Registered Nurse Clinical Leader Med Surg

Job Description : Job Description

The Nurse Clinical Leader provides leadership and clinical expertise during their shift and within their department. They manage unit resources and supervise personnel to ensure appropriate staffing levels based on the unique needs of patients on the unit, both clinically and financially. They serve as clinical support for staff and exemplify competency and professionalism.

As a part of line management, this role will have significant leadership responsibilities, including several of the following : leading change, scheduling, maintenance of staff competencies, new employee selection / orientation, constructive discipline, and completion of annual employee performance reviews. The Clinical Nurse Leader provides leadership support for professional governance.

The Clinical Nurse Leader also works in a regularly scheduled bedside RN shift with the responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of patients. The RN utilizes the nursing process with technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Unit Details :

Our neuro med-surg unit focuses on providing care for patients with neurological and medical-surgical conditions. This unit often handles cases involving stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injuries, and other neurological disorders, alongside general medical-surgical patients.

Stroke Certified Program

Bariatric Certified Program

28 bed Neuro / Trauma / Med-Surg unit

Works closely with Neurologist, Neurointerventionalist, Trauma Team, ICU, and Hospitalist

Multidisciplinary patient centered treatment

Foster a strong sense of team work and camaraderie, which provides a supportive environment

Shift Details :

Shift time : 1500 to midnight

Variable shift

four 10 hour shifts, 2 weekend shifts out of the 8 week schedule and one holiday.

Essential Functions

• Assess : Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of the interdisciplinary team : patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
• Plan : Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
• Implement : Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.
• Evaluate : Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
• Professionalism : Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.

Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills

Essential Functions

Skills

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Requirements :

Location :

Intermountain Health St Vincent Regional Hospital

Work City : Billings

Work State : Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours :

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$44.42 - $65.70

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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