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Employment Type:
Full time
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Description:
Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital, operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy and a part of Trinity Health.
Job Summary:
• Functions in first-line management/clinical leadership role in coordinating patient care activities on the nursing unit.
• Serves as a coordinator of the multi-disciplinary approach to patient's care to include care planning, patient teaching, and discharge planning.
• Ensures appropriate staffing and coverage for unanticipated needs, within the guidelines of the department.
• Assists in long and short-term staff scheduling.
• Participates in the interviewing process of prospective staff and provides input to the Director.
• Ensures that staff utilize the nursing process in meeting patient care standards.
• Utilizes effective delegation skills in assigning duties to other staff and Senior Nurses.
• Works with unit staff to ensure update Carelogistic/EPIC software accurately reflects unit and patient status (anticipated treatment, discharge, patient location, PPR's completed when test is order and patient alerts)
• May take assignments as necessary
• Performs other job-related duties within job scope as requested by Nurse Manager.
• Assists fellow staff members in completing assignments in time of crisis.
• Assumes primary nurse, team leader, or patient care responsibilities as necessary.
• Facilitates daily huddles and discussions around huddle boards
• Facilitates debriefs after critical events such as patient falls to improve learning
• Receives pertinent information from acute care management and follows up on any needs during off hours.
• Intervenes appropriately and keeps Nurse Manager informed of departmental issues.
• Provides input to associate evaluations as requested by the Nurse Manager.
• Acts continuously to improve processes and services. Participates in data collection related to unit specific or hospital PI indicators as assigned; (e.g. chart reviews for TJC, tracer activities, hand-hygiene, VTE data, etc.) Submit PI data MONTHLY- a minimum of 75% of the time (e.g. 9 out of 12 months).
• Demonstrates accountability for regularly reading and reviewing e-mails and other communications regarding changes that impact practice, policies and changes within the unit/ department and organizations.
• Performs equipment safety checks such as defibs, blood glucose (POC), medication room, etc.
• Consistently oversees appropriate bedside shift report/hand-off and coaches' staff to ensure we are including the patient/family in the process
• Consistently reminds staff to engage in purposeful hourly rounding to anticipate patient needs related to the 5 Ps.
• Assists the staff in providing evidence-base practice in the care of patients; follows policies and procedures
• Holds staff accountable to consistently incorporating activities in care that enhance patient safety and decreases patient harm (e.g. using two identifiers before administering meds/blood, treatment, diagnostic and consistently using Bar Code technology and labeling specimens at bedside in front of patient; fall prevention, etc.) and monitors their performance.
• Holds staff accountable to consistently complying with safe infection prevention practices designed to reduce infection transmission (hand-hygiene, following isolation precautions, following maintenance bundles for reducing CAUTI/CLABSI. Consider participation in monitoring hand hygiene.
• Participates and/or leads Performance Projects (A3) to be determined by Manager/Director.
This is a Modified Full Time position on (day/night) shift with benefits. Please visit our Career Center Home Page for more about our benefits.
• Day 1 benefits, no waiting period! Comprehensive benefit packages available including medical, dental, vision, paid time off and 403B
• Colleague Referral Program to earn cash and prizes
• Unlimited career growth opportunities
• Trinity Health offers DailyPay - if you're hired as an eligible colleague, you'll be able to see how much you've made every day and transfer your money any time before payday
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