Clinical Nurse Leader

Overview

The Total Joint Clinical Nurse (TJCNL) Leader participates in the pre-and post-operative assessment and management of total joint patients. Provides support at the elbow for frontline team members and the leadership team in the orthopedics inpatient department. They assist, coordinate and influence nursing practice excellence with positive patient experience, The Total Joint Clinical Nurse Leader manages the comprehensive patient experience for total joint replacement patients and serves as an inpatient liaison, develops and conducts patient specific total joint pre-admission education classes. Accessible for patient questions throughout pre-admission, day of service and recovery. Responsible for performance improvement activities consistent with the established strategic plan, goals, and objectives for Patient Care and/or Total Joint Services. May assume precepting team members and patient care assignment based on department needs.

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• Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options like 401K match, paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in.

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• We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.

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• Be an essential part of our core purpose-to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

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Responsibilities

Clinical Excellence

• Facilitates implementation of evidence-based practice or nursing research studies and translates research findings into best nursing practice for care.

• Assesses needs of patients and their caregivers to provide appropriate teaching.

• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments and maintains responsibility and accountability for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.

• Partners with physicians and patient care team members to achieve quality metrics, including but not limited to: Total Joint metrics, hospital acquired conditions (HACs), team member engagement, STIs.

• Maintains current knowledge of trends and advances in orthopedics nursing practice.

• Collaborates with other team members and leaders to support initiatives in the departments and the hospital level.

• Uses advanced concepts in nursing processes in the clinical setting.

• Offers support to team members in times of patient care crisis.

• Positively engages team in change management, comfortable with performance improvement and evaluation of work.

• Incorporates the St. Luke's Hospital's Comfort/C.A.R.E. Professional Practice Model into their daily nursing practice.

• Collaborates with surgeon office staff to coordinate efficient scheduling of post-op appointments including physical therapy and/or occupational therapy.

• Participates in quality and performance improvement measures for the total joint patient population.

Education

• Assists with providing a thorough and adequate orientation program for new staff and student interns.

• Assists with competency training and continuing education programming to ensure staff development needs are met for the department.

• Provides mentoring support and resources for on-boarding of new team members and on an on-going basis for existing team members.

• Ability to set individualized team member goals related to their performance improvement needs.

• Serves as a resource to the nursing staff, as well as to other health care team members based on professional standards of care.

• Serves as a resource for other members of the healthcare team, including providers, who are involved with performance improvement tools (PSDA, etc.).

• Educates total joint patients by reviewing presurgical infection prevention, educating on pre-op and post-op exercises utilizing the total knee or total hip books provided to the patient. Reviews education on hospital procedures and care for home. Post-operatively, reinforces activity, exercises, incentive spirometry (IS) use, pain med regimen, bowel management and assists patient in completing total joint satisfaction survey.

• Accurately assesses physician order sets, consents, consults and other pertinent information for 1:1 patient education. Maintains files and continually updates information in computer system.

• Creates and maintains accurate patient education materials and revises as indicated.

Leadership

• Demonstrates clinical leadership as a role model for staff nurses.

• Possesses ability to have in the moment crucial conversations to address behaviors and performance that is not meeting the expectations of the team.

• Assists with providing a positive work environment that contributes to safe and positive clinical outcomes.

• Consults nursing management regarding issues or barriers in delivery of care, staff achievement of competency, system concerns, provider concerns or specific patient care problems.

• Assists with the evaluation of on-boarding team members' and existing team members performance.

• Ability to serve in charge RN capacity if needed.

• Participates in department, divisional, hospital and enterprise shared governance infrastructure as needed.

Research

• Identifies pertinent research questions arising from clinical practice.

• Assists with formulation of evidence-based nursing policy and procedure.

• Reports research findings to appropriate stakeholders.

• Mentors staff on research process and implementation principles.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited nursing program-BSN required. (May consider candidate if currently enrolled in BSN program-must complete program within 18 months of hire).

• Three years of clinical orthopedic experience

• Served as a preceptor and/or charge RN

• Current RN licensure in the State of Iowa or compact State

• Current BLS certification

• Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English.

• Multicultural sensitivity.

• Microsoft Office - basic computer skills.

• Customer/patient focused.

• Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions.

• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Area of Interest: Nursing;

• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9;

• Department: Orthopedic/4 Center;

• Shift: 12 hour shifts/36 hours per week;

• Job ID: 143968;