Registered Nurse Shift Lead

Banner Health•St. Cloud, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides operational supervision of campus workflow, resource utilization and management, and operations for all clinical and non-clinical departments during assigned shift. It involves responding to facility emergency situations, initiating disaster notification processes, facilitating patient placement, and communicating with media. The role is full-time, 36-hours per week, working nights from 6:00 pm - 6:30 am at Platte County Memorial Hospital in Wheatland, Wyoming. In this position, the Registered Nurse Shift Lead will assist various hospital departments, manage lunch breaks, serve as a resource when leaders are absent, and contribute to staffing decisions. Platte County Memorial Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including an Outpatient Clinic with over 20 regional physicians across nine medical specialties. The hospital recently underwent a $16 million renovation, adding a new inpatient wing, surgical suite, and diagnostic imaging departments, and enhancing the emergency department and laboratory. Wheatland, Wyoming, is a close-knit community 70 miles north of Cheyenne, offering recreational opportunities in southern Wyoming, including lakes and the Laramie Peak and Medicine Bow National Forest areas, and is an easy drive to Colorado's Rocky Mountains and Denver.

Requirements

Must possess a strong knowledge and understanding of nursing and healthcare as normally obtained through the completion of a bachelor's degree in nursing.
Requires a current RN license in state of practice.
Requires certification for BLS.
Must possess at least 1-2 years of clinical experience relevant to patient population.
Demonstrates knowledge and skills of specialty area.
Requires critical thinking, communication, influence, decision-making, analytical, and flexibility skills to make optimal decisions based on multiple variables and desired outcomes.
Requires the ability to balance clinical skills with supervisory authority.
Must have the ability to consider the ultimate impact of decisions on the unit.
Must have the ability to practice skills according to department and professional standards and quality requirements.
Requires New Leader Experience certification within one year.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assesses overall staffing effectiveness and adequate throughput by ensuring the appropriate number, competency and skill mix of staff are involved in the provision of needed health care services according to census, acuity.
Responds to and assesses all codes and other crisis situations, implements plan, and evaluates response.
Understands and utilizes the appropriate chain of command as needs arise.
Serves as a professional resource to patients, families, physicians, and staff by prioritizing, mediating and resolving concerns.
Interprets organizational policies and facilitates patient-centered care.
Interprets and ensures regulatory compliance of business entity policy and procedures.
Provides expertise and serves as a resource to committees and departments.
Demonstrates an expectation and support for continuous quality improvement.
Functions as a role model and encourages staff to participate in their own development.
May be responsible for selection, orientation, on-boarding, and retention.
Must know the resources needed to resolve problems and when to use them in order to facilitate facility operations, particularly during off hours.