ACLS required within 6 months of hire into Team Lead position.
• Department-specific certification obtained within 6 months of hire into Team Lead position.
• Current MA RN License required.

Pay

Pay range: $40.64 - $85.72 per hour. This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement.