TEAM LEADER
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At Riverside, everyday brings new and exciting challenges. You can expect an interesting environment where you're part of making sure our organization is running optimally and safely, helping keep the community healthy. We provide the kind of paid training and opportunities that long-term careers are built on and we recognize hard workers who strive to make a difference. You will be able to succeed in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as a team. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us!

FTE: 0.900000

Shift: Varies

Location: RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER

Summary:

The 3 IMCU Team Leader is responsible for assessing the needs of each patient ranging from adolescent to geriatric and planning the nursing care necessary to meet those needs, including the spiritual, emotional, psychosocial and physiological needs. The Team Leader is then responsible in seeing that the interdisciplinary plan of care is carried out through performance or delegation to subordinate personnel. The Team Leader is supervised by the Director and Unit Manager.

Experience/Education Requirements:

• BSN required within 4 years of hire, Master's degree in nursing preferred
• Minimum of 3 years cardiac experience

License or Certification Requirements:

• Current Illinois RN registration
• Current CPR & ACLS certification
• Certification as CCRN within 1 year of hire

Responsibilities:

• Able to troubleshoot equipment and problems/failures.
• Acts as a liaison between staff members and physicians.
• Assumes a patient assignment as needed.
• Communicates with and informs physician or nursing house supervisor of any information pertaining to patient care.
• Completes staffing worksheet taking a brief report on patients that are in unit.
• Consistently aware of all actual/potential problems/conditions.
• Cooperates with other departments to provide interdisciplinary coordination.
• Coordinates patient care and unit activities.
• Ensures that patient assignments are appropriate for patient needs and staff qualifications.
• Manages environment on the unit.
• Offers assistance to physicians rounding on the unit.
• Offers assistance to staff as needed.
• Participates in quality assessment/improvement activities on unit.
• Patient rounding with inter-disciplinary care team.
• Performs daily staffing with nursing office or nursing supervisor.
• Responsible for checking crash cart seal.
• Works closely with other units when patient census warrants acceptance of alternate admissions or need for immediate transfers.
• Satisfactorily complete all required continuing education hours regarding the care of acute stroke patients.

Credentials:

• CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
• Registered Nurse
• ACLS
• CERTIFIED CARDIAC REGISTERED NURSE

Education:

• BACHELOR SCIENCE NURSING

Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.

Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedication is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

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