Idaho Falls Community Hospital is looking for a Registered Nurse to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY:

The Clinical Team Lead/RN plays an important role in the nursing department, ensuring nursing operations are smooth and effective in their health care facility and/or department. They provide administrative support for the nursing manager and for the nursing department as a whole. They help oversee daily operations of their units and ensure proper care is provided for all patients. Specific day-to-day tasks may include assisting with patient care, relaying information to doctors, communicating with various health care professionals, providing information about care and treatment to patients, assisting nursing staff with various problems, and resolving patient complaints. Additionally, the CLT/RN plays a crucial role in training and educating the nursing staff, which typically includes performing orientations, coordinating regular staff training, conducting staff meetings, and identifying areas for training. It also consists of meeting with administrators and staff educators, gathering staff feedback, and coordinating internships and preceptorships. This job also includes human resource management, as CLT/RN's are often involved in recruiting and hiring nursing staff; they also play a large part in retaining high-quality staff through effective management. They help address staff issues or concerns, identify and help resolve interpersonal conflicts among staff, and address behavioral problems among individual employees.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Surgical Services-CLT/Registered Nurse/Preop-PACU

The Clinical Team Lead must be able to function in the role as an Pre-Op/PACU or OR Circulator nurse/Charge nurse as well as:

• Coordinate clinical staff requirements and ensure that all staff are current in their licensure and education.
• Coordinate clinical requirements with staff regarding equipment and supplies.
• Collaborate with the manager frequently regarding problem solving/issue resolution and process improvement that will impact unit performance and work flow.
• Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team and other departments to resolve issues and improve work flow processes throughout the department and ensure safe patient care.
• Participate and collaborate in the interview process for new applicants.
• Have the ability to work with, mentor, and coach new staff to help them progress in their career and professional development.
• Review and/or create competencies and requirements for the department to ensure that quality assurance is met. Validation of competencies to ensure that workload demands within the unit are covered.
• Evaluate the performance of staff: Nurses and nursing assistants while having the ability to provide ongoing feedback, mentoring, and coaching. Provides feedback at 30, 60, and 90 day evaluations to staff.
• Scheduling of staff within the department to best meet the needs of the population of patients.
• Has a working knowledge of clinical equipment, including supplies, and has the ability to problem solve issues and educate staff.
• Works with preceptors to ensure their approach to orientation is meeting the needs of the incoming staff.
• Participates in the review of occurrence reports and is able to document findings and assist with follow-up to staff.
• Has the ability to create and participate in skill check-offs to entire staff as needed.
• Can recognize issues and concerns within the unit and can assist with generating a plan for remediation and process improvement.
• Provides clinical consultation and guidance as needed to facilitate patient care.
• Will assist staff with patient care concerns to help with quality patient care.
• Assists the manager with performance evaluations and audits.
• Will participate in remediation discussions with staff related to attitude and/or performance.
• Will help to maintain standards of care, policy, and procedure that will generate positive results upon audit of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
• Participates in and encourages staff participation in hospital and departmental committees as assigned.
• Other projects and duties as directed by the Surgical Services manager.
• Maintains Job Description of Circulator Nurse or Pre-op/PACU Nurse.

BENEFITS:

Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages. Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days) and Medical Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans (401K with up to 6% match)
• Earned Quarterly Bonus Program
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital

Please note benefits are based on eligibility according to full-time, part-time or PRN status classification.

ABOUT IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL:

At Idaho Falls Community Hospital, helping our community get better is our number one priority. We are committed to providing compassionate, emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to have a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, a stroke and diagnostic cardiac center, and a trauma center.

Our work environment is collaborative, purpose driven and people centric. Our culture is unique and it is what makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference, we have a place for you on our team.

• Current unencumbered Idaho/Multistate Registered Nurse Licensure (bachelors degree preferred). Current BLS, ACLS, PALS.
• Requires 2 years of Peri-operative experience, preferred both Pre-op/PACU and OR circulator experience. Minimum of 1 year leadership, management or education experience. It is at the managers discretion to determine eligibility for those interested in this position who may be exceptional performers but do not hold the required experience.
• Basic computer knowledge and is able to demonstrate understanding of basic computer documentation systems as needed. Has the ability to learn and teach competence based education to staff on the unit.
• Has the ability to communicate effectively and clearly with many different people (patients, families, visitors, members of the interdisciplinary team and others).
• Knowledge of basic nursing medication calculations and the ability to educate nursing staff regarding medication calculations.
• Has the ability to apply the critical thinking process. Able to function in a high stress environment and is able to prioritize information related to safe patient care, to treatment plans, and follow-up.
• Has the ability to collaborate within the many different areas necessary but can independently reference essential material. Is able to establish good working relationships with those around them.