Charge Nurse - ICU, Nights

Responsibilities

Coordinates the delivery of quality nursing care for patients from birth through the lifecycle, as well as operational issues during his/her shift.

Provides clinical care as needed when census demands.

Communicates patient care, departmental issues, and staff concerns to the appropriate leader(s).

Serves as resource for guidance and assistance to the staff.

Qualifications

• Education
• Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing
• Required: Bachelors Degree
• PREFERRED: Bachelors Degree
• Work Experience
• Required: 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting
• PREFERRED: 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting
• Licenses and Certifications
• RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure
• BCLS - Basic Life Support
• Advanced certification in field of specialty, if applicable (see addendum)
• ACLS Certification (Cardiac Tele, Critical Care, Surgical Services including Labor and Delivery)
• PALS Certification (Emergency Department)
• Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification prior to independent chemotherapy administration (Infusion/Oncology)
• NRP by the end of orientation period (Womens Services: Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, NICU, NAT, Nursery)
• AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date (Labor and Delivery)
• PEARS Certification (at Piedmont Athens Hospital)
• PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services)
• ACLS and PALS Certification (Emergency Department)
• Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification within 30 Days
• Addendum: All Nursing Disciplines
• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumers health or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measureable outcomes.
• Implements the identified plan of care.
• Captures care delivery.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Practices ethically.
• Practices in a manner that is congruent with current diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
• Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Sets knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluates ones own and others nursing practice.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.