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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 preferredMiniumum of 3 yrs cardiac experience

License or Certification Requirements:

Current Illinois RN registrationCurrent CPR & ACLS certificationCertification 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:
Essential:
* CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
* Registered Nurse
* ACLS
* CERTIFIED CARDIAC REGISTERED NURSE

 

Education:
Essential:
* 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 dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

 

Other information:

Exposure/Sensory Requirements

 Exposure to:
Chemicals: Refer to MSDS sheets
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: Diagnostic composite of patients, frequent contact with intravenous devices, and high potential for contact with contaminated body fluids (blood, stool, vomitus) and administration of blood does create a high risk. use of needleless IV system, universal precautions and protective equipment minimize risk.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: Patient diagnostic presentations do pose high risk; however usage of protective wear and universal precautions reduces risk.

Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Required to communicate with patient/families/staff/MD's. Ability to ask for help.
Vision: Required to observe patients and their physical assessment, ability to read reports, ability to read machines.
Smell: Helpful to note presence of incontinence, vomitus, blood; electrical/fire safety.
Hearing: Necessary to hear alarms, calls for help and to hear patient verbalizations; ability to listen for lung, bowel, heart sounds.
Touch: Necessary to assess patients, need to distinguish between hot and cold.

Activity/Lifting Requirements

 Average Hours per Week: 6-40

Shift: Variable for 24 hour coverage

Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 10%
Twist: 4%
Stand: 40%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 25%
Kneel: 1%
Lift: 10%
Drive: 0%
Squat: 1%
Climb: 1%
Bend: 30%
Reach above shoulders: 3%

The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
Up to 20 lbs: Frequently
Up to 35 lbs: Frequently
Up to 60 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
Over 100 lbs: Not Required

Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
Lifting of patients off their beds that are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment. Horizontal movement of patients to and from carts/beds who are unable to move independently is done with assistive lifting equipment. Lifting equipment - carry 25'-150' waist high (IV bags, patient trays). Carry charts 25'-150' waist high. Filled laundry bags are filled half full so as not to weigh over 35 lbs. Carry fire extinguishers up or down 3-4 flights of stairs and several yards in an emergency.

Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 30
Twist: 15
Stand: 60
Crawl: 0
Walk: 10
Kneel: 0
Lift: 5
Drive: 0
Squat: 2
Climb: 1
Bend: 15
Reach above shoulders: 2

Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight: < 5#
Pushing & pulling - 50-200 lbs: Occasionally
Fine Manipulation: Typing in computer, omnicell, using pens to chart, drawing up meds in syringe and administration, starting IV's.

Leg Strength - up to 50 lbs: Occasionally-(repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: utilized in positioning beds during transport; x-ray, surgery or in an emergency situation from floor to floor, locking beds or cardiac chairs.)

 

Environmental Factors & Special Hazards

 Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
Inside hours: 6-40
Outside hours : 0

Temperature: Normal Range
Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Average
Humidity: Normal Range
Atmosphere:

Special Hazards: Radiation, Chemical, Explosive - Chemical-drugs; Explosive-oxygen; Radiation-cesium implants and radioactive iodine therapy.
Protective Clothing Required: As required for chemotherapy or in cases of isolation, i.e. gloves, gowns, masks, goggles.