• Provide expert nursing care to the patients on 5A, an acute care unit that primarily cares for Orthopedic/Medical Surgical/ Moderate Care adult patients who are clinically complex and often highly dependent, with the ultimate goal of maximum independence, patient self-management and/or family care giving.
• Provide clinical expertise in a consultative role to nursing staff.
• Assess, design, and conduct in-service presentations and competencies for nursing staff regarding clinical nursing care and the learning needs of the Orthopaedic/Medical Surgical patient population.
• Investigate, design, evaluate, and modify as necessary nursing care programs in collaboration with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Supervisor and Clinical Nursing Director.
• To develop, implement, coordinate and evaluate new employee orientation program. .
• To identify 5A’s ongoing staff educational needs and facilitate in-services as appropriate to the needs of the nursing team.
• Perform unit audits related to quality improvement initiatives.
• Actively participate in the orientation program for staff, including scheduling, preceptor development and training, and precepting nurses and assistive personnel.
• Membership and participation on nursing and hospital wide committees.
• Participate in the development and implementation of unit quality improvement programs and activities in collaboration with the 5A team.
• To demonstrate the clinical nursing role through direct patient care, role modeling, and consultation to nursing and other members of the health care team.
• Provide leadership and mentoring for the 5A staff.
• The staffing component of this role will reflect clinical as well as educational needs
Expectations of the position:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent teaching skills as evident by current employment experience and evaluations.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to direct nursing practice, delegate, evaluate outcomes, prioritizes problem solving and successfully resolve conflicts
- Ability to provide leadership in a health care setting as demonstrated by current employment and evaluations.
- Demonstrated proficiency in documentation as indicated by current employment.
- Excellent leadership skills in facilitating group dynamic and team development as indicated by current employment and evaluations.
- Demonstrated evidence of participation in continuous quality improvement by involvement in teams and by supporting changes recommended through the continuous quality improvement process.
- High level of self-motivation and commitment to improving patient outcomes as demonstrated by previous project work
- Demonstrated excellence and proficiency with nursing documentation
- Possess working knowledge of University Hospital nursing policy and practice.