Charge Nurse (RN) - Med Surg

About the role

Are you a results-driven leader ready to make a meaningful impact to patients, caregivers, and your community? At The Hospitals of Providence - Trans Mountain Campus hospital, we're seeking an innovative and experienced healthcare leader to drive excellence and inspire our team towards exceptional patient outcomes and operational success.

Responsibilities

The charge nurse is responsible for providing guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment, ensuring patient throughput, and directing nursing staff. The charge nurse works, in cooperation with medical providers to insure the quality of patient care. This role also provides direct clinical patient care.

• Oversees patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Mentors and trains new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members
• Monitors medical charts and administers compassionate care and assistance to patients and families
• Liaises with doctors and administrators and communicates any protocol changes to staff
• Ensures compliance with all health and safety regulations, and records and maintains accurate reports
• Provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients assigned
• Assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process
• Directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control
• Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy
• Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster

Qualifications

Education Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred: Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing. Experience Required: 1 year of RN experience. Certifications Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance