The Clinical Shift Lead assists with, facilitates, and communicates the patient’s plan of care to members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team. Also assists with human resource management activities, such as staff scheduling, staff development and performance monitoring. Performs duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission and values.
Principle Accountabilities:
- Assists with Human Resource Management:
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Staff Scheduling: Assuring that the quality and quantity of staffing ratios are equitable. Prepares schedule for Nurse Manager approval.
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Staff Development: consulting with Dept. of Education and preceptors about learning needs of staff, and arranging for those needs to be met; sharing relevant nursing literature or contemporary issues of nursing practice; participating in the planning of unit-specific competency and competency validation programs and continuing to develop the Charge Nurse role.
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Performance Monitoring: Provides input for performance evaluations.
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Role model for FACES culture, ensuring employees have adequate training and display FACES culture expectations.
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Supports organizational goals for patient and employee satisfaction.
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Shares results of patient satisfaction surveys with employees, action plans are discussed.
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Participates/ensures that patient rounds are completed.
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Participates/ensures that discharge calls are made.
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Performs rounding on employees, utilizing information to foster division improvements.
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Responsible for Quality Improvement activities, unit-based and department-wide.
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Documents pertinent information in the medical records and reviews patient records to ensure proper documentation by other members of the healthcare team.
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Functions in the role of charge nurse/clinical staff.
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Communicates with patient, family, and staff regarding plan of care.
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Maintains ongoing communication with patient and/or family regarding current status.
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Evaluates patient’s progress towards the achievement of expected outcomes.
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Makes rounds with physicians as needed.
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May serve as an educator to staff or a resource for patient education.
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Promotes a safe environment by utilizing safety practices as established for unit and hospital-wide application.
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Overseeing that hospital policy on handling and disposal of hazardous materials and infectious waste is carefully followed. Utilizes incident reports appropriately, encourage use of “Quantros” Reporting System.
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Overseeing that safety measures are carried out to prevent patients from harming themselves or others, i.e. Standards for Restraints, Siderails, Transportation, Suicide Prevention, etc.
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Notifying Nurse Manager of problems which may need to be reported to Risk Management.
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Adheres to the concepts of infection control by complying with standards for universal precautions and monitors staff compliance.
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Recognizes safety hazards and acts to protect patient/self, i.e. Standards for Electrical Safety, Equipment, Maintenance, etc. Assumes responsibility for maintenance and proper functioning of equipment.
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Demonstrates that he/she is familiar with and knowledgeable of location, care, and operation of emergency equipment.
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Adheres to Hospital/Department/Unit Standards for:
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Fire reporting/drills.
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Disaster reporting/drills.
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Tornado protective measures.
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Bomb threats.
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Assist with operational stewardship:
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Unit staffing to acuity.
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Proper utilization of supplies.
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Assist in implementing cost saving measures.
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Performs other work duties as assigned.
Employee is required to sit occasionally and stand and walk frequently. Employee must lift/carry a light (1-20 lbs.) load occasionally. Employee may be required to lift over 100 lbs with assistance. Employee is occasionally required to bend, squat, crawl, kneel, climb, lift waist to overhead. Employee is occasionally required to reach forward and reach overhead. For repetitive action, employee is required to perform simple grasping and pushing/pulling. Employee is occasionally exposed to electrical hazards and CRT terminal work. Verbal and cognitive, as well as motor coordination and manual dexterity are required. Speech, hearing, and near-visual acuity are required. May be needed to work any shift due to 24-hour day, 7 days per week operation. Employee is occasionally exposed to blood borne pathogens.
(Occasionally: 1-33%, Frequently: 34-66%, Continuously: 67-100%)
The most significant of duties are included but this does not exclude occasional work assignments not mentioned or developmental duties.
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