RN, Nurse Lead, Emergency Department, Day Shift, Full Time

$116,126 - $159,266/Yr

Adventist Health - Tehachapi, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Tehachapi, CA

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The RN Nurse Lead in the Emergency Department at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley is responsible for providing unit-based leadership and ensuring high-quality patient care. This role involves supervising nursing and ancillary personnel, collaborating with healthcare teams, and implementing strategies to enhance patient satisfaction and safety. The Nurse Lead plays a critical role in managing patient care processes, staff development, and compliance with safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Provides unit-based leadership in the development and provision of clinical services.
• Supervises and directs unit personnel.
• Initiates and coordinates individual and team conferences with health team members, patients, and/or families to initiate and revise care plans for optimal, individualized patient care.
• Directs and monitors personnel in the performance of patient care activities to ensure adequate patient care and quality of work.
• Participates in patient care as needed.
• Fosters an environment of patient and family centered care with special attention to cultural diversity and personal needs.
• Makes rounds to have an overview of patient care needs and to introduce self to patient and families.
• Solicits feedback on quality of nursing services and any other concerns.
• Provides interventions and/or develops systems to address the care of patients throughout the continuum of care.
• Develops strategies with Nurse Manager/Director to improve customer satisfaction for patients, families, and physicians.
• Investigates and resolves patient care and operational issues as needed.
• Recommends policy/procedure changes based upon the standards, in collaboration with the Nurse Manager/Director.
• Ensures compliance with Patient Safety Goals as identified by The Joint Commission, hospital policy, Quality Measures, and Patient Safety initiatives through unit management and participation in hospital Performance Improvement (PI) Teams.
• Works closely with the clinical team members to implement systems/programs or staff development activities to facilitate staff members' ability to meet patient/family/physician needs.
• Provides ongoing assessment of department operations and patient care processes for opportunities to improve.
• Facilitates data collection by staff members and participates in unit quality activities to improve care.
• Assesses the staffing requirements of the unit on an ongoing basis.
• Manages the number of assigned personnel based on determination of patient acuity and needs, and available skills.
• Assigns staff to particular patients and patient care activities according to independent professional and supervisory analysis/assessment of the most effective utilization of skills and abilities, patient needs, and to equalize work loads of assigned personnel.
• Arranges for staff relief for meals and breaks.
• Reviews and takes action on requests to adjust schedules, including requests to come in late, leave early, or utilize sick time.
• Plays a significant role in evaluation of performance of unit employees.
• Coaches and disciplines personnel, when deems appropriate, including oral and written warnings, and suspension.
• Directly involved in decisions to hire and terminate unit personnel.
• Instructs new professional and ancillary personnel on job duties and assignments.
• Works with facility services to assure that the department and equipment is maintained in a safe and operational state.
• Facilitates the repair of any broken or malfunctioning equipment.
• Ensures the cleanliness of the department.
• Keeps the Director informed of the unit's activities, incidents, and special needs in a timely manner, documenting pertinent information.
• Keeping staffing costs within targeted budget, minimizing use of overtime.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education/related experience: Required
• Master's Degree: Preferred
• Five years' technical experience: Preferred
• Supervisory experience or demonstrated supervisory skills: Required
• Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the state of practice: Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) certification: Preferred
• Clinical specialty and/or nursing administration certification: Preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQI BLS) certification: Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Healthstream Advanced Cardiac Life Support (HS-ACLS) or RQIACLS: Required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Healthstream Pediatric Advanced Life Support (HS-PALS) or RQIPALS: Required

Nice-to-haves

• Clinical specialty and/or nursing administration certification: Preferred

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k retirement plan
• Flexible scheduling
• Continuing education opportunities