RN Inpatient Care Leader - 2 East (11pm-7:30am) - BSN required

Sarah Bush Lincoln • Mattoon, IL

25d • $41 - $64

About The Position

Patient Care Leaders are responsible for organizing the daily operation of the patient care team by directing co-workers and monitoring staff performance and patient care. Patient Care Leader functions as the first-line supervisor of the unit operations and serves as a clinical resource to the patient care team.

Requirements

• ADN (Required)
• BSN (Required)
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support W/I 90 Days - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• BLS or CPR certification within 90 days of hire. - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• Magnet-Approved specialty cert w/i 6 months of hire - Sarah Bush Lincoln
• RN-Registered Nurse - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Responsibilities

• Analyzes quality improvement, risk management, and appropriate data for process improvement opportunities.
• Assesses, plan, prioritizes, and monitors unit activities in order to provide assistance or serve as a resource to other staff members.
• Assessment - Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient's health or the situation. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings when gathering data.
• Collaborates with staff to identify learning needs and provides staff with ongoing performance evaluation and feedback.
• Collaborate with physicians and other disciplines to promote the best possible patient care through the process of mutual information sharing, discussion, and decision making.
• Coordination of Care - Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines.
• Diagnosis - Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnosis, problems, and issues.
• Evaluation - Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes. Reports data and outcomes to others as appropriate.
• Identifies potential risk to patients and others and initiates actions to minimize or prevent the risk.
• Implementation - Implements care or work plan in alignment with the plan and approved safety, infection control, and department/organization standards.
• Knowledge - In collaboration with leaders, actively pursues required knowledge and skills through orientation activities specific to the position, reading current literature and seeking new learning opportunities.
• Outcomes Identification - Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situations.
• Planning - Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Promote the delivery of safe, quality, compassionate care while maintaining a high standard of nursing practice.
• Relationships - Establishes effective working relationships with peers, physicians, and other members of the health care / work team. Identifies and confers with appropriate resources regarding patient / work decisions.
• Teaching - Employs teaching strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

Benefits

• When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life.
• Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us!
• We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area.
• Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs.
• We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers.
• We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level