Lead Registered Nurse

SUMMARY

Under the supervision of the Clinical Manager, oversees the nursing unit during assigned hours. Performs all duties of Charge Nurse. Performs all essential functions with consideration of the patients' age and developmental specific needs. Directs and monitors the daily activities in the assigned nursing department to ensure standards of patient care are met. Plans, delegates, and directs comprehensive nursing care by assigning, instructing, and leading a team of professional and/or ancillary staff.

Serves as clinical and professional resource. Fosters patient and family-centered care in accordance with the Brown University Health and Bradley Hospital’s mission, vision, values, with consideration of the Brown University Health, including all developmental stages and cultural patterns. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done.

• Oversees the daily operation of the assigned unit as charge nurse during assigned hours.
• Responsible for providing care to patients.
• Assigns and distributes the work of the units in a manner that makes best use of available resources, considering the knowledge, skills, and abilities of each member of the team.
• Maintains a safe environment of care.
• Ensures quality care is delivered.
• Supervises staff and offers guidance and support.
• Ensures all operational tasks are completed efficiently and on time.
• Ensures that provider and patient needs are met.
• Participates with daily multidisciplinary team meetings and facilitates patient flow.
• Assists with interviews, provides input to hiring, and orients new staff.
• Provides professional guidance and assistance to nursing personnel in work activities.
• Contributes to the performance evaluations of assigned units.
• Collaborates with nurse leaders and staff to ensure that Bradley Hospital nursing achieves nursing, Bradley Hospital and Brown University Health strategic plan goals (e.g. Joint Commission compliance, Magnet designation, etc.).
• Demonstrates flexibility and innovation to facilitate the changes required to improve operations, enhance revenue, effectiveness, productivity, collaboration, responsiveness, and other quality/safety metrics.
• Communicates effectively with patients, providers, families, leaders, and other healthcare teams.
• Performs the duties of Staff Nurse.
• Maintains quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards, in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Maintains required Hospital certifications.
• Maintains required Program certifications.
• Attends a minimum of 6 Program meetings per year.
• Attends a minimum of 3 non-mandatory in-services per year.
• Maintains current CPR certification.
• Maintains current Safety Care certification.
• Maintains current ERS certification.
• Performs other related duties, as required.

• Graduate from a school of nursing and licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.
• BSN and certification in area of specialty preferred.
• National certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing is required within 12 months of hire to this position if not already certified.
• Current BLS certification.
• Minimum of 2 to 3 years nursing experience in assigned area.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Responsible for maintaining a current knowledge of contemporary Professional Nursing practice within the legal framework of the Nurse Practice Act.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

• Minimum of 2 to 3 years nursing experience in assigned area.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Must be able to demonstrate competence to participate in interdisciplinary formulation of…