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Children's Health

OR Nursing Team Lead (Dallas)

dallas, TX

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About this opportunity

Children's Health lists this OR Nursing Team Lead (Dallas) opportunity in dallas, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Job Title & Specialty Area: OR Nursing Team Lead

Department: Operating Room

Location: Dallas, TX

Shift: Dayshift

Job Type: On-Site

Why Children's Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal. Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being. Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary

The Team Leader, Nursing OR is responsible for providing leadership to the front line staff in collaboration with the Clinical Manager or Practice Administrator in an operating room (OR) setting. Serves as a conduit between the front-line nursing employees and managers for the purpose of facilitating communication, overseeing orientation of new team members in collaboration with the Clinical Educators, and evaluating clinical practice with a particular focus on quality and performance improvement. Responsible for the results and development of assigned team members. Plans and executes day-to-day operational needs by setting priorities, planning for and addressing staffing needs, and coordinating work across other teams as needed. Provides guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members and provides significant input to employment decisions, addresses performance issues and administers performance reviews. Monitors key metrics and analyzes information to solve on-going problems to improve team performance. Serves in various clinical nursing roles (i.e., direct care nurse, charge nurse, etc.). The Team Leader, Nursing will spend 60% of their time in clinical shifts and 40% of their time in administrative/leadership, recognizing that at least 10% of their time in the clinical shifts is still spent coaching, mentoring, and developing staff.

Can support a schedule of 5(8's) or 4(10's). Start time 6:45AM.

Responsibilities

Provides performance feedback to staff, including the documentation and counseling of performance issues

Maintains positive staff relations through Evidence Based Leadership and Just Culture

Completes scouting reports and weekly rounding on staff

Ensures that staff are kept abreast of changes within the unit, department, division, and organization

Provides mentoring to staff and developmental opportunities to help team members achieve their career goals

Administers disciplinary action to staff members when necessary, up to and including terminations, with support of manager and/or director and human resources

Accountable to ensure that staff are meeting patient care needs, standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest relations

Ensures that staff are delivering care with a team-orientation, an emphasis on good customer relations, sound clinical judgement and appropriate decision making abilities that take into consideration evidence based practice.

Responsible for new hire scheduling with their assigned preceptors during orientation period

Develops and maintains positive physician relations

Responsible for ensuring direct reports timecards are accurate and complete prior to bi-weekly payroll signoff and holds staff accountable for repetitive discrepancies in their timecards

Ensures clean sweeps/unit-based audits are conducted

Assumes the Charge Nurse role (frequency varies by department)

Takes on patient load shift (frequency varies by departments

Continuously inquires about the condition of the patient through the ongoing process of questioning and evaluating the situation and directs treatment changes, if necessary, through collaboration with the healthcare team, inclusive of the patient and family.

Work Experience

At least 2 years Clinical experience required

Leadership experience preferred

Education

BSN in Nursing

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care For You

Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years

4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure

Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)

Caregiver Leave

Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.

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Worksite address

dallas, TX, 75215, US

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