Clinic RN Team Lead Wylie
Company: Children's Health
Location: Wylie
Posted on: January 22, 2023
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Job Description:
Summary:
The Team Leader, Nursing is responsible for providing leadership to
the front line staff in collaboration with the Clinical Manager or
Practice Administrator. Serves as a conduit between the front-line
nursing employees and managers for the purpose of facilitating
communication, overseeing orientation of new team members in
collaboration with the Clinical Educators, and evaluating clinical
practice with a particular focus on quality and performance
improvement. Responsible for the results and development of
assigned team members. Plans and executes day-to-day operational
needs by setting priorities, planning for and addressing staffing
needs, and coordinating work across other teams as needed. Provides
guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members and provides
significant input to employment decisions, addresses performance
issues and administers performance reviews. Monitors key metrics
and analyzes information to solve on-going problems to improve team
performance. Serves in various clinical nursing roles (i.e., direct
care nurse, charge nurse, etc.). The Team Leader, Nursing will
spend 60% of their time in clinical shifts and 40% of their time in
administrative/leadership, recognizing that at least 10% of their
time in the clinical shifts is still spent coaching, mentoring, and
developing staff.
Responsibilities:
* Perform all aspects of the Clinical Nurse job description when
providing direct patient care during scheduled bed side care
shifts
People Leadership:
* Participates in the interview and selection process of new team
members
* Administers periodic evaluations for new staff members
* Administers annual PEAC's/merit increases
* Provides performance feedback to staff, including the
documentation and counseling of performance issues
* Maintains positive staff relations through Evidence Based
Leadership and Just Culture
* Completes scouting reports and weekly rounding on staff
* Ensures that staff are kept abreast of changes within the unit,
department, division, and organization
* Provides mentoring to staff and developmental opportunities to
help team members achieve their career goals
* Administers disciplinary action to staff members when necessary,
up to and including terminations, with support of manager and/or
director and human resources
* Provides appropriate recognition to staff members
* Develops and implements Action Plans as a result of the feedback
received from the annual Employee Opinion Survey
* Accountable to ensure that staff are meeting patient care needs,
standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest
relations
* Ensures that staff are delivering care with a team-orientation,
an emphasis on good customer relations, sound clinical judgement
and appropriate decision making abilities that take into
consideration evidence based practice.
* Ensures that staff are responsible and accountable for
prescribing, delegating and coordinating patient care. Uses
clinical judgment based on nursing skills acquired through formal
and informal experiential knowledge and evidence based guidelines
to globally assess the patient's situation and through critical
thinking and clinical decision making, develop an appropriate plan
of care for the patient, with the aim of promoting comfort and
healing and prevent any unnecessary suffering.
Operational Leadership:
* Responsible for new hire scheduling with their assigned
preceptors during orientation period
* Processes Lawson personnel actions for staff
* Balances staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage and skill
mix on every shift
* Monitors trends with attendance and addresses any dependability
issues with team members
* Approves PTO requests for team members
* Monitors FMLA/STD/LOA for team members
* Reviews Omnicell reports
* Develops and maintains positive physician relations
* Responsible for ensuring direct reports timecards are accurate
and complete prior to bi-weekly payroll signoff and holds staff
accountable for repetitive discrepancies in their timecards
Regulatory & Quality Compliance:
* Ensures clean sweeps/unit-based audits are conducted
* Ensures readiness for disease specific certification audits
(where applicable)
* Ensures regulatory readiness
* Conducts unit environmental rounds
* Monitors the expiration of staff licenses & certifications
* Ensures employee related paperwork is sent to HR for filing in a
timely manner
* Ensures that Patient Health Information (PHI) is protected and
secured at all times
* Adhere to all infection prevention initiatives (i.e., hand
hygiene, proper disposal of waste)
Staffing:
Assumes the Charge Nurse role 40%
Takes on patient load shift 60%
Miscellaneous:
* Maintains knowledge of unit-specific super users and ensures they
remain qualified and proficient as a super user
* Attend leadership meetings
* Complete projects and assignments as assigned
* Participates in committees as assigned
* Ensures that staff are providing education and facilitating
learning for patients, families and patient care teams in a way
that demonstrates a sensitivity to recognize, appreciate, and
incorporate differences related to diversity
* Collaborates with physicians, families and staff to assist in
developing and implementing an appropriate plan of care in a way
that promotes/encourages each person's contributions towards
achieving the best patient outcomes
* Advocates for the patient and staff, represents the concerns of
the patient/family and staff members and identifies and assists in
resolving any ethical and clinical concerns
* Maintains a body of knowledge and tools that allow them to manage
whatever environmental and system resources exist for the
patient/family and/or staff members, within or across healthcare
and non-healthcare systems
* Continuously inquires about the condition of the patient through
the ongoing process of questioning and evaluating the situation and
directs treatment changes, if necessary, through collaboration with
the healthcare team, inclusive of the patient and family.
WORK EXPERIENCE
At least 3 years clinical experience Required
Leadership experience Preferred
EDUCATION: Minimum BSN Required
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of
Texas Required
BLS certification approved by the American Heart Association
Required
PALS/NRP/ACLS - department specific requirements (see addendum)
Required
Effective April 20, 2020, new employees must obtain PACES
certification within 6 months of hire and existing employees must
obtain PACES certification upon expiration of their PEARS
certification (no later than April 20, 2022). (Department specific
requirement - see addendum) Req
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work
responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within
new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Use appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective
relationships with customers and internal partners; interact with
others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them
confidence in one's intentions.
Meet patient and patient family needs; take responsibility for a
patient's safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; use
appropriate interpersonal techniques to resolve difficult patient
situations and regain patient confidence.
Ensure that the customer perspective is a driving force behind
business decisions and activities; craft and implement service
practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the
accomplishment of work goals.
Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities;
compare data from different sources to draw conclusions; use
effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing
appropriate solutions; take action that is consistent with
available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.
Take prompt action to accomplish objectives; take action to achieve
goals beyond what is required; be proactive.
Deal effectively with others in an antagonistic situation; use
appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or
conflict between two or more people.
Effectively manage one's time and resources to ensure that work is
completed efficiently.
Accomplish tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how
small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately
checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of
time.
Set high standards of performance for self and others; assume
responsibility and accountability for successfully completing
assignments or tasks; self impose standards of excellence rather
than having standards imposed.
Assimilate and apply new job-related information in a timely
manner.
Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to
individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and
helps them understand and retain the message.
About us
Children's Health values the role each member of our team plays in
helping us make life better for children. We employ more than 7,500
people and provide rewarding career opportunities that help them
reach their highest potential.
We also hold Magnet recognition from the American Nurses
Credentialing Center for nursing excellence, we serve as the
primary pediatric teaching facility forthe University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, and we are widely recognized for
delivering high quality care.
Children's Health has also been named one of the 150 Top Places to
Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for nine consecutive
years.
We invite you to learn more about Children's Health.
Benefits
Children's Health offers competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits
program and opportunities for learning and career development. We
promote a diverse and inclusive workplace, and our team members
have a voice in their work through surveys and town halls.
We invite you to learn more about Children's Health.
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