RN Charge Lead - PCU
Company: Beaumont Health
Location: Royal Oak
Posted on: March 15, 2023
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Job Description:
RN Charge Lead PCU
Full-time, Midnights
Improve health, instill humanity, and inspire hope. That's just the
beginning of the difference you can make when you join our team of
Registered Nurses on the Progressive Care Unit at Beaumont
Hospital, Trenton.
PCU is a 30-bed unit divided into two wings. All beds are private
and have telemetry capability. The unit admits patients age 15
through end of life. PCU is the stroke designated unit for new
stroke and post t PA patients. The unit also has a neurology and
pulmonary focus. ACLS certification is required within 6 months of
employment. ACLS certified nurse's care for overflow
medical/surgical/traumatic conditions with low to mild probability
for complications/instability and who require non-invasive
assessment/interventions every two to eight hours, as well as
hospice and end of life care.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Charge Lead Nurse role is to provide direct oversight and
supervision of all on line unit processes. This is inclusive of but
not limited to staffing and scheduling changes affecting current
shift, patient care issues and concerns. Appropriate allocation of
resources responding to all codes, and handling employee issues and
concerns. In addition to ensuring consistent flow of patients
through the department. Functions within the framework of policies
and procedures of the hospital and demonstrates
growth/development.
BENEFITS
Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your
financial, health and life-work balance goals.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
A. Education / Training:
Graduated from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. For
new hires or recent promotions with ADN or Diploma, must complete
BSN within 5 years of hire.
B. Work Experience:
Two years of recent nursing experience.
C. Certification, Licensure, Registration:
Valid State of Michigan license as a Registered Nurse required.
BLS required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
1. The CLN provides for and utilizes staff appropriately, ensuring
to match assignments with patient care needs and competencies; is
accountable for cost effective decision-making regarding
utilization of resources, (i.e., human resources, patient care
environment, supplies, etc.) and day-to-day clinical decision
making.
2. Participates in the development of patient care standards
3. Facilitates staff orientation and continuing education;
participates in the development.
4. Implements and evaluates quality improvement plans and maintains
a clinical environment that demonstrates service excellence.
5. The CLN functions as a professional role model and resource
person, supporting the mission of Beaumont Health.
6. The CLN assesses the competency of staff and the level of
clinical expertise needed to provide excellence in patient care.
The CLN makes decisions that reflect consideration of patient
census, acuity, staff mix, staff's level of clinical competence,
and unit standards, taking patient assignments as deemed
necessary.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
A. Physical Effort:
Strength
Position requires ability to frequently push/pull up to 30 lb.
objects with assist of others, occasional requires ability to lift
objects more than 50 lbs. with others, constantly lift objects up
to 20 lbs. And frequently lift up to 40 lbs.
Manual Dexterity
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform simple motor
skills such as standing, walking and simple manipulative skills
such as writing. Position requires incumbent to frequently perform
moderately difficult manipulative skills such as positioning
patients.
Coordination
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body
coordination such as walking. Frequently perform tasks which
require hand-eye coordination such as assisting patients to eat,
collections of specimens for transport to lab and tasks which
require arm-hand steadiness such as taking patients temps and
pulses.
Mobility
Position requires incumbent to constantly walk and stand;
occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such as
when caring for a patient in bed.
Visual Discrimination
Position requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as
in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers.
Hearing
Position requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal
sound with some background noise as in answering phone/intercom.
Frequently be able to distinguish sound as in equipment alarms.
B. Work Environment:
Silver plus for stroke!
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