What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pre-Op RN Unit Champion position at San Juan Regional Medical Center?
Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.
The Unit Champion is a Registered Nurse with strong knowledge base and clinical experience able to use dynamic leadership abilities to assure high quality care is provided.
Required Behaviors:
• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
Required Qualifications:
• Registered Nurse License
• One (1.0) full time equivalent (FTE)
• At least one (1) to two (2) years of progressive experience in area of specialty
• RNs accepted into the unit champion role will be at the unit leader’s discretion and based on unit needs
• BLS
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills
• Self-motivation and accountability
• Team Orientated
Preferred Qualifications:
• BSN
• Clinical Certification in area of specialty
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Addendum to Registered Nurse Purpose Description and PCS Charge Nurse Role Description
• Acts as a clinical and supervisory resource
• Serves as a role model for unit quality initiatives
• Committed and participates in professional development of self, peers, and unit growth
• Navigates patient care management and throughput
• Dedicated to patient satisfaction by improving patient experiences
• Assures the safety of patient and staff is maintained
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:
Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
• Other duties as assigned
Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:
• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance.
• Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently.
• Must be able to lift greater than fifty (50) pounds and push up to three hundred (300) pounds frequently.
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements.
Special Demands:
• Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care.
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families.