Unit Nurse Leader - New Braunfels, TX, United States - Christus Health

Description

Oversees and coordinates day-to-day activities of nursing personnel in patient care units, provides direction to Clinical Staff, implements work of assigned units and coordinates activities with other patient care units and related departments.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels (CSRH-NB), nestled in the heart of downtown New Braunfels, is a full-service, 94-private bed facility that continues to expand to meet the needs of New Braunfels' strong population growth.

Innovative equipment and procedures are utilized, including an Outpatient Imaging Center, orthopedic and surgical services, rehabilitation, a renovated birthing center, including 24/7 neonatal coverage, emergency care, wound care/hyperbaric center, 3D mammography, and comprehensive heart care, from diagnostics to open-heart surgery.

Organizing and overseeing patient care delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient care unit.

• monitoring and providing feedback on performance and addressing training needs.
• Documenting daily staffing, operational, and administrative records; maintaining compliance with governmental policies and procedures.
• Providing direction and support to nursing staff demonstrating and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of every patient; Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
• Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
• Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
• Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice. Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals
• Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient's response to the care and treatment(s). Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for designated unit's patient population
• Unit Operations
• Plans, directs and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift
• Demonstrates good stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.

Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations

• Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities
• Provides evidence-based nursing care
• Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care
• Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.

Serves as a subject matter expert for patient care

• Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.
• Supports proper allocation of team resources, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides support and guidance for high-quality patient care
• Clinical Policies and Standards
• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance
• Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures
• Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

• Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
• Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentation
• Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practices.

Medical Equipment

• Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility
• Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems
• Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
• Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety
• Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment

Medical Order Processing

• Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions
• Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders
• Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
• Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff
• Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time.

Graduate of a Registered Nursing program, Bachelor Degree preferred
Minimum of 2 years clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting
Minimum of 1 year of experience overseeing work of assigned units
Previous healthcare management experience, preferred

New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a Perinatal Department-specific competency validation.

Current STABLE (Post-resuscitation/Pre-transport Stabilization Care of Sick Infants) certification from one of the following courses: within 4 months of hire for new graduates and experienced nurses new to the specialty then required to maintain course certification thereafter.

within 60 days for new graduates and experienced nurses new to the specialty then required to maintain certification thereafter.

Full Time
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