Team Lead - Registered Nurse

Overview

Job Summary The Team Leader works collaboratively with the Manager and the Medicine/Surgical team including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, and support staff to provide leadership that reflects the organization’s Vision, Mission, Values, and strategic goals.

Job Summary The Team Leader is responsible for coordinating patient care and overseeing all unit activities. By offering leadership and support to all team members, the Team Leader ensures that every patient admitted to Med Surg receives the highest quality of care. As an active member of the program’s leadership team, the Team Leader will participate in staff and team meetings, as well as unit- and hospital-wide initiatives (e.g., Bedside Shift Reporting).

Working closely with the Manager, the Team Leader helps ensure appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, and delegation of daily operations, while maintaining a focus on delivering safe, patient-centered, high-quality care. The Team Leader fosters collaboration among patients, families, staff, physicians, and external partners to promote evidence-based practices, effective patient flow, and a positive care experience.

• Job Number
  : J
• Job Title
  :
  Team Lead - Registered Nurse
• Job Type
  :
  Part Time
• Job Location
  :
  Alliston
• Job Category
  :
  Nursing
• Number Of Open Positions
  : 2
• Department
  :
  Medicine
• Union
  : ONA
• Salary
  : $40.24 - $57.68/Hour
• Fte
  : 0.5

• Provides support, leadership and teambuilding
• Attends and/or leads daily team huddles independently and in collaboration with the Manager. Commitment to leading huddle in the absence of the Manager including discussion of hospital and unit initiatives, performance data and dialogue with invited guests
• Ensures compliance with unit/hospital initiatives through participation and observation (e.g. Bedside shift to shift report, Hand Hygiene etc.)
• Coordinates the flow of department demonstrating the ability to be flexible and creative to ensure timely, safe care to patients
• Actively participates in resolving Risk Management File (RL6) submissions and provides Manager with report
• Participates in evaluating and planning interventions to decrease risk of future incidents or near misses
• Assumes role of Control Person in all Emergency Codes, providing clinical expertise
• Participates in maintaining statistical data as required by the program
• Fosters an environment that enables communication, creative thinking and participation by modeling approachability and visibility
• Ability to provide mentoring, guidance, acts as a resource and role model to both novice and experienced nurses within the unit on issues related to patient flow and CNO professional Standards
• Monitors and ensures compliance with clinical standards as well as unit-based policies and procedures and clinical practice guidelines
• Works with leadership to implement and sustain process improvement initiatives
• Ensures staff and patient safety through knowledge of Code policies and procedures
• Participates in case reviews to support staff development and improve patient care
• Coordinates patient/staff assignment
• Develops daily nurse/patient assignments ensuring that the assignment reflects RN or RPN scope of practice, experience and knowledge of the type of care required for the unit
• Fills daily staffing needs in collaboration with clerk, staffing office and program manager as required
• Re-evaluates Enhanced Observation needs in conjunction with team and Primary Care RN on a shift by shift basis
• Adjusts nurse/patient assignments as needed to ensure safety, balance, and the minimization of overtime
• Ensure breaks are planned around actual or anticipated patient activity, ensuring a safe working environment and adherence to the collective agreement
• Coordinates patient flow in collaboration with the ADT nurse by facilitating the timely admission, transfer and discharge of patients
• Coordinates admissions, transfers in, transfers out and discharges with the ADT nurse, ER team leader, sending facilities, and receiving facilities
• Determines Expected Date of Discharge (EDD) for new admissions and transfers, and place EDD in the EMR and on the patient whiteboard
• Coordinates multidisciplinary team to identify barriers to discharge and act upon them to provide resolution prior to EDD
• Coordinates and lead daily bullet rounds (ensuring compliance with goal of 30 minute timeframe)
• Ensure all quality initiatives and safety checks are completed as needed (daily, weekly, monthly)

• Communicates and Collaborates with the Clinical Manager
• Assists primary nurse in communication with MRP and specialists in their absence, by ensuring patient updates are received from each nurse
• Participates as a member of the Medicine Quality Committee, Staff Meetings and other committees to disseminate messages from these committees to the team
• Provides Manager updates on patient care issues including family, substitute decision maker, POA etc.
• Notifies Manager of potential complaints
• Informs Manager of staffing concerns
• Makes…