Team Lead Charge Trauma

BJC HealthCare • St. Louis, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Team Lead/ Charge Nurse supporting the 64/6500 Trauma Unit. It is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses interested in leadership. The Surgical Services Department provides pre-op and post-op inpatient care for patients undergoing various specialty surgical procedures. Inpatient care focuses on pre-op needs, post-op care, and treatment through discharge. The department's surgical observation unit and ICU provide intensive care for post-op or post-traumatic patients requiring this level of treatment. Barnes-Jewish Hospital is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report. It was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Requirements

• Requires 2-5 years nursing experience; preferrably in-patient
• RN
• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Nice To Haves

• BSN highly preferred due to Magnet Status
• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing
• 5-10 years experience

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift.
• Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff.
• Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit 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.
• The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Benefits

• External candidates eligible for sign-on bonus of $15,000
• 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