Charge Nurse

Job Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process and physician orders to develop individualized patient care plans.
• Provides care/interventions based upon the individual care plan; continually assesses the effects of interventions, medication, and treatments.
• Participates in discharge planning.
• Assists in guiding/directing nursing staff in utilizing these processes.
• Documents steps in the nursing process in the medical record utilizing appropriate medical terminology and hospital-approved abbreviations.
• Reports observations and findings regarding patients to the appropriate person and records those observations accurately and concisely.
• Complies with all health systems, hospital, and unit safety guidelines.
• Captures patient and staff complaints; investigates patient care incidents and reports to nurse manager; functions as a patient and family advocate at all times.
• Completes variance reports according to established guidelines to document unusual occurrences.

Skills & Experience

• One (1) - two (2) years of related experience.
• Demonstrates ability to be flexible, organized, and function under stressful situations.
• Demonstrates the ability to facilitate communication between nursing and other departments of the facility to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.
• Demonstrates knowledge of policy and procedures related to education, human resources, safety, fire/emergency preparedness, infection control, MSDS.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform crisis intervention and triage.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the delivery of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Knowledge of principles and methods of management and effective supervision, of organization standards for facility and departmental regulations, policies, and procedures and professional psychiatric nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures.
• Skill in analyzing complex situations, making responsible decisions, and in communicating agency procedures and requirements in a clear, concise manner.
• Able to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Skilled change agent with a high degree of commitment that creates an environment where change can occur.
• Knowledge of a wide range of psychosocial, cognitive, and/or developmental disorders.
• Basic PC skills as required for electronic documentation and data review.

Education Required

• Has completed the basic professional curricula of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds.
• OR Is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Required Certifications & Licensure

• Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.