Cardiology ICU - Team Leader Nursing

Department: Cardiology ICU

Location: Dallas, Texas

Shift: NIGHT SHIFT

Why Children's Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

The Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Children's Health is a 32-bed unit. Our patient population includes congenital heart patients who undergo complex cardiac surgery, heart transplants, ventricular assist devices and ECMO support, providing high quality cardiac care from newborn to young adulthood.

About the Job

The Team Leader Nursing Critical Care is responsible for providing leadership to the front-line staff in collaboration with the Clinical Manager or Practice Administrator. Serves as a conduit between the front-line nursing employees and managers for the purpose of facilitating communication, overseeing orientation of new team members in collaboration with the Clinical Educators, and evaluating clinical practice with a particular focus on quality and performance improvement. Responsible for the results and development of assigned team members. Plans and executes day-to-day operational needs by setting priorities, planning for and addressing staffing needs, and coordinating work across other teams as needed. Provides guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members and provides significant input to employment decisions, addresses performance issues and administers performance reviews. Monitors key metrics and analyzes information to solve on-going problems to improve team performance. Serves in various clinical nursing roles (i.e., direct care nurse, charge nurse, etc.). The Team Leader, Nursing will spend 60% of their time in clinical shifts and 40% of their time in administrative/leadership,

Highlighted Responsibilities

• People Leadership- Performance Evaluations, interview participation, employee rounding, staff education, Just Culture, staff development, promote and maintain positive relationships amongst the multidisciplinary team

• Operational Management-Plans and executes clinical operations, facilitating admissions/discharges, monitor nursing productivity, timekeeping, schedule balancing

• Regulatory and Compliance-Ensures Organization Readiness (TJC, CMS), Review and track staff credentialing/licensing

• Clinical Staffing-Nurse Expert and maintains unit specific clinical knowledge and competencies, practice and support evidenced based practice, delegating/coordinating patient care

Qualifications

Required: 3 years of CICU-preferably pediatric

Supervisor/Charge Nurse Experience

Education: BSN

License: TX RN License

Certifications: BLS, PALS, ACLS within 2 years of hire

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children's Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits - How We'll Care for You:

• Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.

• 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure

• Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)

• Caregiver Leave

• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement