Pediatric ICU Charge Nurse (Hiring Immediately)

**Description**
_**Summary:**_
Supports and coordinates day-to-day activities of nursing personnel in patient
care units, provides direction to Clinical Staff, implements work of assigned
units, and coordinates activities with other patient care units and related
departments. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-
range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates
to other care providers to help manage the clinical situation.
The CHRISTUS Children’s Hospital, established in 1959, was the first
children’s hospital in South-Central Texas. Located downtown, this 190-plus-
bed hospital serves more than 70,000 children annually from San Antonio, South
Texas and around the world. The hospital (in partnership with Baylor College
of Medicine) is the only academic children’s hospital in San Antonio. Our
highly specialized services meet the unique medical needs of children, from
Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to Children’s Emergency Services, the
latest treatments for deformities of the spine including titanium rib implants
and halo traction, a Heart Center, a specialized asthma program, a highly
regarded Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and growing maternal services to
include consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal medicine.
_**Responsibilities:**_
* Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
* Organizing and overseeing patient care delivery during an assigned shift, ensuring proper staffing and smooth operations of a patient care unit.
* Coachingcounseling individual team members; monitoring and providing feedback on performance and addressing training needs.
* Documenting daily staffing, operational, and administrative records; maintaining compliance with governmental policies and procedures.
* Providing direction and support to nursing staff demonstrating and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of every patient; assisting with communications with patients and families
* Allocates team resources responsibly and equitably, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides oversight and guidance.
* Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments.
**CORE COMPETENCIES**
Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing Process
* Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical, psychosocial, social, cultural, Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families
* Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members
* Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using evidence-based practice. Implements patient care and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals
* Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient’s response to the care and treatment(s)
* Performs timely reassessment and documentation
* Must be able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for designated units patient population
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process
* Anticipates and plans for admissiondischargetransfer needs to facilitate patient flow
* Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools to facilitate the discharge process
* Coaches on tools and techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to ensure accuracy
Standard III. Unit Operations
* Plans, directs and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift
* Demonstrates good stewardship in the proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
* Assesses departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing efforts.
* Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry
Standard IV. Safe PracticeQuality CareRegulations
* Incorporates patient safety practicesguidelines to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient outcomes
* Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities
* Provides evidence-based nursing care
* Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care
* Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.
* Knowledge of federal, state, and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities
Standard V. Leadership
* Serves as a subject matter expert for patient care
* Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement as a patient care subject matter expert.
* Supports proper allocation of team resources, delegates appropriate levels of responsibility and authority, and provides support and guidance for high-quality patient care
* Mediates and resolves conflicts among individuals, groups, and departments
**TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES**
Clinical Policies and Standards
* Follows a specific set of standards and associated clinical procedures
* Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance
* Provides feedback for improvement of procedures
* Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures
* Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques
Health Information Documentation
* Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation
* Walk through the steps and procedures for receiving, validating and updating patient records
* Describes the flow of information between various stations or units
* Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentation
* Transcribes verbal orders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy
* Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practices
Medical Equipment
* Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility
* Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems
* Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment
* Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety
* Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment
Medical Order Processing
* Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions
* Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders
* Discusses common errors, their sources and procedures for correcting
* Explains considerations for entering and following standing orders
* Differentiates between standing orders and preprinted orders and considerations for each
Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation
* Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care
* Reviews patients’ charts for completion and accuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions
* Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff
* Relates examples of misreadings or misinterpretations and lessons learned
* Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with others
Patient Safety
* Shares experiences with ensuring safety for one or more patient groups or settings
* Explains key features of safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and settings
* Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and family members
* Recognizes and addresses physiological and psychological signs of problems
* Describes considerations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versus harm to others
* Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis, and reporting in real-time
**_Job Requirements:_**
**EducationSkills**
* Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
* All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
* New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial on-boarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a Critical Care Department-specific competency validation.
* All newly licensed RNs may participate in a residency program or other specific orientation. Skills completion and competency completion will be achieved with the preceptor at the bedside and documented through the program’s tracking software.
* Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.
**Experience**
* 2 years of clinical patient care experience in a relevant setting.
**Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications**
* BLS required
* RN License in state of employment or compact
* Current PALS certification at time of hire for experienced RNs or completion by the end of the clinical orientation period for new graduate nurses and maintain certification thereafter for ICU units that are exclusively pediatric, or as needed by facility requirements.
* Current ACLS certification at time of hire for experienced RNs or completion by the end of the clinical orientation period for new graduate nurses and maintain certification thereafter.
**_Work Schedule:_**
7AM - 7PM
**_Work Type:_
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Full Time
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