Nurse Clinical Leader Acuity Adaptibility Unit

Intermountain Healthcare Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Intermountain Healthcare Inc. is seeking a Nurse Clinical Leader to provide leadership and clinical expertise during their shift and across the department. You will manage unit resources, supervise staff, and ensure staffing levels align with patient care and financial needs.

This role combines hands-on bedside responsibility with line-management duties. As a key member of the leadership team, you will drive staff development, performance reviews, and adherence to professional standards, while

Qualifications

• Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
• BSN within four years of hire or promotion (if applicable).

Responsibilities

• Lead shift and department, ensuring appropriate staffing.
• Supervise personnel and manage unit resources.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care using the nursing process.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team for patient care.
• Ensure patient safety and quality care on the unit.
• Promote staff engagement and professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Clinical knowledge

Resource management

Patient safety

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN)

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Job description

Job Description:

Full Time Position

The Nurse Clinical Leader provides leadership and clinical expertise during their shift and within their department. They manage unit resources and supervise personnel to ensure appropriate staffing levels based on the unique needs of patients on the unit, both clinically and financially. They serve as clinical support for staff and exemplify competency and professionalism.

As a part of line management, this role will have significant leadership responsibilities, including several of the following: leading change, scheduling, maintenance of staff competencies, new employee selection / orientation, constructive discipline, and completion of annual employee performance reviews. The Nurse Clinical Leader provides leadership support for professional governance.

The Nurse Clinical Leader also works in a regularly scheduled bedside RN shift with the responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of patients. The RN utilizes the nursing process with technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Essential Functions

Conducts thorough evaluations of physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communication, and developmental skills when necessary. Gathers and assesses information from the interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing professionals, support staff, and others.

Models and fosters an environment of professionalism and employee engagement on the unit. Advocates for nursing teams in respective practice areas. Supports other members of nursing management with key messaging and priority initiatives.

Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize the department's patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources, including by scheduling caregivers and approving/denying time off requests based on department and patient care needs.

Forecasts, develops, and communicates accurate information on admission, discharge, and transfer to ensure appropriate patient placement while communicating with appropriate caregivers on difficult/challenging patients to facilitate appropriate care needs.

Evaluates and promotes staff competency, performance, and compliance with policies and procedures through performance reviews, peer reviews, caregiver recognition (e.g., recommendations for promotion and/or other rewards/incentives), and corrective action.

Evaluates department needs and develops and implements plans to move staff from novice to expert nurses in areas of practice, clinical competency, and patient experience.

Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Makes and/or recommends decisions related to staffing and hiring needs, candidate evaluation and selection, new hire orientation, and caregiver retention, orientation, etc.

Ensures that staffing levels/skill levels match census/acuities for the department and assigns patient care and other responsibilities appropriate to skill and experience levels of individual caregivers.

Assists staff members with direct patient care as needed.

Shares responsibility for the day-to-day operations. Promotes safety, quality and experience for patients and caregivers.

Oversight responsibilities for competency of staff. This may include annual skills updates, ongoing educational in-services and completion of mandatory educational requirements.

Oversight accountabilities for ongoing programs (i.e., patient experience, continuous improvement, etc.).

Skills

• Leadership
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Clinical knowledge
• Resource management
• Patient safety
• Mentorship

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Nursing License to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified). Registered Nurses (RNs) hired or promoted into this role must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four years of their hire or promotion date. If there is an existing education agreement, that agreement will take precedence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution (degree will be verified).
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring experience in assigned clinical area.
• Specialty Certification.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employees to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as w