Registered Nurse, Cardiac Surgery Stepdown, Night Shift (Shift Leader) - VUH

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Registered Nurse - Shift Leader for the Night Shift (7p – 7a) on the 5 South Cardiac Stepdown Unit. This 24-bed unit cares for adult patients recovering from complex cardiac surgery conditions. This leadership role is ideal for experienced Cardiology Stepdown or acute care RNs looking to expand their influence, build leadership skills, and grow within a supportive, development-focused environment. Relief Staff Leaders participate in the first scheduling group during self-scheduling, allowing for earlier schedule selection. The patient population includes those with Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Pre- and Post-Cardiac Procedures, and CABG and Surgical Valve procedures. This role offers emerging leadership development, mentorship, skill expansion in clinical decision-making, resource management, patient flow, and team coordination, along with a comprehensive orientation and opportunities for career advancement.

Requirements

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
1 year experience
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Nice To Haves

Experienced Cardiology Stepdown or acute care RNs
Ready to expand their influence, build leadership skills, and grow within a supportive, development-focused environment.

Responsibilities

Applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning.
Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team.
Collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes.
Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.
Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
Guides, coaches, and supports bedside nurses.
Anticipates resource needs, identifies distinct tasks, sets priorities, schedules activities, meets deadlines, and organizes work within areas of direct responsibility.
Handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units.
Adapts to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity.
Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
Provides patient education.
Assesses and evaluates patients.
Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations.
Gathers pertinent clinical data that aids in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways.
Searches for evidence to answer clinical questions.
Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance.
Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment.
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance and gain knowledge in new areas.
Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships.
Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences.
Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them.
Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly.
Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.