Registered Nurse Clinical Lead - Telemetry Center

CMU Clinical Leader

Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 36 Job Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: 7a-7p Every other weekend, every other holiday.

Work where every moment matters. Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network. Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

Job Summary: HH newly designed Centralized Monitoring Unit (CMU) will use technology to clinically transform care for patients achieving optimal patient outcomes and safety. This is an excellent role for a motivated RN that wants to begin their nursing leadership journey. The CMU Clinical Leader is very involved with patient care and outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Clinical Leader delegates and supervises work accordingly under the direction of the Nurse Manager and works collaboratively with the CMU Educator.
• Leverages predictive analytics and dashboards to identify patients at risk for clinical decompensation.
• Clinical subject matter expert that provides monitor tech oversight and supervision.
• Ensures monitor tech coverage meets safety standards for centralized monitoring.
• Coordinates and implements patient-centered care by: collaborating with the Health Care Team; reinforcing alarm mitigation strategies, and encouraging communication among the patient care team; provides education to nurses on inpatient units in alignment with standard work, cardiac, and physiological guidelines.
• Conducts ongoing surveillance in partnership with the unit leadership team to ensure best practice standards are upheld.
• Has shared accountability for department standards including alarm escalation pathways and best practice standards.
• Utilizes appropriate delegation skills and monitors patient and staff needs.
• Mediates communication issues on multiple levels and functions as patient advocate as needed.
• Demonstrates competencies, including knowledge and leadership behaviors.
• Models /mentors quality patient/colleague service by: demonstrating proficiency in basic computer skills such as operating cardiac monitoring equipment and applications and logging on, identification and navigation of clinical display, utilization of rosters and care team assignments, troubleshooting and logging off, and email; Utilizing tact, discretion, and compassion in responding to patient/colleague needs; maintaining confidentiality of all patient information; and functioning in a collaborative manner with other members of the team to ensure quality patient care and outcomes.
• Coordinates continuous unit improvement by: coaching, mentoring, and developing staff; coordinating unit activities (e.g. meetings, assignments, in-service); analyzing quality performance data and identifying performance/quality improvement opportunities and investigating recurrent CMU problems through literature research.
• Ensures and demonstrates the cost-effective utilization of resources for self, others, and CMU as a whole.
• Contributes to improvement of nursing practice by questioning current practices. Identifies strategies and resources to implement change (change theory).
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• BS degree required, MSN preferred. One degree must be in Nursing.
• *Exceptions to the educational requirement will be evaluated on an individual basis. For example, a strong candidate in the process of completing the educational requirement will be considered. Continued progress toward completion of the educational requirement within five years will be required.
• Minimum one-year nursing, acute-care, and telemetry experience.
• Current RN CT License.

We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.