Registered Charge Nurse - MedSurg

About This Role

This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The RN Clinical Charge Nurse directs and oversees the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to ensure the safe delivery of care. They are a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team, contributing to excellent patient care and efficient resource use.

Responsibilities

• Round on every patient daily to evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care, including corrective action when needed, utilizing peer coaching and accountability
• Perform or provide oversight for the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice and analytical/critical thinking, ensuring that care is individualized and coordinated through effective partnerships
• Provide or provide oversight for relationship-based patient-centered care by partnering with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using comprehensive hand-off communication processes, interdisciplinary evaluation and communication, just-in-time and planned patient teaching, keeping the patient informed, and making the patient's goals the focus of the plan of care
• Practice using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality
• Within the Emergency Department Setting: Round on patients in a modified method in conjunction with nurses to focus on patient safety concerns and patient care
• Communicate with the nurse manager and/or assistant nurse manager any needs or concerns pertaining to care delivery or employee performance
• Coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care, which includes promotion of interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds, completion of timely documentation, and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment (Interdisciplinary rounds do not apply in the Emergency Services setting)
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• Participate in and support performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care, including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as promoting inter/intra-disciplinary processes and actively supporting/participating in shared governance at all levels in the system
• Ensure patient/family/staff confidentiality and corporate compliance for self (and accountability for team members) requirements, including completing all required mandatory education and proficiencies
• Serve as a preceptor (or mentor) for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment