RN, Critical Care Nurse Lead - Baroness Hospital - Emergency Department - Full-time
About The Position
A highly skilled registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Medical Center who is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of patients being seen and treated at Erlanger. Serves as a clinical resource to nursing, medical, and ancillary staff. Responds to in house codes, Rapid Response Alerts, Code Strokes, Code STEMI's and assists with transferring critically ill patients to the ICU. Responsible for rapidly triaging patients to determine treatment options. Coordinate with physicians on plan of care in an attempt to facilitate care and decrease in-house codes. Will use effective and constructive communication skills to convey evidence based practice at the bedside. May act as a project lead for department objectives and/or process improvement. May provide input and facilitates implementation of the emergency department's goals and objectives. Assist with orientation, competencies, and continuing education for staff. Actively participates in the evaluation of clinical staff under the direction of unit leadership. Participates in regular staff meetings and assists with recruitment and retention of clinical staff. The position of the Critical Care Nurse Clinician is to provide clinical expertise and continuity of care for critically ill and injured patients. This position requires a highly skilled, experienced and qualified nurse with emergency and critical care experience to manage patients in the regional academic Level 1 Trauma Center. This role collaborates with the physicians to organize care delivery and to facilitate the flow of the patient through the system. Provides input in the development of standardized procedures and guidelines designed to improve patient care and outcomes. Assists to meet the health system goals and objectives. This role requires a thorough knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills, organizational functions, policies and regulations, current trends and new developments. The individual must be flexible and willing to take on new tasks and participate in new projects. Must be a self-starter that enjoys leading a collaborative team. The individual must be willing to take on many roles; ICU nurse, ED nurse, floor nurse, patient representative, grief counselor, physician liaison, case manager, educator, etc. Flexibility is required as the individual will be asked to care for patients in extreme distress as part of this role while mentoring clinical bedside staff. The individual is expected to participate in educational projects, i.e. in-services with nursing staff, ACLS/TNCC/BLS/Annual credentialing/ATLS etc. This role will assist in recruitment and retention of staff on the unit, and on boarding of new staff to the department fostering a supportive and collaborative approach. Will identify and monitor staff to develop as a clinical resource nurse. Facilitates open and effective communication with ancillary departments and medical staff. Communicating areas of concern appropriately to leadership and actively identifies solutions for correction. Utilizes appropriate delegation of tasks based on skill level of individual. The individual must be willing to participate in injury prevention efforts coordinated through the Trauma Program. This role may be utilized to collaborate with the Trauma Registrar and Trauma Program Manager to extract data and put data into NTRACS.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
- Minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience in adult ICU and/or adult ED
- Evidence of leadership abilities
- Knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills
- Knowledge of organizational functions, policies and regulations
- Knowledge of current trends and new developments
- Knowledge of principles and practices of nursing
- Applicable knowledge of those areas requiring special education
- Current licensure to practice nursing in the State of Tennessee
- BLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) upon hire
- Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) certification and Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 6 months
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 6 months
- Certification by specialty within 1 year of exam eligibility for area of practice
- Thorough knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills
- Thorough knowledge of organizational functions, policies and regulations
- Thorough knowledge of current trends and new developments
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Previous case management, quality improvement and/or discharge planning experience
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) instructor
- Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) instructor or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) instructor
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) instructor
- Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) certification
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor
Responsibilities
- Direct and/or indirect care of patients
- Serve as a clinical resource to nursing, medical, and ancillary staff
- Respond to in-house codes, Rapid Response Alerts, Code Strokes, Code STEMI's
- Assist with transferring critically ill patients to the ICU
- Rapidly triage patients to determine treatment options
- Coordinate with physicians on plan of care
- Convey evidence-based practice at the bedside
- Act as a project lead for department objectives and/or process improvement
- Provide input and facilitate implementation of the emergency department's goals and objectives
- Assist with orientation, competencies, and continuing education for staff
- Actively participate in the evaluation of clinical staff
- Participate in regular staff meetings
- Assist with recruitment and retention of clinical staff
- Provide clinical expertise and continuity of care for critically ill and injured patients
- Manage patients in the regional academic Level 1 Trauma Center
- Collaborate with physicians to organize care delivery and facilitate patient flow
- Provide input in the development of standardized procedures and guidelines
- Assist to meet health system goals and objectives
- Take on new tasks and participate in new projects
- Lead a collaborative team
- Care for patients in extreme distress
- Mentor clinical bedside staff
- Participate in educational projects (in-services, ACLS/TNCC/BLS/Annual credentialing/ATLS)
- Assist in onboarding of new staff to the department
- Identify and monitor staff to develop as a clinical resource nurse
- Facilitate open and effective communication with ancillary departments and medical staff
- Communicate areas of concern appropriately to leadership and actively identify solutions
- Utilize appropriate delegation of tasks based on skill level
- Participate in injury prevention efforts
- Collaborate with the Trauma Registrar and Trauma Program Manager to extract data and put data into NTRACS
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
