Travel Nurse Lead RN - CVOR

Job Description

Certification Details
• California Registered Nurse (RN) License
• AHA Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job Details
• Provide leadership and coordination of shift operations in a defined clinical area.
• Achieve patient outcomes and demonstrate clinical competence in area of practice.
• Participate in quality improvement unit activities based on unit focus/priorities.
• Assist with identifying clinical learning needs of staff and assure learning achieved.
• Implement systems to inform/monitor staff compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Implement action plan to improve clinical care of patients.
• Develop new area of expertise relevant to clinical area.
• Collaborate with other disciplines/departments to resolve daily operational issues when supervising unit.
• Facilitate staff in prioritizing and problem solving daily operational issues.
• Collaborate with Physicians to address operational issues.
• Demonstrate resolution of operational issues with targeted outcomes as negotiated with manager or director.
• Complete all 90 day and annual performance reviews within 30 days of due date.
• Assure employee files are current and complete including annual PPD, CPR, RN licensure, safety test, etc.
• Orient/mentor staff into new roles resulting in achieved competencies within identified timelines.
• Develop staff's leadership skills, facilitating learning and growth.
• Assist staff to resolve identified learning/performance issues.
• Achieve productivity score between 98-100%.
• Monitor flexing, on-call, skill mix, use of overtime, per diem and registry.
• Identify and/or participate in implementation of cost reducing or revenue enhancing ideas.
• Contribute to utilization of supplies in a cost-effective manner that supports delivery of care within budgeted supply expense per unit of service.
• Contribute to meeting budgeted salary expense per unit of service.
• Facilitate Workman's Compensation reporting and documentation per requirements.
• Demonstrate ability to handle situations not covered by written or verbal instructions that maintain staff/patient safety.
• Convey importance and rationale of policies & procedures and standards of care to staff and customers.
• Demonstrate resolution of safety issues as negotiated with manager or director.
• Trend staff safety learning needs and assure learning achieved.

Job Requirements
• California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing - REQUIRED
• 2 Years recent, pertinent, clinical experience.
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association - REQUIRED
• Leadership experience - Preferred
• CVOR – Open heart, circulating, Cardiac robotic procedures - REQUIRED
• Assessing and improving competencies - Preferred
• Scrub experience - Preferred
• Physician relations - Preferred
• Liaise with Sterile processing teams - Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing - PREFERRED

Schedule Information
• Shift: 0630-1500
• 8 hours per day
• 40 hours per week

Unit Specific Information
• Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
• Open heart procedures
• Cardiac robotic procedures
• Circulating nurse role