Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies, and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
Provides support to nursing team members in specific areas of strategic priority related to safety, quality, patient satisfaction, and team member engagement at the directions of and under the supervision of department leaders.
Provides mentorship to new graduate and less experienced nurses by sharing nursing knowledge and clinical reasoning expertise. Offers guidance related to delivery of care including assessment, implementation, coordination, teaching, consulting, and evaluation of patient care.
Utilizes a combination of knowledge, experience and situational awareness to provide support for safe, high quality, individualized care to patients.
Delegates in accordance with applicable legal and policy parameters. Recognizes when there is a need for further intervention and escalates appropriately.
Demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning for continued professional growth and education that reflects competence, knowledge and understanding of current nursing practice.
Establishes a caregiver-patient relationship that is built on mutual trust, respect, compassion and communication to meet the unique needs of each.
Facilitates and assesses learning activities related to clinical competencies, departmental/organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and use of clinical information technologies.
Collaborates with nursing leaders and staff to assess learning needs and competencies of staff.
Serves as a consultant/mentor for staff in clinical practice and professional development.
Participates in the coordination and delivery of simulation center activities for staff training and competency evaluation.
Creates and nurtures a safe and non-punitive learning environment for the novice, advanced beginner and staff nurses by mentoring and engaging in developmental activities.
Attend mentorship training and ongoing professional development activities.
Shares knowledge and acts as a professional resource to other members of the health care team.
Supports and participates in Unit Based Council initiatives
Contributes to professional growth of peers by providing feedback through peer coaching and evaluation
Strives to be a life-long learner continuing to enroll and complete classes and courses to advance and increase new clinical knowledge
Recognizes, accepts responsibility for, and maintains commitment to professional development and clinical competency.
Attends required professional development sessions and staff meetings. If unable to attend, review minutes or discuss proceedings of meetings with peers or managers
Identifies personal knowledge deficits and seeks resources/consultation to ensure safe patient care
Utilizes all channels of communication including reading organizational email regularly to obtain knowledge, transmit information, address concerns, and solve problems
Embraces change and continuously identifies opportunities for improvement by demonstrating a commitment to utilizing evidence-based practice
Champions safety, quality and high reliability initiatives and providing evidence of the efficacy of the initiatives in practice.
Integrates new knowledge, development of new skills and increases critical thinking capacity of the novice nurse as they advance in the development of clinical practice.
In concert with the clinical educator, may provide a variety of appropriate learning experiences to the novice nurse for professional development. This could include learning modules, journal clubs, group learning, etc.
Work closely and collaboratively with various nursing and non-nursing departments to meet organizational goals.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.