Senior Nurse-Charge RN-Ortho Trauma Unit-Nights

POSITION PURPOSE

The licensed Registered Nurse (RN) plans & provides professional nursing services & standards of practice in accordance with level of experience & education, state board of nursing & established policies & procedures. The RN integrates the art, science, leadership & knowledge of the nursing clinical practice through relationship-centered, compassionate, ethical & respectful direct / indirect healthcare services.

FUNCTIONAL ROLE

• RN III – senior: Practice is guided by nursing process & policy / procedure / standards.
• Maintains focused area of expertise for care / program & / or provides interventions or knowledge within niche areas of care / program;
• Able to lead a small team;
• Serve as a unit / service / program nursing practice mentor & identify learning need of others.

Essential Functions

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and MercyOne Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Professional Nursing Practice: Acts independently & appropriately within license, scope of knowledge & experience in practice area. Supports safety by adhering to standards & acts as a champion role model.
• Professional Nursing Process: Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA).
• Professional Leadership Practice: Inspires team to embrace the organization’s Mission, Values & Vision; Cultivates excellence by supporting growth & development of team; Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring & succession planning; Engages & fosters transpersonal teaching & learning in the context of the caring relationship; Embraces & encourages humanistic-altruistic values & behaviors; Advances nurses & others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered & relationship-based healthcare; Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet); Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications; Embraces ideas & cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities; Enhances a culturally proficient work team through respect, dialogue & inclusion.
• Professional Leadership Process: Provides leadership & retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions & outcomes; Collaborates with key stakeholders & contributes to quality & improvement practices; Empowers staff to creatively problem-solve through the caring process (Caritas); Enhances an environment that prioritizes patient & colleague safety utilizing established & evidence-based practices, tools, methodologies; Drives effective patient, process, performance & stewardship / financial outcomes as measured by established metrics & trended data; Exhibits agility & willingness to take on new & additional responsibilities.
• Environment of Care: Facilitates a healing environment, reverently encouraging and supporting basic needs as sacred acts, sustaining human dignity; Practices in an environmentally safe, professional manner; Values & advocates for the patient’s cultural beliefs & faith; Monitors & initiates corrections or evidence-based practices; Promotes optimum physical & psychological behaviors; Influences effective, judicious & financially responsible use of resources (people, equipment, supplies, materials).
• Colleagues Experience & Well-being: Fosters a continuous learning & development environment; stimulates & adopts innovative practices; Cultivates caring by encouraging a work environment that is respectful of colleague well-being; Understands & embraces change through the active encouragement of innovation & provisioning teams with tools & resources necessary for successful transformation; Leads others through change process.
• Compassion & Communication: Incorporates colleague well-being dimensions throughout the colleague experience as an essential component of leading nursing practices; Actively participates in building community by fostering trusting relationships; Visible and accessible to the team; Facilitates development of interpersonal relationships & use of effective & respectful written, verbal & nonverbal communications; Demonstrates authentic listening by forgiving & accepting positive & negative feelings; Encourages & models communication that respects diversity & divergent opinions; Employs communication strategies that shows the value of patient & family participation in care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
• Current Iowa RN license, (current IL license if working in IL) required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.
• Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.
• Specialty practice certification is preferred.

Physical And Mental Requirements And Working Conditions

• Must be able to set and organize own work priorities, and adapt to them as they change frequently.
• Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles.
• Must be able to travel to the various MercyOne/Trinity Health sites as needed.
• Must possess the ability to comply with MercyOne and Trinity Health policies and procedures.

Working Conditions

• Temperature: Room temperature.
• Noise: Moderate background noise from general office operations.
• Chemicals: None.
• Hazardous Materials/Waste: None.