RN Clinical Specialty Lead

Yale New Haven Health; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Yale New Haven Health is seeking an RN Clinical Periop Lead (CPL) to organize patient care activities and serve as the primary clinical resource for the perioperative team in the designated specialty. The CPL will collaborate with physicians and staff to support a complex perioperative environment and lead staffing to ensure patient safety and quality care.

The role requires BSN and CT RN licensure, with at least 2 years perioperative experience and 1 year in the designated specialty; ACLS

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• BSN required or attained within 2 years of start date.
• Current CT state RN licensure and/or eligibility.
• Specialty certification preferred.
• ACLS certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Organizes patient care activities and serves as the primary clinical resource to the perioperative team.
• Collaborates with physicians and staff to facilitate perioperative services.
• Lead and inspire a team of positive, competent, and dynamic individuals.
• Ensure confidentiality of patient, staff, and appropriate management data.
• Identify and analyze trends in patient satisfaction scores specific to each specialty area.
• Demonstrate clinical competence in perioperative services associated with designated specialty(s).

Skills

Clinical leadership

Perioperative nursing

Team collaboration

Interpersonal communication

Education

BSN degree

Accredited School of Nursing

Job description

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient‑centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Under the direction of the Patient Service Manager, the RN Clinical Periop Lead (CPL) organizes patient care activities and serves as the primary clinical resource to the perioperative team in the designated specialty(s) to provide quality nursing care. The CPL supports the overall coordination of the perioperative specialty and actively collaborates with physicians and staff to facilitate the complex, dynamic environment of perioperative services.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Responsibilities

• Patient and Family Experience: 1.1 Role model YNHH service excellence pledge standards, 1.2 Demonstrate value, diversity, and respect for all people in the work environment, 1.3 Ensure the successful execution of service excellence standards for all customers, 1.4 Lead and inspire a team of positive, competent, and dynamic individuals, 1.5 Ensure confidentiality of patient, staff, and appropriate management data is maintained, 1.6 Identify and analyze trends in patient satisfaction scores specific to each specialty area, and 1.1 Demonstrate clinical competence in perioperative services associated with designated surgical specialty(s).
• Staff Engagement: 2.1 Encourage and mentor to ensure staff competencies, 2.2 Collaboratively engage staff engagement with perioperative specialty, 2.3 Lead staff involvement with physicians associated with designated specialty, 2.4 Prioritize staffing needs to facilitate complex environment of perioperative services, 2.5 Collaboratively work with specialty physicians to promote optimal patient care safety and efficiencies, 2.6 Provide leadership oversight into staffing assignments and staffing competency assessment.
• Quality and Safety: Accountability/Expectation: 3.1 Demonstrate knowledge and implement patient safety and quality improvements for the perioperative specialty, 3.2 Exhibit ethical and professional responsibility to contribute to patient care, YNHH, and the patients in perioperative services, 3.3 Foster collaborative practice to promote safety and quality, 3.4 Ensure staff are well prepared to optimally perform clinical accountabilities, 3.5 Maintain an environment to assure specialty readiness for all accreditation and regulatory surveys, 3.6 Exhibit an open mind to listen, challenge, and influence patient safety and clinical outcomes.
• Clinical Care: 4.1 Serve as the primary physician interface for the designated specialty(s), 4.2 Plan staff and physician education for new equipment and supplies, 4.3 Actively solicit physician and staff input for service line enhancement, 4.4 Provide direct care 70% of the time – or as needed to support staffing, 4.5 Participate in collaboration with management to support the coordination of the overall planning, organization, direction and evaluation of designated perioperative specialty(s), 4.6 Demonstrate the ability to respond to multiple demands at once, prioritize and delegate appropriate tasks to all perioperative team members to facilitate the efficient and safe transition for all patients, 4.7 Provide leadership to direct staffing needs on a daily basis, 4.8 Collaboratively work with Materials Management and Central Sterile to ensure accuracy of procedural needs.
• Financial Management: 5.1 Oversight of the perioperative throughput including first case start time and turn‑around time, 5.2 Manage staffing assignments and competency assessment for designated specialty(s), 5.3 Lead specialty services coordination of equipment and supplies to promote optimal cost‑efficiencies, 5.4 Engage physicians and staff in the development of capital budgetary requirements.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN required, or attained within 2 years of start date.

Experience

Clinical RN 2 years perioperative experience with a minimum of 1 year experience in designated specialty field. For PACU a minimum of 2 years peri anesthesia experience and ACLS preferred.

Licensure

Current CT state RN licensure and/or eligibility for CT state RN licensure required. Specialty certification preferred.

Special Skills

Demonstrates excellent clinical OR expertise, displays strong interpersonal communication skills, maintains a high level of customer service, prioritizes needs of department and perioperative specialty, and organizes operational efficiencies.

Physical Demand

Requires prolonged standing; walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; moving/lifting of patients, instrumentation and equipment.