Registered Nurse (RN) Charge- MedSurg- CDU (FT Nights)

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
• •Knowledge of the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act
• •Implementation of the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association
• •Advanced clinical expertise
• •Ability to build rapport between nurses and physicians
• •Role model behavior
• •Accountability
• •Responsibility
• •Authority for the practice of nursing
• •Effective teamwork
• •Delegation
• •Communication
• •Respect
• •Personal development
• •Development of team members
• •Ability to build rapport between nurses and physicians
• •Service to patients
• •Culturally aware patient care
• •Partner in care
• •Night shift availability (7pm-7am)
• •Ability to direct and oversee daily activities of the unit
• •Modified patient care assignment capability
• •Practice in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers
• •Support through the WellStar Shared Governance Model
• •Framework for practice steered by the WellStar Professional Nursing Practice Model
• •Evidence based practice
• •Research
• •Proactive membership in an interdisciplinary team
• •Individualized high quality, safe patient care
• •Accountability
• •Responsibility
• •Authority for the practice of nursing
• •Effective teamwork
• •Delegation
• •Communication
• •Respect
• •Personal development
• •Development of team members
• •Establishment and maintenance of practices that ensure excellence in patient care
• •Efficient use of resources
• •Leadership task such as staff schedules
• •Unit patient flow
• •Subject matter expertise for clinical concerns
• •Physician rounding
• •Committee involvement
• •Survey readiness
• •Other tasks as assigned by the manager
• •Resource to other areas
• •Opportunity to learn about operational functionality
• •Hospital/facility awareness
• •Assist in the growth and development of team members
• •Build department skills sets
• •Inspire expertise
• •Ability to build rapport between nurses and physicians
• •Continue service to the patients
• •Role model to others
• •Licensed
• •Knowledgeable
• •Uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act
• •Implement the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association
• •Uphold the voice of the patient
• •System policies and procedures
• •Support service excellence goals
• •(Advanced) clinical expertise
• •Utilize this expertise to support and promote the delivery of safe, age appropriate and culturally aware patient care
• •Serve as a partner in care
• •Monitor equipment inventory, location and utilization
• •Ensure staff have tools and equipment needed to perform their job
• •Participate in planning and requesting resources for providing high quality care
• •Assist in acquiring appropriate staffing during unexpected staffing shortages or surges in census
• •Proactively plan for the care of patients across the care continuum
• •Give direct patient care
• •Participate in the development of protocols and procedures
• •Collaborate with care managers and other members of the health care team
• •Achieve best practice outcomes
• •Decrease in re-admission rates
• •Avoidable days
• •Adverse events
• •Make Patient Assignments
• •Consideration for new grads, float and type of patient
• •Daily Discharge/Length of Stay Review
• •Round with Physicians/Surgeons
• •Assign Surgery Beds In Conjunction with Surgery Schedule
• •Consult with Supervisor Nursing Administration (House Supervisor) on Bed Flow and Availability
• •Emergency Services: Assignments for sections
• •Manage waiting room
• •Multiple areas open at different times
• •Rounds on every patient daily
• •Evaluate quality and appropriateness of patient care
• •Utilize corrective action when needed
• •Utilizing peer coaching and accountability
• •Perform or provide oversight for the Nursing Process
• •Assessment
• •Diagnosis
• •Identification of outcomes
• •Planning
• •Implementation
• •Evaluation
• •In the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice
• •Analytical/critical thinking
• •Ensuring that care is individualized
• •Coordinating care through effective partnerships
• •Caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
• •Provide or provide oversight for relationship based care delivery
• •Patient-centered care
• •Partnering with the patient and significant others
• •Using comprehensive hand-off communication processes
• •Interdisciplinary evaluation and communication
• •Unit rounds
• •Case reviews
• •Peer review
• •Just in time and planned patient teaching
• •Keeping the patient informed using appropriate communication tools
• •Making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Practices using current clinical practice standards
• •Focus on safety and quality
• •Within the Emergency Department Setting
• •Charge Nurse rounds on patients in a modified method
• •In conjunction with nurses
• •Focus on patient safety concerns
• •Patient care
• •Communicates with nurse manager and/or assistant nurse manager
• •Any needs or concerns pertaining to care delivery or employee performance
• •Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Promotion of interdisciplinary communication
• •Regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds
• •Completion of timely documentation
• •Promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
• •Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration
• •Practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible
• •Promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• •Participates and supports performance improvement
• •Inclusive of all stakeholders
• •Research and research utilization
• •Promote safe, quality patient care
• •Initiating and/or leading such activities
• •Promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary processes
• •Actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system
• •Ensures patient/family/staff confidentiality
• •Corporate compliance for self
• •Accountability for team members
• •Completing all required mandatory education and proficiencies
• •Serves as a preceptor (or mentor) for other professional nurses
• •Staff or students for all disciplines
• •Ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce