NICU- Team Lead Nurse

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- Team Lead Nurse- 36 hrs role at Connecticut Children's

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- Team Lead Nurse- 36 hrs role at Connecticut Children's

Role Responsibilities

Clinical Practice/Quality and Patient Safety:

• Frequently takes patient assignment. When caring for patients, demonstrates clinical expertise and uses the nursing process to provide safe, appropriate patient care to a defined patient population according to Connecticut Children’s and unit policies and standards.
• Exemplifies leadership skills and is recognized as an expert by peers and others.
• Applies expertise in helping peers with complex patient issues, and develops strategies to support staff in caring for a new patient type,
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous quality improvement. Leads change processes by coordinating quality improvement activities in the NICU.
• Identifies clinical issues and promotes quality improvement activities.
• Demonstrates effective communication and collaboration skills with all members of the health care team
• Holds self and team accountable for quality outcomes and continuous quality improvement,
• Understands and takes into consideration both departmental and organizational staffing resource needs, and appropriately allocates/assigns staffing resources based upon those needs.

• Frequently takes patient assignment. When caring for patients, demonstrates clinical expertise and uses the nursing process to provide safe, appropriate patient care to a defined patient population according to Connecticut Children’s and unit policies and standards.
• Exemplifies leadership skills and is recognized as an expert by peers and others.
• Applies expertise in helping peers with complex patient issues, and develops strategies to support staff in caring for a new patient type,
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous quality improvement. Leads change processes by coordinating quality improvement activities in the NICU.
• Identifies clinical issues and promotes quality improvement activities.
• Demonstrates effective communication and collaboration skills with all members of the health care team
• Holds self and team accountable for quality outcomes and continuous quality improvement,
• Understands and takes into consideration both departmental and organizational staffing resource needs, and appropriately allocates/assigns staffing resources based upon those needs.

• Demonstrates commitment to customer service. Works with Nurse Manager and Patient Advocates with patient/family issues requiring service recovery
• Mentors staff to handle conflicts and resolve issues independently.
• Supports the organizational efforts toward patient/family education
• Demonstrates knowledge of the differences and needs of patients in appropriate, specific populations from neonate to young adult and applies them to practice.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity in all interactions with patients/families.

• Functions as role model, demonstrating core behaviors with all interactions and provides feedback to clinical staff.
• Facilitates teamwork and cooperation among staff.
• Participates in hiring and onboarding of new staff.
• In conjunction with the Nurse Manager, provides input in all phases of the performance management process (check ins, on-going feedback/coaching, appraisals and orientation) for assigned staff.
• Ensures necessary information is effectively communicated to all members of the team.
• Effectively follows up and resolves routine employee relations issues, seeking support from Nurse Manager and Human Resources for more complex issues.
• Promotes development of innovative approaches to improve patient care.

• Current State of Connecticut Registered Licensure is required and maintained thereafter
• Current Basic life support (BLS)/CPR in adult, child and infant required upon hire
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation…