Lead Nurse - Primary Care

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Nurse provides leadership and direct day to day supervision of staff. This role functions within the organizational structure to ensure nursing clinical practice is consistent with professional nursing practice standards, applicable legal statutes, and state regulations addressing nursing practice and the delivery of health care in the ambulatory setting. The Lead Nurse identifies opportunities and sets priorities to continuously improve nursing and organizational performance. They create learning environments based on shared decision making, evidence and research, organizational strategic directions and advances in health care. The Lead Nurse institutes practices and models behaviors that inspire and engage nurses and others to perform optimally, focused on organizational mission and achievement of patient goals. This position works collaboratively with the Nurse Manager, Site Manager, and Medical Leadership to provide value-based patient care. The Lead Nurse must be willing to rotate to other Care Network sites within the designated cluster.

Requirements

Technical Diploma Nursing
Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - upon hire
Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - upon hire
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - issued through an organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross) - upon hire
Knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice to give and evaluate patient care
Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations, and procedures to administer patient care
Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care
Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to maintain a safe working environment
Knowledge of Clinical Quality Management and Service Orientation
Knowledge of Regulatory requirements including the State Nurse Practice Act
Skills in applying and modifying the principles, methods, and techniques of professional nursing to provide on-going patient care
Skills in exercising initiative, judgement, problem solving and decision making
Skills in preparing and maintaining records, writing reports, and responding to correspondence
Skills in developing and maintaining department quality assurance
Skills in leadership functions and provide role model to staff
Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, medical staff, and the public
High degree of accountability and time management
Organizing, planning and prioritization skills
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally
Skills in recruiting, developing and engaging talent
Skills in building, motivating and influencing teams
Conflict management skills
Skills in managing vision and purpose
Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports)
Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and Teams)
Web browsing, intranet search, document access
Use of shared network file space
Basic use of patient facing technology (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors)
Navigation and use of clinical communication systems
Ability to determine the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it
Ability to access needed information effectively and efficiently
Ability to evaluate information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice
Ability to evaluate outcomes of the use of information
Navigation of the electronic health record system
Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems
Ability to effectively use clinical decision support tools
Understanding of policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems
Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools
Annual influenza vaccine (for employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree Nursing
At least two (2) years primary care or ambulatory nursing experience
At least one (1) year Pediatric experience
At least one (1) year Previous supervisory experience
Certified Pediatric Nurse - CPN - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PCNB)

Responsibilities

Plans for and institutes practices that promote the organizations capacity to provide resources that ensure continuity of care among primary care, specialties, other disciplines and across health care systems.
Evaluates and manages the performance of nursing personnel and outcomes of nursing care delivery systems.
Monitors staff performance with feedback given on a regular basis.
Ensures staffing plans reflect the requirements of state practice acts, regulatory mandates and professional standards in accordance with organizationally defined standards to safely meet needs of patient care.
Participates in the performance evaluations with Nurse Manager in a timely manner congruent with organizational policy and guidelines.
Initiates activities that focus on improving the quality of clinical nursing practice and nursing care delivery system.
Adheres to regulatory, ethical and professional standards in business and care delivery practices.
Role models ethical practices in patient care and business situations.
Addresses conflict openly, using tactful, sensitive measures to mediate mutually beneficial resolutions.
Sets standards, serves as a role model, and set expectations for conducting and participating in performance improvement initiatives.
Implement an ongoing, proactive program to identify and eliminate safety risks to patients or staff and risks for unanticipated adverse events.
Assures that initial and ongoing competency assessments occur within organization-specific time frames using measurable performance criteria.
Determines and documents nursing staff competency before assigning them to patient care responsibilities.
Institutes policies and practices that include nursing staff in making shared decisions about nursing practice.
Executes and monitors systems to assure consistent and appropriate resource assignment and utilization.
Partners with Nurse Manager to identify an execute annual unit-based quality improvement initiatives that result in a measurable impact on quality, cost and resource utilization.
Identifies opportunities for improvement and develops an action plan to improve patient outcomes.
Partner with nurse managers to identify opportunities.