REGISTERED NURSE, LABOR & DELIVERY, PART TIME, NIGHT SHIFT
Company: Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital
Location: Bellaire
Posted on: October 17, 2024
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Job Description:
This position creates an environment for the management and
delivery of safe patient care. This position provides nursing care
to a diverse patient population. Besides conducting nursing
assessments, assisting with exams and treatment and maintenance of
medical records, this position assists in coaching and mentoring
department staff in areas of clinical and professional practice.
Role modeling compassionate communication with physicians and the
interprofessional health care team, the Charge Nurse assumes
leadership responsibilities with high level contributions at the
bedside, unit, service line, and across the institution.
Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited
to leading unit and shared governance activities, assessing unit
needs related to practice and improvement opportunities, serving as
a clinical resource for both unit and hospital staff and
coordinating unit and hospital-wide education in partnership with
management. Fosters staff engagement by demonstrating active
listening, requesting and acknowledging feedback, making equitable
decisions, providing rationale when appropriate, and supporting
organizational goals. Anticipates the needs of the staff members
and proactively offers assistance. Role models interprofessional
communication, which includes active listening and teaching, and
assists with staff stress management as needed. Improves
departmental scores for turnover/retention on unit-based scorecard.
- Role models fair and consistent leadership skills for effective
team dynamics and teambuilding strategies through problem solving,
coaching, and developing staff. Coaches staff to use efficient and
effective communication to establish and maintain a team
environment, and to include the patient and family as a part of the
team regarding their plan of care. Provides input into staff
performance reviews, as appropriate. - Functions as a mentor and
resource to unit staff, provides oversight for students/new
employee/preceptorships. Identifies levels of organizational
conflict and applies tools to effectively resolve concerns,
complaints or conflict with patients, families, physicians and
other interprofessional healthcare team members. Leads the patient
and family-centered care standards, as outlined in the Houston
Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. audits plan of
care. Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural
diversity and inclusion principles. - Maintains ongoing
interactions with patients, families, and staff on the improvement
of patient care through leader rounding. Drives department service
standards and activities to improve department score for patient
satisfaction on unit-based scorecard, through role modeling and
fostering accountability. QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS -
Models the standards of care related to the nursing process, as
outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice
document, by actively participating in meeting and improving nurse
sensitive quality indicators and patient safety goals. Coordinates
nursing care throughout the shift considering patient acuity, staff
skill level and safety to ensure that our duty to our patients can
be met. Models the standards related to regulatory requirements and
professional practice as outlined in the Houston Methodist
Professional Nursing Practice document. - Facilitates seamless
patient flow to/from/through the department, leading the delivery
of quality family-centered care throughout the continuum of care.
Ensures the patient plan of care is accurate and timely, coaching
staff if documentation deficiencies are identified. Participates in
initiatives to improve quality and safety scores on the unit and
hospital scorecards, through peer-to-peer accountability, reporting
near misses and identifying solutions by collaborating with the
interprofessional team. Implements department strategies to achieve
financial target on unit-based scorecard and mentors others to do
the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of
stay, optimizing efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime, and
other areas according to departmental specifications. - Attends
daily care coordination rounds to facilitate patient progression.
Provides input into unit resource utilization including unit
capital and operational budget needs. Oversees shift by shift
resource utilization through the allocation of staff, supplies and
contributions to the patient throughput. Fosters identification and
implementation of innovative solutions for practice changes to
improve patient care or unit operations such as reduction of
hospital readmissions or other department-specific measures by
leading and/or participating in unit projects and shared governance
activities. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff
to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Develops
and disseminates, as appropriate, informational/educational
resources and programs designed to improve quality and professional
practice. Bachelor of Science degree or higher from an accredited
School of Nursing WORK EXPERIENCE - Twenty four months of clinical
nursing experience with demonstration of progressive leadership
skills RN-Temp - Registered Nurse - Temporary State Licensure
within 60 days AND Other credentials and certifications as defined
by unit/service line Demonstrates the skills and competencies
necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through
on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance
evaluations. - Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and
writing the English language necessary to perform the essential
functions of this job, especially with regard to activities
impacting patient or employee safety or security. - Ability to
effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members
and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus
and application of positive language principles. - Ability to
function independently and exercise judgment in interactions with
physicians, interprofessional healthcare team and patients and
their families. - contributes to policies, procedure and protocols.
- Has knowledge of Nursing Unit's Dashboard and Hospital Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. -
Demonstrates expertise in operating the electronic medical record -
TRAVEL****Travel specifications may vary by department** May
require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes May require
travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No Houston Methodist
Cypress Hospital, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025,
will be Houston Methodist's ninth hospital and will incorporate the
most advanced technology available from the day the doors open. 290
corridor, the hospital will be equipped with technologically
advanced innovations implemented during COVID, many of them
designed to make patient communication with physicians, staff and
families the very best and most effective in any health care
facility. Even though the hospital won't be fully operational until
2025, we have several services and specialties opening in 2024.
Houston Methodist is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of
women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans. Houston Methodist
will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any
person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected
veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal
Contractor - priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
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