RN Lead Job Description
RN lead
provides daily oversight and coordination of activities for coding team members, including mentoring, developing coding staff in coding and charge compliance, and monitoring quality and productivity to meet department goals.
RN Lead Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Develops and/or implements teaching activities in response to patient care standards, policies, new equipment, to improve patient care and customer satisfaction
Assists with monitoring and maintenance of lab, equipment and supplies
Provides input to the director of equipment and product needs for the unit
Assists with all adverse events, plans and implements all policy changes as a result
Participates in all patient satisfaction initiatives
Serve as an informal leader of the care team demonstrating excellent team work and collaboration skills
Exhibit informal leadership strengths and team building skills
Support an integrated care model tapping into appropriate resources both internally and external to the organization
Supervises work performed by department and may delegate work to staff members
In addition to the above responsibilities, the Lead Nurse will help coach and monitor staff, lead meetings and team building exercises, manage performance issues and reviews
RN Lead Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for RN Lead
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, ACLS, NRP, PALS, BLS, OCN, BCLS, AHA
Education for RN Lead
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the RN lead job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Science, Associates, School of Nursing, Graduate, Education, Registered Nursing, Healthcare, Nursing Program, Management
Skills for RN Lead
Desired skills for RN lead include:
CPT and ICD10 coding
Coding
Eliminate
Equipment
Follows National Patient Safety Goals while providing care
HIPAA
Hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs regarding fraud
Information management as appropriate
Job responsibility in emergency
OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare
Desired experience for RN lead includes:
Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communications skills are required
Demonstrated knowledge of clinical systems and processes is required
1 year peds OR experince
Two years recent Psych RN experience
Two years recent Acute Rehabilitation RN experience
ACLS certification required within 6 months of hire into position
RN Lead Examples
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RN Lead Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a RN lead. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for RN lead
- Facilitates the development of educational materials for the department including an orientation program, job specific competencies, and continuing education
- Participates in the development of division goals and objectives in conjunction with the hospitals mission, strategic priorities and performance improvement plan
- Participates in the development/revision of departmental policies and procedures
- Starts discharge planning on admission and ensures discharge documentation is completed and updated regularly
- Utilizes innovative strategies to meet patient care needs when the plan of care meets or exceeds health benefits coverage limitations
- Performs the duties of an R.N
- Ensures program compliance with federal and state guidelines and regulations Red Cross policies
- Orients, trains, observes and evaluates instructors, serving as their coach and instructional/technical supervisor
- Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with clinical sites and direct communication with clinical staff to provide a comprehensive and safe learning environment for students
- Assists Program Manager with ongoing communication with all instructors and instructor meetings, with the interviewing, hiring and onboarding of new instructors
Qualifications for RN lead
- Point of contact for Medtronic Paceart Program
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal and communication skills required to communicate with members and co-workers and to understand and implement instructions from providers and other staff
- Minimum 2 years Acute Care experience
- RN or clinical credentials in the medical health plan field
- 3-5 years pediatric office nurse experience preferred
- Must have or be eligible for a DE nursing licensure
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of RN lead. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN lead
- Responds as the charge or lead person for disasters
- Accountable for utilization and communication of staff resources
- Collaborate with the staffing office and adjust numbers of staff for census changes during the shift
- Be available for consultation with staff regarding clinical questions and patient care problem-solving
- Respond to patient emergencies as needed
- Work in partnership with Healthcare Unit Patient Supports (when available) to coordinate unit activities
- Plan staffing for the next shift through collaboration with the staffing office
- Assure that unit guidelines r/t floating, precepting and low census are followed
- Helps manage the patient flow, (meets the standard of two hour turn around when a patient has discharge orders)
- Takes responsibility to manage the human resources on a day to day basis
Qualifications for RN lead
- Supervision/Management knowledge and experience
- Must have or be eligible for a PA nursing licensure
- State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN), or a compact RN license and obtain a CO RN license within 90 days of start date
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date, and current AHA BLS must be good through sixty days of hire
- 2 years of experience as a case manager or as a RN in the assigned clinical area, with demonstrated clinical competence
- BSN or related Bachelors degree required
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a RN lead. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for RN lead
- Assists in the development of policies and procedures for continued enhancement of the pharmacy management product
- Monitors productivity and timeliness of pharmacy management product delivery
- Supervises team members and esures workloads are appropriately distributed
- Serve as a subject matter expert in care management processes and procedures
- Model the culture and philosophy of the Department
- Train and mentor care managers
- Available for urgent staffing with care managers
- Participate in the hiring process of new care managers, as requested
- Participate in the development of processes and procedures, as requested
- Participate in annual employment evaluations, as requested
Qualifications for RN lead
- Ability to pass physical examination without restrictions, as requested
- Ability to obtain tuberculosis testing or chest X-Ray clearance, as requested
- Leadership and communication strengths
- Must have a comprehensive knowledge of intellectual disability or other developmental disabilities, mental health and physical disabilities
- Must have knowledge and ability to acquire medical and clinical resources to meet individuals’ medical and psychological needs
- Must have knowledge of various medical treatment, first aid, CPR, medication administration, and infection control
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of RN lead. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN lead
- Works in collaboration with Perioperative Materials Management to set par levels and prepare for upcoming cases
- Participates in daily scheduling review with OR Management Team and Materials Management to plan for upcoming cases (1-5 days ahead of time)
- Works with vendors to ensure compliance with Corporate Value Analysis process
- Ensures a non-charge purchase order is signed with vendors when trialing a new product/
- Maintains any just in time inventory by vendor of vascular services by keeping an inventory of on-hand items
- Participates in the biannual inventory count in the OR and takes lead for counting process of vascular inventory
- Ensures preference cards are current
- Assist Clinical Operations Leadership Team in monitoring of all daily tasks completed within the Clinical Operations Department
- Provide guidance to staff in electronic processing of medical information in an internal database
- Perform QA of various medical services
Qualifications for RN lead
- Must have a valid Virginia License and must be insurable under Versability’s auto insurance
- Demonstrated PC skills, including word processing/spreadsheets/database and graphics applications strongly preferred
- Three years' current Progressive Care Unit/Tele RN experience in an acute care setting
- Minimum of four years’ experience in ICU and PACU
- Analytical skills necessary to prepare patient plan of care, implement effective nursing care and develop solutions to problems concerning patients’ mental or physical well-being
- Interpersonal and communication skills necessary to address issues in tactful and timely manner
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RN Lead Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of RN lead. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN lead
- Utilizes universal precautions in obtaining specimens (venipuncture, cultures, ) and in delivery of patient care
- Completes all documentation accurately, timely and efficiently for regulatory compliance
- Coordinates orientation schedules, in-service training, and competency verification
- Supervises care coordination personnel and/or acts as the liaison between care
- Coordinators and Community Health Workers and the Director of Clinical Quality
- Provides consultative advice to other Team members about their prioritization care coordination tasks
- Provides initial training and orientation to new care coordination personnel
- Provides or arranges in-service training for care coordination personnel
- Arranges and participates in team care conferences
- Assures that case files and care coordinators and community health workers performance are reviewed as needed
Qualifications for RN lead
- Recent two years of postpartum experience
- Clinical Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Acute Care clinical experience
- Basic and Advanced Preceptor Class
- Minimum two years in clinical specialty
- Knowledge of general management and organizational skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint