Job Description

RN Clinical Lead Observation at Ascension summary:

The RN Clinical Lead Observation coordinates and leads nursing staff in the Observation Unit to ensure quality patient care in specialized clinical areas. They plan shifts, assign nursing duties, oversee resource availability, and respond to patient care concerns while supporting staff development. This role requires professional nursing licensure, clinical experience, and leadership skills within a hospital setting.

Details

• Department:  Observation Unit
• Schedule:  Full-time, Day Shift, 7am-7pm, 12hr shifts, 36hrs per week
• Hospital:  Ascension St. John Medical Center
• Location:  Tulsa, OK

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.

Responsibilities

Coordinate unit staffing and provides leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care for one or more assigned nursing specialty areas: Emergency/Triage, Adult or Pediatric/NeoNatal Critical Care, Labor & Delivery/Women & Family.

• Assign, direct, educate and monitor nursing and support associates during assigned shifts.
• Meet with staff and exercise independent judgment to plan the shifts, services, and patient care.
• Assess daily patient care needs and develop and distribute patient care assignments, ensuring that
  population appropriate patient care is given and is accountable for maintaining productivity standards and justifying variances to unit manager or designee.
• Respond to complaints about patient care and manage through established channels.
• Facilitate availability of adequate material, resources and supplies.
• Set priorities appropriate to daily patient/physician dynamics.
• Provide input into hiring, training, directing, development and evaluation of staff.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education:

• Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension St. John has been serving Northeast Oklahoma with compassionate, personalized care since 1926. Join more than 7,000 associates and find a rewarding healthcare career at one of our 6 hospitals and numerous other sites of care. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

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Keywords:

Registered Nurse, Clinical Lead, Patient Care, Nursing Leadership, Observation Unit, Staff Coordination, Healthcare Management, Emergency Nursing, Critical Care, Hospital Nursing

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