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Status : Temporary Full-Time (up to 12 months)

Department : Medical Surgical Transitional Care Unit

Union Association : CUPE

SALARY: $35.90 - $38.16

Hours: 12 hour traditional - Nightsonly

Position Summary:

The Team Leader supports the Medical-Surgical program (specifically the transitional care unit on 1E) by acting as a resource for frontline staff and works in partnership with the inpatient medicine physicians. This position demands an exceptional level of nursing practice expertise as well as the personal ability to effectively coach and nurture the staff being supported to provide quality care. Reporting to the Medical-Surgical Manager, the Team Leader is responsible for ensuring the overall coordination and facilitation of effective, efficient, and safe clinical activities, promoting interprofessional collaboration, supporting continuous quality improvement, and liaising with other patient care areas as required. The Team Leader is ideally positioned to provide problem-solving, consultations, and clinical support to nursing colleagues, interprofessional team members and students.

The Team Leader has the overall picture of the Medical-Surgical program and creates the staff assignment to match patient needs with staff skill set; this includes Team Leaders taking patient care assignments to maintain competence and skills. The Team Leader works to balance as many variables as possible, ensuring that the daily operations and organization of the department support the delivery of quality care within existing resources. The Team Leader supports patient flow across the entire organization and works in partnership with the other departments to facilitate flow.

Requirements:

Education/Specific Training Requirements:

• Clinical expert who demonstrates in-depth knowledge, skill, and judgement in the department
• Demonstrated commitment to patient and family focused care
• Minimum 8 years of experience
• Current BCLS certification required
• Demonstrated ongoing commitment to continuous learning and education (CNO Standards of Practice Reviews)
• Demonstrated critical thinking, communication, problem solving, decision making, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage conflict
• Demonstrated satisfactory work performance and attendance record
• Demonstrated flexibility in scheduling
• Demonstrated ability to role model and coach others in expert nursing care and practice
• Must be able to meet the physical demands or this assignment