About This Role
This night-shift Charge Nurse position involves coordinating patient care across various departments, developing and implementing individualized care plans, and monitoring patient progress. The role requires collaboration with a healthcare team, prioritizing patient needs, and serving as a resource for staff, while also supervising nursing assistants and support staff.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate patient care across various departments, including PACU, inpatient units, Radiology, and anesthesia
- Develop and implement individualized care plans based on patient assessments and medical orders
- Monitor patient progress, continuously assess and document patient progress, and adjust care plans as necessary
- Collaborate with healthcare team members, including physicians, anesthesiologists, and other providers, to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care
- Prioritize patient needs based on acuity and urgency, ensuring timely and efficient care
- Serve as a resource for staff regarding procedures, equipment, and patient care, providing guidance and support
- Facilitate effective communication among healthcare team members to promote continuity of care
- Supervise and direct the activities of nursing assistants and support staff, ensuring adherence to care standards and evaluating performance
- Educate patients and families about care plans, treatments, and health management to promote self-care and disease management
- Respond promptly to emergencies, providing immediate care and stabilizing patients
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, ensuring high standards of patient care and efficient operation of the unit
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Able to use a high level of abstract reasoning to assess patient, evaluate interventions, and revise plan of care according to patient outcomes
- Basic computer skills – able to navigate Microsoft Windows-based programs
- Supervision experience and skills
- Maintains current license and knowledge of nursing care requirements for all patients on the unit
- Assesses need for personal growth and development and takes the initiative in seeking opportunities to meet this need
- Accurately identifies real/potential problems affecting the service and implements solutions with follow-through and communication
- Supports staff involvement in project teams/committees as evidenced by discussion in minutes
- Projects are completed with consideration for quality, practice, and educational components
- Participates in or chairs projects or committees as volunteered or assigned
- Consults with patients/families through primary nurse request, direct family request, and/or direct assessment of patient/family response to hospitalization
