36 D/E RN - Team Leader, Emergency Department

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Plymouth, MN

7d•$41 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. This position is 36 hours per week with 12-hour shifts (11a-11:30p x 3) and is flexible with rotating weekends and holidays. The Team Leader role begins with the basis of a charge nurse description and includes assessing the physical, mental, and psychological status of patients using age-appropriate knowledge within the ED specialty. The role involves planning, evaluating, and supervising the care of all patients within the ED and others as assigned, and working collaboratively with other disciplines to provide excellent patient service. The Team Leader will coordinate and participate in educational programs, in-services, and performance improvement activities to enhance technical skills. Continued learning and its application to practice are essential. Providing patient and family education and updates is also a key responsibility, along with performing real-time service recovery. The work practice should reflect the hospital's philosophy, purpose, and policies, based on evidence-based best practices and ENA standards. Collaboration with Emergency Department physicians, specialists, inpatient nursing units, admitting, and supervisors is crucial for facilitating patient flow. The Team Leader will mentor and report on the progress of new hires with the UBE and participate in staff performance assessments in collaboration with the Director. Regulatory readiness, including checking crash carts, refrigerators, ensuring equipment does not block egress or fire extinguishers, and completing survey readiness checklists, is vital. Maintaining a list of materials and equipment, updating staff on repairs, and checking supply inventory for expiration dates at least twice a year are also required. The role ensures inventory is performed on all specialty carts and in the trauma room. The Team Leader ensures calls to NEOB are made within 60 minutes and all live documentation is complete by performing live audits of Moderate sedation, STEMI, Code Stroke, Sepsis, and Patient Expirations. EMTALA compliance, ensuring all transfer paperwork/processes are complete, is also a responsibility. A 50% attendance rate at weekly team leader meetings is expected. The Team Leader will serve as co-chair of a workgroup to launch and implement a new initiative yearly for process improvement within the specialty area. This is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Requirements

BSN; OR other advance degree considered; OR current enrollment in BSN program with completion within 1 year of hire into team lead position
Charge experience required
Minimum of 2 year’s RN experience in Emergency Department required
BLS, ACLS, PALS and CPI required
Current CEN or obtained within 6 months of hire into Team Lead position
Current MA RN License required

Nice To Haves

TNCC
ENPC

Responsibilities

Assesses physical, mental, and psychological status of patient using age-appropriate knowledge within ED specialty and patients served.
Plans, evaluates and supervises care of all patients within the ED and others as assigned.
Works collaboratively with other disciplines in care of patient to provide excellent service to patients served.
Coordinates and participates in formal and informal educational programs, in-services and performance improvement activities to improve technical skills within and outside of specialty area.
Responsible for continued learning and application to practice within and outside of specialty area.
Responsible for providing patient and family education and updates to population served. May perform real time service recovery.
Work practice reflects philosophy, purpose and policies of the hospital and department based upon evidence based best practices and ENA standards.
Collaborates with Emergency Department physicians, specialists, inpatient nursing units, admitting and supervisors and facilitates flow through department.
Meets and collaborates with the UBE to mentor and report on progress of new hires.
Participates in the assessment of staff performance, in collaboration with the Director, through contribution to individual staff performance reviews.
Regulatory Readiness – crash carts checked, refrigerator checked, ensure equipment does not block egress or fire extinguishers, completes survey readiness checklists.
Maintains listing of materials and equipment and updates staff on any repair and follow-ups. Checks supply inventory for expiration dates at least twice per year.
Assures inventory is performed on all specialty carts and in trauma room, as well as any other areas as needed.
Ensures calls to NEOB made within 60 minutes, all Live documentation is complete by performing live audits of Moderate sedation, STEMI, Code Stroke, Sepsis, Patient Expirations.
EMTALA – ensures all transfer paperwork/process complete.
50% attendance rate at weekly team leader meetings.
Serves as co-chair of workgroup to launch and implement a new initiative yearly for process improvement within the specialty area.