Clinician Charge / Cardiovascular Step Down Registered Nurse / RN

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

3d•$47 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a RN Clinician Charge for the Cardiovascular Stepdown department. This role is responsible for being a capable charge nurse with broad experience in patient care and a sound understanding of a particular patient population. The RN will routinely use acquired knowledge, theory, research, and experience to respond to changes in clinical situations. This professional will apply the Synergy Model for Care in practice, personalizing care for each patient/family, and serving as a resource to colleagues and a strong advocate for them. The role involves planning, coordinating, and directing daily operations of a specific shift on a clinical unit, supervising staff, and facilitating communication with physicians and administrators for optimal patient and family-centered care. The Clinician Charge is recognized as a change agent, leading efforts to strengthen organizational systems, adept at creative problem-solving, negotiating conflict, and collaborating with others. They demonstrate insight, judgment, and clinically sound risk-taking, role-modeling expert communication skills and foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes. This individual is recognized as an expert clinician and leader within their specialty, completing necessary reports, identifying the need for revision and evaluating the effectiveness of operational forms, and providing and coordinating unit resources for optimal patient outcomes. They role-model time management skills, ensure compliance with policies and procedures, and stay informed of innovative clinical trends. The Clinician Charge functions as a formal leader, mentoring other Registered Nurses in the role and functions of Charge Nurse, leading and coordinating team behavior, and fostering leadership skills in others. They provide direction and guidance to less experienced staff regarding policies, scheduling, assignments, organizational skills, and daily operations, and complete performance reviews with Nurse Manager input. The role incorporates the Synergy model for care in nurse/patient assignments. Operational Management and Compliance includes evaluating resource use and cost containment, coordinating unit staffing, identifying and initiating tests of change for managerial problems, and actively participating in regulatory agency reviews. They assist in administrative activities such as budget planning, cost containment, coordinating staffing schedules, and communicating concerns to the Nurse Manager. They evaluate policy impact on operations, support administrative decisions, facilitate daily operational issues, and ensure compliance with educational requirements. The Clinician Charge exhibits a desire to understand others' points of view, demonstrates effective communication skills, and takes a leadership role in building an environment of open communication. They serve as an arbitrator in conflict resolution among nursing staff, take appropriate action to correct unacceptable communication/behavior, and counsel employees. They are aware of and support unit and colleague needs, empower and advocate for nurses, and take appropriate action to address customer concerns and complaints. They address escalated patient issues, referring them to the Nurse Manager or Patient Advocate when unable to resolve, and monitor issues and their resolution. This role challenges and shapes systems to achieve best possible outcomes, implements innovative approaches, and identifies, recognizes, and responds to the needs of unit staff, ensuring they have the resources to meet patient and family needs. They identify, initiate, and collaborate on educational programs, develop management/leadership focused in-service training, demonstrate current evidence-based practice, and disseminate information. They question management practices related to research.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
1 year of recent post-graduation nursing experience.
A valid, unencumbered Registered Nursing License approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing.
BLS certification
ACLS may be required for certain departments, post hire
Additional certifications may be required based on department and specialty
If completing virtual care activities that may include multi-state practice, an active compact/multistate license (eNLC) is required within 60 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

MSN or DNP

Responsibilities

Plans, coordinates and directs the daily operations of a specific shift on a clinical unit.
Supervises staff and facilitates communication with physicians and internal administrators to provide optimal patient and family-centered care.
Is recognized as a change agent and routinely leads efforts to strengthen organizational systems that support the mission, vision, and values of the department.
Adept at creative problem-solving, negotiating conflict, and collaborating with others.
Demonstrates insight, judgment, and clinically sound risk-taking.
Role models expert communication skills to colleagues through example.
Demonstrates foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes based on intuition and experience.
Is recognized as an expert clinician and a leader within their area of specialty.
Completes employee conference, risk management and unit management reports within specified time frames.
Identifies the need for revision and evaluates the effectiveness of operational forms.
Provides and coordinates the resources needed within the unit to provide optimal patient outcomes.
Role models time management skills through example.
Ensures compliance and adherence with stated policies and procedures for the unit.
Remains informed of innovative clinical trends through bench marking and evidence-based practice.
Functions as charge nurse.
Role models delegation skills to colleagues and assist them in effective delegation utilizing the Synergy model for care.
Considered an expert and is viewed as a formal leader.
Mentors other Registered Nurses to the role and functions of Charge Nurse.
Leads and coordinates team behavior between staff members and actively fosters the development of leadership skills in others.
Provides direction and guidance to less experienced staff concerning policies, scheduling, assignments, organizational skills and daily operations.
Completes performance reviews with Nurse Manager input as appropriate.
Incorporates Synergy model for care in nurse/patient assignments.
Evaluates the use of resources and cost containment activities.
Coordinates unit staffing to meet the needs of the department.
Identifies one managerial problem and initiates test of change.
Actively participates in preparation of regulatory agency reviews.
Assists in administrative activities such as budget planning, identifying means of cost containment, coordinating unit staffing schedules, and ensuring communication regarding areas of concern to the Nurse Manager.
Evaluates the impact of policies on daily operations.
Supports administrative decisions and facilitates daily operational issues with the staff.
Ensures compliance with educational requirements through scheduling, planning, and support.
Exhibits desire to hear and understand another's point of view.
Demonstrates and role models effective communication skills.
Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment which fosters open and candid communication.
Serves as an arbitrator in resolution of conflicts between nursing staff.
Takes appropriate action to correct unacceptable communication/behavior as needed.
Takes appropriate action to counsel employees (i.e., verbal warnings for attendance & performance issues).
Aware of and supports units and colleagues needs through supportive and non-judgmental behaviors.
Actively empowers and advocates for nurses.
Takes appropriate action to address customer concerns and complaints (i.e., appropriate follow-up with Nurse Manager and risk management).
Addresses escalated patient issues and refers issues to Nurse Manager or Patient Advocate when unable to resolve.
Monitors issues and their resolution.
Challenges and shapes systems on the unit and hospital wide to achieve best possible outcomes.
Implements innovative approaches to meet the needs of patients and families.
Identifies, recognizes and responds to the needs of unit staff to ensure that staff has the resources and tools available to meet patient and family needs.
Identifies, initiates, and collaborates to provide needed educational programs.
Develops management/ leadership focused in-service (e.g., time management, team building, conflict resolution, budget, leadership activities).
Demonstrates current evidence-based practice and disseminates information.
Questions management practice as it relates to research.