SSMH Level 1 RN Clinical Leader FT

SSMH Clinical Leader (House Supervisor) Full Time 36 hours
Required: NYS RN Licensure
Required Certifications: BLS ACLS PALS (AHA or RQI only) NIHSS

Experience: 3 years acute care experience as a Registered Nurse required. 1 years leadership experience at the Charge Nurse level. Experience with prioritizing multiple clinical events effectively. Strong communication skills and ability to interact positively with members of the health care team physicians and general public.

Preferred: Critical care and 1 years experience in the Health System preferred.

Coordinates clinical activities throughout the acute care setting on evening night weekend and holiday shifts. Provides clinical leadership and assistance to Nurses in planning organizing evaluating and delivering Nursing care to patients of all age groups. Provides consultation to unit nursing staff in an effort to ensure integration and consistency of services for patients and families. Collaborates with Nurse Mangers off site Clinical Leaders and unit staff nurses to monitor staffing levels based on identified patient acuities and adjusts staffing levels in accordance with established policies procedures and guidelines for all shifts. Supports Nurses in managing emergency clinical and/or administrative situations in accordance with established policies procedures protocols and regulatory requirements. Facilitates the competency assessment and staff development needs for Nursing staff on shifts and weekends. Provides Nursing leadership support and guidelines to clinical staff through networking mentoring excellent communication skills and role modeling the professional practice of Nursing. Participates and collaborates in Nursing Leadership committees seminars and problem solving groups to facilitate patient care delivery and the practice of Nursing.

Job Duties:
-Creates an environment that supports professional development of staff. Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of healthcare delivery for assigned shifts. Provides professional coaching and mentoring to staff. Provides clinical and leadership expertise. For their assigned shifts ensures staff accountability for professional practice. Bases actions and decisions on ethical principles. Demonstrates accountability for the environment in which clinical Nursing is practiced.
-Collaborates with Nursing Leadership Nursing staff and other stakeholders to constructively problem solve and create innovative resolutions. Responds to customer complaints in a timely manner. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of Nursing practice. Maintains accountability for the clinical application of regulatory agency standards professional practice standards The Nurse Practice Act and clinical protocols.
-Serves as a link between off shift/weekend staff and Nursing leadership to promote positive patient outcomes. Maintains effective processes for the dissemination of information. Maintains a culture/climate of effective communication and collegial relationships within the organization as well as the healthcare community. Develops mechanisms to regularly communicate with the Nurse Managers of each clinical area and other Nursing leaders as necessary.
-Applies sound decision making principles to prioritize and balance patient care needs with competent appropriately skilled staff. Allocates/deploys available resources to promote efficient safe and compassionate Nursing care based on current standards of practice. Identifies resources that assure interventions are safe effective efficient and culturally sensitive.

Occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens is reasonably anticipated. Required tasks involve a potential contact with blood body fluids tissues.
Required/Desired Skills

Skill	Required /Desired	Amount	of Experience
NYS RN Licensure BLS ACLS PALS NIHSS	Required	3	Years
3 Years Experience in an Acute Care Environment as an RN	Required	3	Years
1 Year Experience minimum in leadership at the Charge Nurse level or above	Required	0

Questions

No.	Question
Question1	Have you worked at any of the FLH Locations in the last two years (Geveva General Hospital Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital Living Center North Living Center South Finger Lakes Medical PC The Homestead Huntington Living Center)
Question2	If Yes how long has it been since you worked there
Question3	Do you reside outside of the 30-mile radius for the facility you re applying for
Question4	Are you willing ready and able to float between departments and locations as long as you have been oriented to that unit population
Question5	Are you willing ready and able to work a D/E/N/W/Holiday Rotational Schedule