LEAD CLINICAL NURSE (WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC)

FDIHB•Fort Defiance, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Clinical Nurse (LCN) in the Women's Health Clinic provides guidance and direction to professional employees and ancillary staff under the Nurse Executive. This role ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are communicated and integrated into team strategies, goals, and work products. The LCN identifies, distributes, and balances workload, provides performance coaching, and identifies training needs for the team. They monitor and report on work progress, communicate with the Nurse Executive for resources and decisions, and maintain a professional and caring attitude with patients, families, healthcare providers, and other departments. A key aspect of this role is maintaining a positive workplace environment and discouraging hostile behavior. The LCN is responsible for maintaining professional knowledge and proficiency in their specialty area through continuing education. They perform clinical nursing duties, including patient interviews, health assessments, developing care plans, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, documenting patient care, and administering medications and therapeutic measures. The LCN is clinically responsible for the independent management of patients, utilizing Evidence-based Guidelines for Practice. They participate in the on-call schedule, lead process improvement initiatives, and serve on hospital committees related to patient care. Additionally, the LCN completes all yearly Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required training and assists in promoting compliance with CMS standards. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Four (4) years of direct work experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) in women’s health or obstetrics.
Two (2) years of leadership experience in teaching and coaching nursing staff.
Associate of Science degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
Valid and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in any U.S. State or Territory.
Valid American Heart Association (AHA) certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and maintain certification.
Valid American Heart Association (AHA) certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and maintain certification.
Valid Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN) certification in Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM) and maintain certification.
Valid, Unrestricted Insurable Driver’s License.
Resume and references are required.

Responsibilities

Provides guidance and direction to professional employees and ancillary staff.
Identifies, distributes, and balances workload and tasks among employees.
Provides performance coaching to the team.
Identifies training needs of the team and provides or arranges for specific administrative or technical training.
Monitors and reports on the status and progress of work and reviews completed work.
Communicates upward to Nurse Executive for resources and information.
Maintains a professional caring attitude when dealing with patients, families, hospital health care providers, and other departments.
Maintains consistent support for positive workplace environment and discourages any behavior that could be interpreted as creating or supporting a hostile work environment.
Maintains professional knowledge and proficiency in selected specialty area knowledge and practice through continuing education.
Performs clinical nursing duties for patients.
Performs interviews and health assessments to determine plan of care.
Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to plan and implement interventions for patient care management.
Documents all patient care and administers therapeutic measures and medications as prescribed.
Utilizes Evidence-based Guidelines for Practice as a reference to monitor and maintain standard practices and recommendations in care.
Participates in the on-call schedule as assigned.
Provides leadership to the team in exploring alternatives and determining process Improvement measures.
Participates as a member of hospital committees relative to patient care in their specialty areas.
Completes all yearly Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required training by the indicated due dates.
Assist, promotes, and supports compliance with established CMS standards.
Performs other duties as assigned.