RN, Registered Nurse Lead - Acute Medsurgical A
Company: Christus Health
Location: San Marcos
Posted on: October 12, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
Summary:
Supports 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. Provides routine
and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans.
Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments
and delegates to other care providers to help manage the clinical
situation.
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos, which originated in 1923
as Hays County Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Memorial Hospital,
opened at its current Wonder World Drive location in 1983. Our
staff of more than 700 Associates works with more than 300 active
and consulting physicians to provide quality services to patients
and their families. For more than 20 consecutive years, we have
been named The Best Hospital in Hays County in the annual "Best of
Hays" publication released by the San Marcos Daily Record. In
addition to interventional cardiac services, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa
Hospital - San Marcos is a Certified Chest Pain Center and an
accredited Primary Stroke Center. We lead the region in da Vinci
robotic-assisted surgery and offers a variety of specialty care
services including medical imaging, rehabilitation, hospice,
women's services and more.
Responsibilities:
--- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies:
Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. ---
Organizing and overseeing patient care delivery during an assigned
shift, ensuring proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient
care unit. --- Coaching/counseling individual team members;
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; assisting with communications with
patients and families--- Allocates team resources responsibly and
equitably, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and
authority, and provides oversight and guidance. --- Mediates and
resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments. CORE
COMPETENCIESStandard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process--- Uses
critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural, 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)--- Performs timely reassessment and documentation---
Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the
specific patient care need for designated unit's patient
populationStandard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process---
Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to
facilitate patient flow--- Utilizes appropriate systems of
communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process ---
Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and
validating orders to ensure accuracyStandard III. 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--- Assesses departmental
staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts. ---
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industryStandard IV. Safe Practice/Quality
Care/Regulations--- Incorporates patient safety
practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in
positive patient outcomes--- 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 activitiesStandard V.
Leadership--- 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--- Mediates and resolves conflicts
among individuals, groups, and departmentsTECHNICAL
COMPETENCIESClinical Policies and Standards--- Follows a specific
set of standards and associated clinical procedures--- Analyzes
policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational
compliance--- Provides feedback for improvement of procedures---
Assists in the development and implementation of specific
procedures--- Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools
and techniquesHealth Information Documentation--- Shares
experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient
documentation--- Walk through the steps and procedures for
receiving, validating and updating patient records--- Describes the
flow of information between various stations or units--- Discusses
the functions, features and document flow of electronic
documentation--- Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for
ensuring their accuracy--- Explains health information
documentation best practices and their rationale across health care
practicesMedical 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
equipmentMedical 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--- Discusses
common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting---
Explains considerations for entering and following standing
orders--- Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted
orders and considerations for eachPatient Chart Reading and
Interpretation--- Describes experiences in reading and interpreting
patient charts for patients on unit and under own care--- Reviews
patients' charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and alerts
to mistakes or omissions--- Recognizes unexpected readings and
alerts nursing or medical staff--- Relates examples of misreadings
or misinterpretations and lessons learned--- Reviews, discusses and
validates own interpretation with othersPatient Safety--- Shares
experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or
settings--- Explains key features of safety guidelines and
procedures for those groups and settings--- Listens and responds to
safety inquiries from patients and family members--- Recognizes and
addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems---
Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to
self, versus harm to others--- Utilizes appropriate systems to
document misses and near misses, participates in immediate
investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time
Requirements:
A. Education/Skills
B. Experience
C. Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
Work Schedule:
Varies
Work Type:
Full Time
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