Division:Eskenazi Health
Sub-Division: Hospital
Req ID: 20128
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Nights
Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
Job Role Summary
The Staff Nurse III Lactation performs all functions of Staff Nurse II, providing professional nursing care to patients. Functions independently as a practitioner, demonstrating superior problem-solving decision-making and critical thinking skills.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Performs all functions of Staff Nurse II, providing professional nursing care to patients. Functions independently as a practitioner, demonstrating superior problem-solving decision-making and critical thinking skills.
- Provides direct patient care as needed. Is a technical expert and resource or able to provide access to expert care as needed.
- Functions as a clinical expert, clinical consultant and resource to nursing unit staff to facilitate consistent quality patient care.
- Coordinates unit level quality management and performance improvement activities with direction. Initiates processes to resolve clinical problems to include PI projects with direction.
- Monitors and evaluates care and practice for self and others, collects data to ensure effectiveness of interventions.
- Coordinates assignment, unit staffing and scheduling based on established standards. Facilitates optimal utilization of resources to meet patient needs by ensuring employees have the tools and information to function efficiently.
- Facilitates efficient patient throughput, which includes appropriate bed placement based on diagnosis, acuity and staffing requirements in collaboration with staffing coordination.
- Ensures discharge planning occurs in collaboration with case management and area management.
- Functions as a clinical coach, serves as a resource for other clinical coaches and area preceptors. Participates in planning orientation and development of staff.
- Supports consistent regulatory readiness for unit/area via rounding, counseling/coaching and monitoring. Is aware standards and regulations applicable to clinical unit.
- Functions as a charge nurse and shift coordinator, able to problem-solve unit and area level operations issues, collaborating with management as defined.
- A resource for unit/area emergencies, disasters or other emergent situations by responding, facilitating communication and resources with management/administrative support. This may include responding to codes or other identified high acuity events.
- Participates in the evaluation of staff by providing input, supporting development and coaching and counseling of staff.
- Coordinates special programs within area of expertise as delegated.
- Contributes to the effectiveness of the team by actively assisting in the change process in a positive constructive manner.
- Follows on patient incidents and complaints as delegated by management.
- Serves as a mediator, facilitates conflict resolution between staff, and involves management as directed.
- Participates on committees as delegated to represent area or nursing practice.
- Continues to pursue educational and/or professional growth opportunities pertinent to clinical and professional development, seeks specialty certification within identified time frames as appropriate.
Job Requirements
Job Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
- Minimum of three to five years of clinical nursing experience as a registered nurse
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Additional certifications and specialty skills related to designated area of practice, IBCLC within 1 year preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Advanced skills in:
- Clinical nursing practice, use of equipment/instruments relevant to unit/area care, according to policies, procedures and standards.
- Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, interviewing techniques with patients, families and staff.
- Assessment, reassessment and monitoring of patients.
- Concise, accurate, legible documentation.
- Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, decision-making
- Knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Provide care appropriate to meet the age and cultural needs of the patients served.
- Demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span
- Ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific needs as well as clinical indications.
- Knowledge of:
- Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care.
- Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications
- Departmental/hospital policies/protocol
- Infection control procedures and protocols
- Treatments/medications.
- Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions
- Ability to:
- Function as a member of the health care team
- Support and develop staff
- Delegate responsibilities/duties as appropriate
- Follow oral and written instructions
- Record and interpret information accurately
- Assess and respond to patient status or needs
- Perform CPR and other technical skills related to unit/department/assignment
- Work independently with little supervision
- Work effectively under stress/pressure and in crisis situations.
- Establish care/work priorities
- Display good judgment.
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation’s 150 best places to work by Becker’s Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America’s best midsize employers’ Eskenazi Health’s programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city’s primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care – Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, just to name a few.
