Description
Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Demonstrate leadership through the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care according to the standards of professional nursing practice. Acting as a resource to ANM/NM as appropriate for precepting, scheduling, team meetings, clinical implementations as directed.
Primary Accountabilities:
- Demonstrates appropriate delegation and supervision of patient care activities within the healthcare setting.
- Demonstrates effective communication with other members of the healthcare team and promotes effective team functioning.
- Helps to monitor the effectiveness of existing processes and policies towards improving quality outcomes; actively participates on quality projects.
- Recognizes and resolves safety issues and potential unsafe situations within approved policies, procedures and protocol.
- Actively participates in the development and attainment of department team goals.
- Demonstrates effective critical thinking, prudent judgment and direction to staff in nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, interventions and evaluation of outcomes, and adjusts plan of care as needed.
- Facilitates and leads effective interdisciplinary care team meetings as well as serves in a coaching, mentor or instructive role to nurse interns, students and peers, etc.
- Effectively leads shift and post–event huddles when appropriate.
- Participates and provides feedback to manager for associate ESU, interviews and performance management.
- Demonstrates effective conflict resolution skills, demonstrates dependability, reliability and flexibility.
- Adds positively to creating and sustaining a healthy work environment and staff retention, oversees orientation of new clinical staff.
- Serves as a resource to address points of escalation with patients, families and staff.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Associates Degree
Licensure: Current Florida RN licensure or endorsement, Must have and maintain current driver?s license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
Certification: Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.
Experience: Minimum of two years of relevant clinical experience preferred.
Language: Must be able to speak / understand written and verbal instructions in the English language
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelors Degree
Certification: None
Work Experience: Minimum of 3 years acute care nursing, medical–surgical or home health experience. Minimum of 1–year Progressive Care/Emergency Medicine experience desired.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Critical thinking
- Decision–making
- Financial acumen
- Communication– public speaking skills; regulatory documentation
- Computer experience
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Must have visual acuity and hand–eye coordination to perform clinical tasks.
- Must have corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
- Must be able to lift, turn, pull, push or ambulate patients / equipment up to 90% of the assigned shift.
- Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds unassisted up to 33% of the assigned shift.
- Must be able to stand, walk, bend and stoop up to 90% of assigned shift.
- Potential for exposure to bio–hazardous waste, and known or unknown diseases.
- Exposure to home environments to include cleanliness, pets, smokers.
- Participation in on call rotation; weekend/evening rotation.
- May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.
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