Team Lead Charge Trauma

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Team Lead Charge Nurse provides clinical and operational leadership for the unit during assigned shifts. Working under the direction of the Nurse Manager, this role coordinates daily operations, supports staff, serves as a clinical resource, and provides direct patient care as needed. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses looking to grow into a leadership role. Units 6400 and 6500 are combined Trauma, Geriatric Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery units with 63 total beds. Nurses on these units care for a diverse patient population while developing expertise in trauma and acute surgical care within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience
• Strong clinical, communication, and leadership skills
• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
• 2-5 years experience
• RN

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• 5-10 years experience

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical and operational leadership for the unit during assigned shifts.
• Coordinates daily operations, supports staff, serves as a clinical resource, and provides direct patient care as needed.
• Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into the ambulatory care setting.
• Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establishes consults to interprofessional team as appropriate.
• Leads the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Plan of care reflects application of expert holistic clinical knowledge and skill to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporating interprofessional team and caregiver/family input, and identifies opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
• Actively utilizes and champions scientific inquiry for evidence-based practices (e.g., participates in journal club, facilitates practice change based on new knowledge, recommends new standards of care or revisions to current standards, conduct a literature search to support unit or organizational goals, disseminate new knowledge obtained from relevant conference or continuing education).
• Explore opportunities to advance nursing practice (e.g., support a community service health event as a representative of the healthcare profession, patient/family education group, community advisory board, member of Ethics Advisory Committee, serve as adjunct faculty, leadership board in specialty organization).
• Analyzes gap in practice standards and provides feedback to peers in collaboration with leadership to enhance safe patient care.
• Leads the evaluation of the patient and family experience, and adjusts care provided to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree