RN Inpatient Care Leader - East BSN

RN Inpatient Care Leader - 2 East (11pm-7:30am) - BSN Required

Patient Care Leaders are responsible for organizing the daily operation of the patient care team by directing co-workers and monitoring staff performance and patient care. Patient Care Leader functions as the first-line supervisor of the unit operations and serves as a clinical resource to the patient care team.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes quality improvement, risk management, and appropriate data for process improvement opportunities.
• Assesses, plans, prioritizes, and monitors unit activities in order to provide assistance or serve as a resource to other staff members.
• Assessment
  - Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient's health or the situation. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data.
• Collaborates with staff to identify learning needs and provides staff with ongoing performance evaluation and feedback.
• Collaborates with physicians and other disciplines to promote the best possible patient care through the process of mutual information sharing, discussion, and decision making.
• Coordination of Care
  - Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines.
• Diagnosis
  - Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis, problems, and issues.
• Evaluation
  - Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to others as appropriate.
• Identifies potential risk to patients and others and initiates actions to minimize or prevent the risk.
• Implementation
  - Implements care or work plan in alignment with the plan and approved safety, infection control, and department/organization standards.
• Knowledge
  - In collaboration with leaders, actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the position, reading current literature and seeking new learning opportunities.
• Outcomes Identification
  - Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situations.
• Planning
  - Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Promote the delivery of safe, quality, compassionate care while maintaining a high standard of nursing practice.
• Relationships
  - Establishes effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and other members of the health care / work team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient / work decisions.
• Teaching
  - Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

Requirements

• ADN (Required), BSN (Required)
• ACLS
  - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (within 90 Days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• Magnet-Approved Specialty Certification (within 6 months of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• RN-Registered Nurse
  - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Compensation

Estimated Compensation Range

$41.10 - $63.71

Pay based on experience