Clinical Leader RN Inpatient Medicine 3 East - Faulkner
About The Position
The Clinical Leader Participates in planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating patient care and developing programs to support clinical care consistent with the mission and goals of Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital as well as the requirements of JCAHO and other applicable federal, state, and local regulatory and/or accrediting agencies. Responsibilities include participation in oversight and operation of the patient care area, ensuring quality patient care for patients in the following age groups: pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. The Clinical Leader will also ensure the practice of the Patient and Family Centered Care Model in an environment that exemplifies best practice. About Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive. At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Nursing required and Master's Degree Nursing preferred
- Registered Nurse Massachusetts required
- Basic Life Support required
- Adheres to all C.A.R.E. standards
- Meets all expectations of staff nurse job description
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Works with the Nursing Director to evaluate practice, recommend change and identify outcomes related to nursing practice
- Able to plan and implement educational opportunities
- Act a resource and mentor
Responsibilities
- PROVISION OF A SAFE ENVIRONMENT • Anticipates and identifies safety risks and takes appropriate action. • Assures compliance with safety standards by assessing staff and patient needs and taking appropriate action.
- ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS • Maintains and promotes an atmosphere which reflects the mission and values of the organization. Respects and supports a culturally diverse staff and patient population. • Acts as a patient advocate: supports and implements procedures for resolving ethical conflicts and patient rights.
- COORDINATOR OF RESOURCES • Staffs appropriately based on census and acuity. Utilizes resources to meet Departments educational needs.
- COORDINATOR OF INFORMATION • Assures comprehensive documentation based on unit-specific and hospital-based criteria. Evaluates documentation and follows up with staff • Demonstrates a working knowledge of hospital information systems by ensuring cross-departmental communication of organizational information. • Maintains a system for communication with manager and staff of assigned units. • Meets deadlines for projects and reports.
- COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE • Fosters collaboration of health care team members to provide interdisciplinary patient care. • Participates in unit, department and/or interdisciplinary committees. • Role models effective communication, teamwork and mediations as appropriate.
- PATIENT/FAMILY EDUCATION • Supports and facilitates patient/family age appropriate education into orientation, in-services, and continuing education. Develops and implements patient/family teaching protocols and materials if appropriate.
- COMPETENCY • Identifies trends and competency needs of staff based on staff input. • Supports compliance with hospital, nursing, and unit specific competencies (orientation and annual) by developing a system for monitoring competencies. Coordinates with Nursing Director and staff development to provide method and content for annual competencies. • Evaluates competency of non-licensed personnel in collaboration with Nursing Director.
- QUALITY IMPROVEMENT • Demonstrates knowledge of principles of SEAQ /performance improvement and customer service. Participates in development and implementation of the QI plan for the area. • Supports and revises patient care based on QI results and current research data. • Ensures quality assurance in all aspects of patient nursing care.
- PATIENT CARE • Acts as a clinical resource to staff by: Evaluating patient care outcomes based on age-specific needs; Recommending changes in practice based on current research data; Developing and promoting patient care standards • Assists staff to problem solve and respond to psychosocial needs of patients and families and takes appropriate action.
- CONTINUUM OF CARE • Facilitates patient information across departments, systems, and other facilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
