Registered Nurse (RN) Clinical Lead Neuro ICU

Lead with Excellence in Neuro Critical Care! Join our dynamic team at Advocate Christ Medical Center as an RN Clinical Leader in the Neuro ICU. This is your opportunity to make a real impact—guiding clinical teams, driving best practices, and ensuring exceptional patient outcomes in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.

Responsibilities

Provides work direction to the clinical and support staff with responsibility for coordination of resources to efficiently support procedures, day-to-day operations and smooth flow of patients through the department; Provides support for direct patient care by performing the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic, and quality care; Coordinates needs of the patient care team by initiating service complaint follow-up when necessary and promoting communication among patients, families, hospital departments and medical staff; Acts as a resource to employees, which includes training/orienting, providing day-to-day work direction, and giving input on performance; Assists with human resource responsibilities, which may include interviewing and selection of new employees, resolution of employee concerns, and employee morale or other duties; Monitors employee assignments and evaluates staffing levels and makes adjustments to maintain productivity; Monitors quality of care provided, ensures policies and procedures are followed in compliance with medical center, Nursing department, and regulatory agencies; Provides input to budget and ensures adequate supplies and equipment; Works with management in developing new and existing programs and services; Works with vendors for requested products and coordinates in-services for equipment, participates in product trials

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) license; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or Health Related Field, or Associate Degree and enrolled in BSN program within 2 years of hire and complete BSN degree within 5 years; Typically requires 3 years of experience in clinical nursing within an acute care setting; Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months unless department leader has determined it is not required; Demonstrates a holistic approach to nursing practice committed to meeting the needs of the patient and family; Clinical and technical knowledge in area(s) of specialty; Ability to apply evidence-based interventions and nursing skills/technology to correlate to the patient's response to an individualized plan of care; Ability to recognize situational changes that require unplanned interventions; Proficient computer skills including keyboarding, navigation within a Windows operating system, use of electronic mail and electronic medical records systems; Excellent communication, listening and interpersonal skills; Ability to develop rapport and maintain positive, professional relationships with a variety of patients, staff and physicians; Ability to effectively make critical, independent decisions and ability to think ahead, anticipate learning needs and take preventive actions; Excellent organization, prioritization and problem solving skills; Time management skills with ability to multi-task and prioritize with frequent interruptions; Skilled at coaching and developing employees to achieve quality and service standards; Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders, and twist frequently; lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist; lift up to 20 lbs over the head; carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance; push/pull with 30 lbs of force; perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present; must have functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch with ability to use fine hand manipulation skills for IV insertion and other procedures/functions

Benefits

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range; Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job; Incentive pay for select positions; Opportunity for annual increases based on performance; Paid Time Off programs; Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability; Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses; Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave; Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs; Educational Assistance Program