Clinical Partner - RN

Patient & Workplace Safety:

• Employee has knowledge and understanding of patient and workforce safety as it relates to job duties.

Patient Population:

• Demonstrates competency in the delivery of care and applies the knowledge to meet age-specific needs if applicable.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
* Maintains safe, adequate shift staffing levels that meet staffing ratios, and anticipates patient care needs by updating assignments and ensuring appropriate resources as acuity and census require; plans for staff breaks and lunches, meetings and educational offerings to facilitate quality care and staff members' involvement in unit activities.
* Coordinates patient flow such as admissions and discharges on assigned shift and ensures that attending physician, staffing office, and management are kept up-to-date regarding patient, unit, and bed status concerns; ensures that unit secretaries are informed of changes in nursing assignments and patient location so systems and logs remain up-to-date.
* In collaboration with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, staff and Professional Nurse Council, actively facilitates a learning environment for all staff assigned to shift; assists and guides staff in performing their direct care responsibilities and actively facilitates assimilation and learning of new clinical information/techniques.
* Acts as shift resource for policy decisions and monitors/reviews work performance of assigned shift staff; ensures that assigned shift staff have adequate tools and resources, such as clean rooms, meals for patients, medications, supplies, and ancillary support services in order to provide high quality patient care.
* Assists in training and orientation of new staff members.
* Ensures smooth transition to next shift by reporting to oncoming Clinical Partner on patient care issues, bed status, equipment, supplies, and staffing concerns and items requiring follow up.
* Ensures patient and family concerns are addressed timely and that appropriate services/resources are accessed to address issues and concerns; ensures follow up and service recovery as needed.