Clinical Leader RN - Emergency Department

The Clinical Leader is a Registered Nurse and front-line leader, who in addition to providing

direct patient care as needed, collaborates with the Nurse Manager to direct nursing care,

coordinate resources for a specified unit, and perform administrative activities while providing

leadership and support to staff. Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, s/he creates an

environment conducive to maintaining established standards of practice and functions within

policies, practice guidelines and nursing standards of Sturdy Health in accordance with the

Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act, CDC and OSHA standards, and any other applicable

regulatory or accreditation agency

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Licenses/Certification

• Current Massachusetts state RN license
• All RNs must have current BLS certification
• ACLS is required with BLS for RN positions on the following units/departments:

Telemetry, ICU, ED, Cardiac Rehab, Endoscopy, LDRP, PACU, Med/Surg

• NRP and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring is required with ACLS and BLS for RNs on

LDRP

• PALS is required with ACLS and BLS for RNs on PACU and ED

Job



Required Qualifications And Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of Clinical Nursing experience in acute care setting
• Excellent quality of Nursing Care as part of a comprehensive care team
• Excellent communication and customer services skills required.
• Successful completion of orientation and annual competencies.
• Must meet all criteria associated with responsibilities detailed in this document and the

core/unit specific competencies for registered nurses.



Preferred Qualifications And Skills

• Minimum of 5 years of Clinical Nursing experience preferred
• Advanced certification in applicable area

Essential Job Functions

• Must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills, command of verbal and written

English; good organizational skills, and adaptability, creating positive relationships with

patients and families, themself, and colleagues, including the nursing department and the

hospital as whole.

Professional Governance

• Collaborates and supports the health care team in the delivery of quality and fiscally

responsible patient-focused care as evidenced by providing/directing nursing care throughout

the life span with consideration of the aging process developmental and cultural patterns in

each step of the nursing process.

• Facilitates an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, patient flow, staffing, resource

utilization, and problem solving on a given shift.

• Monitors and evaluates the assignment of patient care to the appropriate nursing personnel

based on patient needs and acuity level.

• Provides guidance regarding patient care and other job-related requirements.
• Participates in quality assessment and improvement programs to evaluate effectiveness of

care delivered.

• Enhances unit behaviors through encouragement of education implementation of new

concepts and technology.

• Provides leadership in the development of policies procedures standards of care and critical

paths to promote positive patient outcomes.

• Collaborates on development of unit staffing schedule to provide a fiscally sound and safe

staffing pattern which meets patient and family needs and expectations.

• Facilitates, stimulates, and evaluates human resources to provide quality, cost-efficient

patient care by staffing the patient care unit to meet patient needs based on the ANA staffing

principles or the appropriate staffing principles for the specialty area.

• Effectively utilizes resources to develop cost efficient delivery of high-quality services and

patient care.

• Documents and communicates staff performance with recommendations for quality and

growth.

• Identifies and resolves nursing care conflicts related to the unit.
• Collaborates with Nursing Faculty and students to meet educational needs.
• Participates in the staff recruitment and retention process.
• Monitors and adjusts staffing and scheduling as needed.
• Contributes to the organizational plan for development of short and long-term goals by

providing unit leadership coverage in collaboration with the Nurse Manager directing and

supervising unit staff and communicating the status of unit operations activities and issues to

the Nurse Manager or…