Children's Health (Dallas) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) CCU - Coronary Care Lead for a nursing job in Dallas, Texas.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: CCU - Coronary Care
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: Ongoing
- Employment Type: Staff
Job Title: Acute Care Cardiology Unit - RN Team Leader
Location: Dallas, Texas
Shift: Nights
Why Children's Health?
At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.
Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
Summary:
The Team Leader, Nursing is responsible for providing leadership to the front-line staff in collaboration with the Clinical Manager or Practice Administrator. Serves as a conduit between the front-line nursing employees and managers for the purpose of facilitating communication, overseeing orientation of new team members in collaboration with the Clinical Educators, and evaluating clinical practice with a particular focus on quality and performance improvement. Responsible for the results and development of assigned team members. Plans and executes day-to-day operational needs by setting priorities, planning for and addressing staffing needs, and coordinating work across other teams as needed. Provides guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members and provides significant input to employment decisions, addresses performance issues and administers performance reviews. Monitors key metrics and analyzes information to solve on-going problems to improve team performance. Serves in various clinical nursing roles (i.e., direct care nurse, charge nurse, etc.). The Team Leader, Nursing will spend 60% of their time in clinical shifts and 40% of their time in administrative/leadership, recognizing that at least 10% of their time in the clinical shifts is still spent coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.
Responsibilities:
Perform all aspects of the Clinical Nurse job description when providing direct patient care during scheduled bed side care shifts
People Leadership:
Participates in the interview and selection process of new team members
Administers periodic evaluations for new staff members
Administers annual PEAC's/merit increases
Provides performance feedback to staff, including the documentation and counseling of performance issues
Maintains positive staff relations through Evidence Based Leadership and Just Culture
Completes scouting reports and weekly rounding on staff
Ensures that staff are kept abreast of changes within the unit, department, division, and organization
Provides mentoring to staff and developmental opportunities to help team members achieve their career goals
Administers disciplinary action to staff members, when necessary, up to and including terminations, with support of manager and/or director and human resources
Ensures that staff are responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating patient care. Uses clinical judgment based on nursing skills acquired through formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence based guidelines to globally assess the patient's situation and through critical thinking and clinical decision making, develop an appropriate plan of care for the patient, with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and prevent any unnecessary suffering.
Operational Leadership:
Responsible for new hire scheduling with their assigned preceptors during orientation period
Processes Lawson personnel actions for staff
Balances staff schedules to ensure adequate coverage and skill mix on every shift
Monitors trends with attendance and addresses any dependability issues with team members
Approves PTO requests for team members
Monitors FMLA/STD/LOA for team members
Reviews Omnicell reports
Develops and maintains positive physician relations
Regulatory & Quality Compliance:
Ensures clean sweeps/unit-based audits are conducted
Ensures readiness for disease specific certification audits (where applicable)
Ensures regulatory readiness
Conducts unit environmental rounds
Monitors the expiration of staff licenses & certifications
Staffing:
Assumes the Charge Nurse role (frequency varies by department)
Takes on patient load shift (frequency varies by department)
Miscellaneous:
Maintains knowledge of unit-specific super users and ensures they remain qualified and proficient as a super user
Conduct family rounding (as it is rolled out to specific unit)
Attend leadership meetings
WORK EXPERIENCE
At least 3 years clinical experience Req
Leadership experience Pref
EDUCATION
BSN - Required
All bedside nurses whose jobs include 50% or more direct patient care must have a minimum of a BSN by July 1, 2021. Effective 12/1/2019, new employees in this position must have a BSN at time of hire. Req
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas Req
BLS certification approved by the American Heart Association Req
PALS/NRP/ACLS - department specific requirements (see addendum) Req
JOB PROFILE
Supervisor of a team; spends at least 50% of the time providing people leadership to a team
Plans and executes day to day operational needs
Provides guidance, coaching, and feedback
Provides input to employment decisions, and participates in performance reviews
Works within established precedents and practices; receives guidance and oversight from a higher-level manager
Monitors key day to day operational metrics
Provides technical guidance to others on a frequent basis and rounds with employees in the team
Demonstrates an understanding of Children's resource availability
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
Use appropriate interpersonal styles to establish effective relationships with customers and internal partners; interact with others in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one's intentions.
Meet patient and patient family needs; take responsibility for a patient's safety, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes; use appropriate interpersonal techniques to resolve difficult patient situations and regain patient confidence.
Ensure that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; craft and implement service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
A Place Where You Belong
We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.
Holistic Benefits - How We'll Care for You:
Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.
4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure
Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)
Caregiver Leave
Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.
Children's Health (Dallas) Job ID . Posted job title: Team Lead Registered Nurse - Acute Care Cardiology Unit
About Children's Health (Dallas) At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children for 110 years, and generation to come. We recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.
Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community.
Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.
Benefits
- Wellness and fitness programs
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Holiday Pay
- Pet insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- License and certification reimbursement
- Life insurance