Registered Nurse - TEAM LEADER-WOMEN/CHILDREN L&D Experience Required

Methodist Hospitals; Gary (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Methodist Hospitals seeks an experienced unit leader to support nursing staff, oversee daily operations, and assume the unit director's duties when needed. You will monitor staffing, ensure regulatory compliance, and lead quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.

The role requires a BSN (MS preferred), 5+ years of L&D nursing, and current RN licensure. Strong communication, teamwork, and the ability to direct multi-disciplinary teams are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is required.
• Master's Degree in Health Care Related field is preferred.
• 5 years of L&D nursing experience is required.
• 2 years of experience as a Charge Nurse is required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse is required.
• Board Certified Registered Nurse is preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of clinical assessment and medical equipment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and direct the work of others.

Responsibilities

• Collects, summarizes and reports all pertinent data to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Assume patient care duties as needed.
• Monitors Kronos, develops staff schedules and assignments, editing timecards and assuming other duties of the director as needed.
• Ensures optimal patient satisfaction by rounding on patients, intervening if necessary to correct situations and monitoring patient satisfaction scores.
• Provides clinical oversight to assigned patient population including staff competency, assignments and scheduling training.
• Leads quality improvement initiatives, data collection, interpretation and action plan implementation with staff education.
• Leads efforts in RCA reviews or reviews into patient care issues.
• Performs chart reviews and summaries for morbidity and mortality meetings.
• Leads orientation of new staff and defines measures to enhance skills and performance.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Teamwork

Communication

Leadership

Multi-tasking

Education

BSN

MS in health care

Job description

Overview

Supports and guides nursing staff in daily operations. Assumes responsibility for the unit in absence of unit Director.

Responsibilities

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Collects, summarizes and reports all pertinent data to ensure regulatory compliance. This includes all reports that are required for IDOPH reporting
• Assume patient care duties as needed.
• Monitors Kronos, develops staff schedules and assignments, editing timecards and assuming other duties of the director as needed.
• Ensures optimal patient satisfaction by rounding on patients, intervening if necessary to correct situations and monitoring patient satisfaction scores. Developing corrective action plans if results do not meet established goals.
• Provides clinical oversight to assigned patient population to include staff's competency and assignments and scheduling training and development events.
• Leads quality improvement initiatives, IE data collection and interpretation as well as design and implementation of action plans as well as staff education regarding quality efforts
• Leads efforts in RCA reviews or any reviews into patient care issues
• Performs chart reviews and summaries of cases needed for scheduled morbidity and mortality meetings. Represents the LDRP portion of care in presentations
• Leads an active role in orientation of new staff to the department as well as defining measures that enhance skill levels and performance

Qualifications

Job Specific (Minimum Requirements)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of clinical assessment and medical equipment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to multi-task.Ability to effectively direct the work of others.
• Must have a positive attitude and be courteous, kind compassionate and caring.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is Required

Master's Degree in Health Care Related field is Preferred

Experience

5 years of L&D nursing experiene is Required

2 years of experience as a Chaarge Nurse is Required

Certifiation and Licensures

Licensed Registered Nurse is Required

Board Certified Registered Nurse is Preferred

Model of Care and Conduct

Methodist Hospitals strives for excellence and insists on high standards of conduct and performance in everything we do. Our Model of Care and Conduct is designed to create a positive work environment which Methodist desires for all employees. This is foundational to the high level of patient, family and physician satisfaction we strive for each day. As part of all position’s duties at Methodist Hospitals, all employees are responsible to conduct themselves in accordance with the Model of Care and Conduct and will be evaluated according to these standards of behavior. #GoMethodist