RN, Charge Nurse, CVICU, Full-Time, 7P- 7A
Company: UT Health East Texas
Location: Tyler
Posted on: April 4, 2021
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Job Description:
Advancing Healthcare Together - The Future of Healthcare is in
East TexasWhy UT Health - East Texas?Our People. Our people truly
are our greatest strength. They make a massive difference in the
amazing care we provide every day. We work closely together to
create a positive experience for our patients and each other.Our
Purpose. We will build on your experience and provide meaningful
and purposeful career growth for your future. You will have the
opportunity every day to make a difference in someone's life and
change the course of healthcare.Our Place. Tyler, TX is a small
town with a huge heart where you will have the privilege of caring
for your neighbors. Everybody is somebody here.Representing the
very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10
hospitals and more than 50 clinics across east Texas. With nearly
7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed in-patient beds, UT Health
East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients
annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility,
air emergency fleet and EMS service in a metropolitan service area
of a quarter-million people.Coordinates and administers care to a
unit specific patient population utilizing a collaborative,
multidisciplinary approach to ensure that each patient receives
nursing care appropriate to his/her illness or condition. Provides
clinical supervision to the clinical, professional, and auxiliary
staff to ensure the continuous delivery of quality patient care.
Works cooperatively with appropriate medical staff to ensure
accomplishment of hospital and departmental goals. Manages
departmental activities in accordance with hospital and
departmental policy and ensures that care is delivered consistent
with physician's orders and treatment protocols. Oversees the
implementation of a plan of care appropriate to each patient's
needs.DUTIES, ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the
following:* Maximizes the effectiveness of nursing staff on the
assigned shift by ensuring that patient care assignments are made
in accordance with established standards and are appropriate to
each patient's nursing care needs.* Serves as a resource nurse for
staff and makes accurate decisions in complex and dynamic clinical
situations.* Demonstrates and maintains clinical skills proficiency
in all required unit specific nursing skills including the use of
equipment. Assists in the orientation, training, and evaluation of
the nursing unit's personnel.* Evaluates the patient's progress
toward desired outcomes and assists the patient and family in
preparing for discharge.* Participates in quality improvement
activities and educational activities including attendance of at
least 85% of the unit's staff meetings (10 out of 12) or other
assigned meetings.* Completes daily departmental check-list and
makes assignments.* Makes consistent and routine rounds on the unit
assigned each shift talking with patients and patient's family
ensuring that their needs/concerns have been addressed. Ensures
that all work areas are clean and free of food, drinks and trash.*
Ensures that all equipment is maintained and available in the
department.* Assists the Nurse Educators in maintaining staff
competencies.* Assists the Management Team in tasks that may be
assigned to them.SUPERVISION:* Supervises Clinical/Nursing staff
assigned to his/her shiftSystematically evaluate quality and
factors relating to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and
delivering patient care:* Participate in quality of care activities
such as the implementation of a continuous quality improvement plan
and the hospital wide performance improvement process, as
appropriate to position, education and practice environment.*
Utilize results of quality of care activities to initiate changes
in practice.Implement Infection Control, Safety and Risk Management
Programs in all nursing practices.Demonstrate ability to adapt to
varied age-specific patient populations.Acquire and maintain
current knowledge in nursing practice, for example:* Complete
mandatory annual Learning Management System modules in a timely
manner.* Attend departmental meetings per policy.Contribute to
professional development of peers, colleagues and others, for
example. Recognize own learning needs and those of peers and
assists in meeting those needs to maximize professional development
and optimal medical/surgical nursing practice.Assume all other
duties and responsibilities as necessary:* Identify and/or assume
activities related to developmental needs of unit and/or nursing
department.* Demonstrate dependability/flexibility in meeting
scheduling needs of unit and/or hospital.* Accept assignment as
preceptor for new staff.* Assure supplies and equipment necessary
for the care of patients is readily available and in working
orderQUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:Education:* Degree as a
Registered Nurse from an accredited school of professional
nursing
Experience:* Two years of inpatient/acute care nursing experience
preferred
* One Year of Charge Nurse experience preferred
Certification and Licensure:* Current Texas RN License required
* Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) required
* Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 6 months of
employment
* Advance certification as applicable to the unit/department
assigned (preferred within one year of accepting Charge Nurse
position)
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:* Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds,
position patients and possess physical strength sufficient to
assist in lifting/transferring patients and moving departmental
equipment.
* Must possess digital dexterity.
* Must have keen sense of touch, smell, vision, and hearing.
* Must be able to stand and walk for long periods of time.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:* May be exposed to infectious
diseases.
* Regularly exposed to blood and body fluids.
* Interacts with patients and visitors under a variety of
circumstances and is subject to unpredictable situations.
* Subject to long, irregular hours, overtime.
* Exposed to unpleasant and, at times, crisis situations secondary
to patient injuries and/or illnesses
BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:Service* Patient Centered Customer Service:
Genuinely care about people.
* Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the
better together
Quality* Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to
be the best.
* Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the
whole.
People* Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective
working relationships with others.
* Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver
excellence.
Financial* Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
* Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as
efficient as possible.
Growth* Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge
solutions.
* Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get
there and why.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:* Ability to sit/stand for long periods of
time while completing work on a computer
* Ability to lift 10 or more pounds
* Ability to move throughout the workplace
Now that you have read about what you will be doing and the
experience we seek, it is time to apply and make a difference in
the lives of our patients.UT Health East Texas is an equal
opportunity employer (including veterans and persons with
disabilities).
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