RN Lead - ICU, Full-Time, Day Shift

Adventist Health•Templeton, CA

15h•$60 - $90

About The Position

Adventist Health Twin Cities is a 122-bed acute care facility serving northern San Luis Obispo County. The RN Lead provides unit-based leadership in collaboration with the Nurse Manager, Director, physicians, and staff. The role supervises and directs nursing and ancillary personnel, using professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. It ensures patients receive cost-effective, professional care that supports positive outcomes, high patient satisfaction, and patient safety, and assesses opportunities to improve the patient experience. The RN Lead contributes to clinical service development and delivery, coordinates individualized care planning, monitors patient care, and participates in care as needed. The role promotes patient- and family-centered care, addresses cultural diversity and individual needs, gathers feedback, resolves care and operational concerns, and works with leadership to improve satisfaction and recommend policy or procedure changes. The position supports compliance with patient safety goals, hospital policy, quality measures, and performance improvement initiatives. It assesses staffing needs, assigns personnel according to patient acuity and staff skills, coordinates breaks and schedule adjustments, evaluates and coaches employees, participates in hiring and termination decisions, and instructs new personnel. It also helps maintain a safe, clean, operational department and equipment, keeps the Director informed of unit activities and incidents, and manages staffing costs while minimizing overtime. Other job-related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Supervisory experience or demonstrated supervisory skills.
Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice.
Department-specific Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS certification.
All required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Five years of technical experience.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
Clinical specialty and/or nursing administration certification.

Responsibilities

Provide unit-based leadership in developing and delivering clinical services.
Supervise and direct unit nursing and ancillary personnel and monitor patient-care activities.
Coordinate conferences with health team members, patients, and families to initiate or revise individualized care plans.
Participate in patient care as needed.
Promote patient- and family-centered care, including attention to cultural diversity and personal needs; round with patients and families and solicit feedback.
Develop or implement interventions and systems to address care throughout the continuum, and work with the Nurse Manager or Director on customer-satisfaction strategies.
Investigate and resolve patient-care and operational issues, and recommend policy or procedure changes in collaboration with the Nurse Manager or Director.
Ensure compliance with patient safety goals, hospital policy, quality measures, and patient-safety initiatives; participate in hospital performance-improvement teams.
Work with clinical team members on systems, programs, and staff-development activities to meet patient, family, and physician needs.
Assess department operations and patient-care processes for improvement opportunities; facilitate data collection and participate in unit quality activities.
Assess ongoing staffing requirements and assign personnel and patient-care activities based on patient acuity, needs, staff skills, and workload.
Arrange staff relief for meals and breaks; review and act on schedule adjustment requests, including late arrivals, early departures, and sick time.
Contribute to employee performance evaluations; coach and discipline personnel when appropriate, including oral or written warnings and suspension.
Participate directly in decisions to hire and terminate unit personnel, and instruct new professional and ancillary personnel on duties and assignments.
Work with facility services to maintain a safe, operational, and clean department and to facilitate repair of malfunctioning equipment.
Keep the Director informed of unit activities, incidents, and special needs, documenting pertinent information.
Keep staffing costs within budget targets and minimize overtime.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.