Charge Nurse (RN) - Progressive Care Unit, FT Nights - Windy Hill Hospital
How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work shift: Night
Hours: Full-time, 36 hours per week (3/12s)
About the role
The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to assure successful safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a caregiver and often takes a modified patient care assignment. They practice in a clinical environment supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model and steered by the WellStar Professional Nursing Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research.
The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team ensuring patients, families, and significant others receive individualized high-quality, safe patient care. The role contributes to the establishment and maintenance of practices that ensure excellence in patient care, efficient use of resources, and leadership tasks such as staff schedules, unit patient flow, and committee involvement.
Responsibilities
- Direct and oversee daily unit activities to ensure safe delivery of care.
- Serve as a resource and role model for team members, fostering growth and development.
- Monitor equipment inventory, location, and utilization to ensure staff have necessary tools.
- Participate in planning and requesting resources, including staffing during shortages or census surges.
- Make patient assignments, considering new grads, float staff, and patient type.
- Conduct daily discharge/length of stay reviews and round with physicians/surgeons.
- Assign surgery beds in conjunction with the surgery schedule and consult on bed flow with supervisors.
- Manage Emergency Services assignments, waiting rooms, and multiple area openings.
- Round on patients daily to evaluate quality and appropriateness of care, taking corrective action as needed.
- Oversee the Nursing Process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation) using evidence-based practice.
- Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care through effective communication and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Practice using current clinical standards with a focus on safety and quality.
- Communicate unit needs or concerns to nurse managers and coordinate safe, quality patient care.
- Promote interdisciplinary communication, regular planning/rounds, and a respectful clinical environment.
- Support performance improvement, research, and shared governance initiatives.
- Ensure patient/family/staff confidentiality and corporate compliance, including mandatory education.
- Serve as a preceptor or mentor for professional nurses, staff, or students.
- Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement.
- Participate in value analysis for patient care products and uphold organizational policies and clinical competencies.
- Perform other duties as assigned and comply with all WellStar Health System policies and standards.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing (Bachelor’s degree preferred).
- Current RN license (Single State or Multi-state Compact).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification (or equivalent) within 180 days of hire.
Skills
- Advanced clinical expertise in nursing practice.
- Strong leadership, communication, and teamwork abilities.
- Proficiency in evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
- Ability to build rapport between nurses, physicians, and interdisciplinary teams.
- Commitment to patient safety, quality care, and continuous improvement.