Team Leader ED at Methodist Health System in Omaha, Nebraska

Job Description:

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  Purpose of Job
  • Provide day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area.
  
  


• Job Requirements
  
  
  • Education
    
    
    • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
    
    
    • Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree required.
    
    
    • Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree preferred.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Experience
    
    
    • Requires 5 or more years of Emergency Department experience.
    
    
    • 2 years of leadership experience required.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    License/Certifications
    
    
    • Current valid Registered Nurse (RN) license, valid compact multistate license to work in Nebraska or Iowa (work state), or a temporary permit while awaiting licensure required.
    
    
    • Maintain current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
    
    
    • Maintain current American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire required.
    
    
    • Satisfactory completion of annual mandatory education requirements required.
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
    
    
    • Knowledge of specific clinical/technical area(s).
    
    
    • Interpersonal relationship skills to interact in a sensitive way in delicate and/or complex situations, to lead teams and to make effective presentations to colleagues and other constituencies.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Physical Requirements
  
  
  • Weight Demands
    • Medium Light Work - Exerting up to 35 pounds of force.
    
    
  
  
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    Physical Activity
    
    
    • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
      
      
      • Climbing
      
      
      • Crawling
      
      
      • Kneeling
      
      
      • Sitting
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
      
      
      • Balancing
      
      
      • Carrying
      
      
      • Crouching
      
      
      • Distinguish colors
      
      
      • Keyboarding/typing
      
      
      • Lifting
      
      
      • Pulling/Pushing
      
      
      • Repetitive Motions
      
      
      • Standing
      
      
      • Stooping/bending
      
      
      • Twisting
      
      
      • Walking
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
      
      
      • Fingering/Touching
      
      
      • Grasping
      
      
      • Hearing
      
      
      • Reaching
      
      
      • Seeing/Visual
      
      
      • Speaking/talking
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    Job Hazards

    
    
    
    
    • Not Related:
      
      
      • Explosives (pressurized gas)
      
      
      • Electrical Shock/Static
      
      
      • Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc)
      
      
      • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Rare (1-33%):
      
      
      • Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
      
      
      • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations
      
      
      
      
    
    
    • Occasionally (34%-66%):
      
      
      • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) Blood or Body Fluid (BBF)
      
      
      • Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
      
      
      • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
        
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  Essential Job Functions
  
  
  
  • Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
    
    
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      Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
    
    
    • Provides teaching specific to the patient's health care problem.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Standards and Accountability.
    
    
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      Responsible for completing probationary/annual performance evaluations for all staff members.
    
    
    • Direct observation of staff performance at regular intervals.
    
    
    • Addresses areas of concern on an individual basis and at staff meetings.
    
    
    • Collaboration with physicians and other clinical disciplines as appropriate.
    
    
    • Monitors staff's practice of Standard Precautions, aseptic and sterile technique, and sharps disposal.
    
    
    • Is familiar with and ensures nursing protocols, clinical practices, and standards of care are instituted unit specific.
    
    
    • Use Evidence Based Practice to promote quality outcomes.
    
    
    • Reports issues/trends to Service Leader/Service Executive.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Leading.
    
    
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      Coach staff on the integration of patient safety into daily work (patient identification, write down and read back all phone /verbal orders, do not use abbreviation list, high alert medications, medication reconciliation, patient falls, time out).
    
    
    • Maintains appropriate staffing for adequate coverage and census variation.
    
    
    • Posts hours to be filled in conjunction with Service Leader/Service Executive.
    
    
    • Interviews and hires new staff members in conjunction with the Service Leader/Service Executive.
    
    
    • Responsible for staff employee relations including disciplinary action and terminations.
    
    
    • Maintains positive work environment.
    
    
    • Role model for employees.
    
    
    • Encourages teamwork among staff and interdisciplinary team.
    
    
    • Rewards and recognition to promote staff acknowledgement.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Assures that operations are managed efficiently while maintaining quality.
    
    
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      Assist in establishing and operating within annual area budget.
    
    
    • Identifies supply and equipment utilization problems and ensures appropriate interventions.
    
    
    • Audits EMR documentation to ensure staff compliance of standards of care per policy.
    
    
    • Assists staff clinically and in the core coordinator role when the need arises.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Assures professional development of staff.
    
    
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      Coordinate with Clinical Nurse Specialist/Staff Development Nurse, and Clinical Nurse Educator for in-services, workshops and other Continuing Education Unit offerings.
    
    
    • Promote professional development for all staff.
    
    
    • Facilitate staff meetings.
    
    
    • Monitors completion of annual reviews, Basic Life Support and RN licensure, and other requirements.
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Establishes and maintains a Performance Improvement program which monitors important aspects of care.
    
    
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      Monitors patient satisfaction surveys and establish action plans as needed.
    
    
    • Establish and monitor PI initiatives using reports and audit tools.
    
    
    • Monitors on an ongoing basis environmental safety issues and appropriate interventions taken.
    
    
    • Provides input into the development and revision of policies and procedures.
    
    
    • Assures completion of appropriate report form for any risk (e.g., variance report, patient concern report, maintenance request).
    
    
    • Communicates with appropriate personnel regarding unresolved issues.
    
    
    • Conducts random interviews with patients and staff.
    
    
    • Monitors the handling of calls and response times.