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RN, Registered Nurse Lead - Cardiology Cath

CHRISTUS Health • Full-time • San Antonio, TX, US • 2w ago

Description

Summary:

Supports and coordinates day-to-day activities of nursing personnel in patient care units, provides direction to Clinical Staff, implements work of assigned units, and coordinates activities with other patient care units and related departments. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers to help manage the clinical situation.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women’s services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center.

Responsibilities

Organizing and overseeing patient care delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient care unit.
Coaching/counseling individual team members; monitoring and providing feedback on performance and addressing training needs.
Documenting daily staffing, operational, and administrative records; maintaining compliance with governmental policies and procedures.
Providing direction and support to nursing staff demonstrating and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of every patient; assisting with communications with patients and families
Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides oversight and guidance.
Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process

Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural,
Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice. Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals
Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient’s response to the care and treatment(s). Performs timely reassessment and documentation
Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for designated unit's patient population
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
Anticipates and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate patient flow
Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process
Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to ensure accuracy.

Standard III. Unit Operations

Plans, directs and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift
Demonstrates good stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts.
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.

Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality Care/Regulations

Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes
Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities
Provides evidence-based nursing care
Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care
Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities.

Standard V. Leadership

Serves as a subject matter expert for patient care
Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.
Supports proper allocation of team resources, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides support and guidance for high-quality patient care
Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Clinical Policies and Standards

Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures
Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance
Provides feedback for improvement of procedures
Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures
Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation
Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating and updating patient records
Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentation
Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy
Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practices.

Medical Equipment

Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility
Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems
Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety
Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment

Medical Order Processing

Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions
Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders
Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting
Explains considerations for entering and following standing orders
Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and considerations for each

Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation

Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
Reviews patients’ charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions
Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff
Relates examples of misreadings or misinterpretations and lessons learned
Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with others

Patient Safety

Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings
Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings
Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems
Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus harm to others
Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time.

Requirements

Graduate of a Registered Nursing program, Bachelor Degree preferred
Excellent customer service, negotiation and communication skills
Minimum of 2 years clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting
Minimum of 1 year of experience overseeing work of assigned units
Previous healthcare management experience, preferred
RN license in good standing in state of employment or a compact state , if applicable
Registered Nurse (RN) required
American Heart Association Basic Life Support

Work Schedule

Varies

Work Type

Full Time

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