Team Lead Registered Nurse (RN) – Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Fort Thomas, KY

13d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse/Team Leader for its 23-bed TCU 3S Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown Unit at Ft. Thomas Hospital. In an associate management role for an assigned shift, the Team Leader provides nursing leadership and helps meet patients’ care needs by delivering care directly or supervising care. The role works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate timely patient throughput into and out of the unit. The nurse is expected to demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in every encounter with patients, families, visitors, and employees, regardless of cultural background. This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week day-shift position, scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Applicants must graduate from an accredited School of Nursing, hold the required nursing license for the state where they work, and meet licensure contact-hour and state-course requirements. Applicants eligible for a compact license must hold one in their primary state of residence. The role requires recent nursing experience in the clinical specialty and experience as a shift charge nurse.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Hold a license to practice nursing in the state where the work is performed.
If eligible, hold a Compact (multi-state) License in the primary state of residence.
Meet contact-hour requirements for licensure, including all state-required courses.
Have the ability to direct oneself and others.
Be aware of nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocols.
Be knowledgeable about the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
Demonstrate clinical proficiency.
Have one year of recent nursing experience in the clinical area of specialty.
Have experience as a shift charge nurse.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing leadership in an associate management role for an assigned shift.
Provide for patients’ care needs using the nursing process, either by delivering care directly or supervising care on the assigned shift.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate timely patient throughput into and out of the unit.
Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness, and empathy in encounters with patients, families, visitors, and employees, regardless of cultural background.