SUMMARY:
We are currently seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join our Surgical Admissions team. This part-time role will be a 0.75 FTE, day/ evening/ on call position.
Purpose of this Position: Within the context of the ***** ***** System Patient and Family Centered Care model, and under general supervision, the Senior Staff Nurse provides and coordinates complex nursing care by:
Protecting, promoting, and optimizing health
Preventing illness and injury
Alleviating suffering through the treatment of the human response
Partnering with the patient, the patient’s family, and significant others
Documenting interventions and an individualized plan of care
Advancing nursing professional practice
Being a resource to the patient care area, role-modeling practice excellence, promoting evidence-based nursing practice, and facilitating innovation
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Senior Staff Nurse performs all functions of the Staff Nurse and the following additional functions:
Assists in the development and implementation of nursing standards, policies, and procedures
Seeks and shares new knowledge in area of clinical expertise
Supports and develops strategies to create, sustain and nurture patient and family centered care
Provides expert clinical knowledge
Serves as a resource to other clinical staff, and provides nursing consultation to other units
Provides unit / department leadership through work as a charge nurse
Serves as a preceptor and provides leadership for educational processes on unit
Identifies re-occurring patient care issues, collaborates with leadership to postulate possible solutions, and works with the Nursing Manager on implementation of change
Supports the organizational mission and key priorities and assures continuity of unit work withorganizational initiatives through the Annual Plan
Champions patient safety initiatives
Accepts projects and/or change management assignments from nurse/clinic manager supporting the change through evidenced-based practice
Serves as a member of the nursing leadership team
Participates as a member or chair of organizational initiatives and collaborative governance committees aimed at improving patient safety and excellence in nursing practice
Role models critical thinking and clinical and professional excellence
Develops effective and collaborative relationships with nursing peers and the multidisciplinary team
Uses systems thinking to proactively address issues
Participates in professional nursing organizations, maintains current knowledge of innovations in area of specialty by reading journals, participating in webinars and listservs, as well as obtaining information and learning from local, regional, and national conferences
