Staff Position Description
Position Title: Clinical Lead Position Code: LeadRN-6028 Department: Nursing Sensitive: Yes Reports to: Nursing Director Exempt Status: No
Position Purpose: All KHI employees are expected to perform their respective tasks and duties in such a way that supports KHI's vision to be among the kindest, highest quality health systems in the country.
Serves as a liaison between patients, staff, and management while proactively coordinating high quality, safe patient care flow, managing continuous process improvement, and supporting a positive, respectful, and professional working environment for all.
Adheres to all areas of the KHI Behavioral Expectations Agreement and Social Media Guidelines; Supports/embraces KHI's Mission, Vision, and values, as well as promote a positive image of KHI; Acts as a role model to staff; Maintains patient and staff confidentiality; Maintains a professional appearance and manner at all times; Supports a healthy work environment through skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision making, appropriate staffing and meaningful recognition.
Key Responsibilities • Coordination of Nursing Personnel • Coordinates staffing for current and next shift for optimal productivity, taking into consideration patient acuity and staff expertise. • Delegates patient care activities to unit and ancillary staff. • Leads daily team huddles to provide accurate, consistent information to team members. • Demonstrates the ability to support staff with problem solving and decision making. • Assists with interviewing, hiring, and orientation of new employees. • Provides and manages constructive feedback. • Provides input regarding employee performance evaluations and competencies. • Attends huddles, clinical lead meetings, and LDI trainings. • Engages and communicates with staff to ensure consistency and standardization of information, including documentation of staff attendance (including personal attendance).
• Coordination of Patient Care Quality and Patient Satisfaction • Works with the Staffing/Supervisor Office to coordinate admissions to the floor. • Continually addresses workflow issues, as appropriate, to ensure patients are placed promptly and move smoothly through the hospital system. • Serves as a clinical resource to staff, assisting staff with patient admissions, discharges, and clinical tasks. • Attends Care Conferences on the Unit. Assists with ensuring appropriate patient referrals as needed. • Works with Unit Director in making daily patient rounds on Unit. Is responsive to patient / family requests. • Works to meet Patient, Physician and Staff Satisfaction goals by setting the example, using scripting, and contributing to teamwork on the unit. • Contribute to attainment of Nursing Division goal for patient satisfaction.
• Coordination of Nursing Process and Compliance • Provides evidence-based care so as to prevent the development of a Healthcare Acquired Condition and hospital readmissions. • Practices standard precautions during patient contact and while handling contaminated materials. • Complies with CDC hand hygiene guidelines and works to reduce hospital acquired infections and other conditions. • Serves as a clinical resource person and assists with educating the team on new medications, policies, and procedures • Assists with Performance Improvement activities on the unit. • Audits documentation to ensure nursing assessments, diagnoses, and plans of care meet compliance regulations and organizational goals, policies, and procedures. • Analyzes the assessment data to identify possible needs by staff, patients, and patient families. • Proactively supports staff to ensure our patient's progress towards attainment of desired outcomes, including plan of care revisions, as necessary.
Qualifications Education: Associate degree in Nursing or graduate of a Nursing Diploma program. Licensure: Licensed and currently registered as an RN in the state of Arizona. Certification: Maintains BLS/ACLS/PALS through American Heart Association or American Red Cross, TNCC, De-escalation techniques, NRP, Basic EKG, and ESI, as required, per RN position description for assigned area(s). Experience: Minimum of 1 years' experience as an RN. Preferences Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing Experience: Experience working in respective clinical area is desired
Special Position Requirements [Optional section: any travel, security, risk, hazard or related special conditions which apply to the position] [No information provided]
Work Requirements [Optional section: work requirements for physical or other important issues which relate to the job] • Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills. • Able to manage technical business equipment, i.e. phone, fax, computer etc. • Able to assist with the movement of an adult patient weighing up to 300 lbs. • Able to care for patients with infectious diseases. • Ability to sit for 3-5 hours per day. • Ability to stand for 3-5 hours per day. • Ability to walk for 3-5 hours day. • Incumbent must be able to: distinguish appropriate colors
Created/Revised: 5/2018; 02/15/2019; 2/26/2019; 03/18/2020; 05/27/2022