RN Clinical Leader - Patient Care & Team Growth

ThedaCare; Waupaca (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ThedaCare in Wisconsin is seeking an experienced nurse to join our team. You will use the nursing process and evidence-based practice to plan patient care in collaboration with the inter-professional team, ensuring high-quality outcomes. Lead and mentor staff while maintaining professional integrity and patient-centered care.

Role requires clinical expertise, leadership potential, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities to support organizational strategy and department goals.

Qualifications

• BSN or commitment to obtain BSN within five years.
• Wisconsin RN license.
• American Heart Association BLS.
• Three years of clinical experience.
• Two years of experience leading projects, a council/committee, and/or clinical improvement work.
• Look to promote to manager within 9 months

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and unit-specific competencies to assess the physical condition and nursing needs of patients, and develops a plan of care in a collaborative practice with the inter-professional team.
• Monitors compliance with standards of care by observation, verbal reports, audits, and written documentation, with feedback loops to department leaders, providers, and team members.
• Demonstrates emotional intelligence and confidence and maintains composure during conflict. Serves with integrity and sets a positive example at all times.
• Provides input and supports the department leaders in interviewing and hiring, appraisal performance, mentoring, motivating, coaching, and retention of team members.
• Acts strategically, understands and can manage change, and assists team members through transitions. Advocates for stakeholders to meet strategic goals, and assists team members in understanding how their day-to-day jobs contribute to organizational strategy.
• Provides feedback to peers in a constructive manner, keeps information confidential, and develops and maintains lateral, cross-boundary relationships.
• Plans for the total care needs of the patient in collaboration with the inter-professional team to provide the highest quality of care and clinical outcomes.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in the clinical specialty of assigned responsibility with the ability to perform all functions of the professional clinical nurse that are age appropriate and culturally specific.
• Provides consultation and maintains positive relationships with physicians and other inter-professional team members, collaborating to problem solve and improve patient care.
• Collaborates on department/clinic schedules, monitors staffing levels, and provides input to the budget preparation/monitoring and the identification of workload variability to predict and plan for appropriate staffing to enhance productivity/efficiency and maintain quality care.

Education

BSN or commitment to obtain BSN within five years

Wisconsin RN license

American Heart Association BLS

Job description

ThedaCare in Wisconsin is seeking an experienced nurse to join our team. You will use the nursing process and evidence-based practice to plan patient care in collaboration with the inter-professional team, ensuring high-quality outcomes. Lead and mentor staff while maintaining professional integrity and patient-centered care.

Role requires clinical expertise, leadership potential, and the ability to adapt to changing priorities to support organizational strategy and department goals.