RN Team Leader - 3 South (36/E/N)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Plymouth, MN

1d•$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 shifts from 7p-7:30a, and includes every other weekend and holiday rotation. The RN Team Leader demonstrates clinical expertise through excellent assessment of physical, mental, and psychological status of patients using age-appropriate knowledge to ensure care standards are met for the patient population. They plan, evaluate, and supervise care for all patients and others as assigned, utilizing Core Values in the areas of service, team work, communication, respect for others and time/priority management. The Team Leader consistently models effective interpersonal and leadership skills necessary to promote effective collaborative working relationships with all members of the healthcare team to provide excellent service to patients served. They assist the manager with the daily operation of the unit to accomplish departmental goals and coordinate and participate in formal and informal educational programs, in-services, and performance improvement activities to improve technical skills within and outside of specialty area. The role requires demonstrating sound judgment and critical thinking skills, leadership in patient management which may include real time service recovery, and the ability to assist with augmentation, development, and implementation of policies and procedures based upon evidence-based best practices and specialty standards. Collaboration and interpersonal leadership skills with physicians, specialists, all inpatient/outpatient nursing units, admitting, supervisors, and all health care team members are essential for promoting successful patient-centered communication. The Team Leader must demonstrate the ability to deal effectively with stress relating to the changing organizational environment, personnel, and patient care issues. They collaborate with interdisciplinary departments to facilitate the flow of patients in and out of the department in a timely fashion and work with the UBE to mentor and report on the clinical knowledge of current staff. Serving as a mentor and resource to all staff is a key responsibility, as is participating in the assessment of staff performance in collaboration with the Director and/or Manager through contribution to individual staff performance reviews. The Team Leader ensures unit and staff compliance with Regulatory Requirements, assures inventory is performed on all specialty carts and equipment, and ensures all real-time documentation is complete, performing all audits specific to the clinical area as indicated. Attendance at 90% of Team Leader team meetings and 90% of unit-based staff meetings is required. It is understood that 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
Current Charge experience required with demonstrated leadership skills
Minimum of 2 year’s RN experience in nursing area required
AHA Basic Life Support required
AHA ACLS required within 6months of hire into Team Lead position
Department specific certification obtained within 6 months of hire into Team Lead position
Current MA RN License required

Responsibilities

Demonstrates clinical expertise through excellent assessment of physical, mental, and psychological status of patients using age-appropriate knowledge to ensure care standards are met for the patient population
Plans, evaluates and supervises care for all patients and others as assigned utilizing Core Values in the areas of service, team work, communication, respect for others and time/ priority management.
Consistently models effective interpersonal and leadership skills necessary to promote effective collaborative working relationships with all members of the healthcare team to provide excellent service to patients served.
Assists manager with daily operation of the unit to accomplish departmental goals
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.
Demonstrates sound judgment and critical thinking skills.
Demonstrates leadership in patient management which may include real time service recovery
Demonstrates skills necessary to assist with augmentation, development, and implementation of policies and procedures based upon evidence based best practices and specialty standards.
Collaborates and demonstrates interpersonal leadership skills with physicians, specialists, all inpatient/ outpatient nursing units, admitting, supervisors, and all health care team members promoting successful communication that is patient centered.
Demonstrates the ability to deal effectively with stress relating to the changing organizational environment, personnel and patient care issues.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary departments to facilitate flow of patients in and out of the department in a timely fashion.
Collaborates with the UBE to mentor and report on clinical knowledge of current staff
Serves as mentor and resource to all staff
Participates in the assessment of staff performance, in collaboration with the Director and or Manager, through contribution to individual staff performance reviews.
Ensure unit and staff are in compliance with Regulatory Requirements
Assures inventory is performed on all specialty carts, and equipment.
Ensures all real time documentation is complete and performs all audits specific to clinical area, as indicated
Attends 90% of the Team Leader team meetings.
Attends 90% of unit based staff meetings.