Charge Registered Nurse - Stepdown / Critical Care

Highlights

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you’ll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact.

Patient‑to‑nurse ratio: 1:1 or 3:1 depending on patient acuity.

Job Summary

Provides leadership and coordination of unit staffing while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assigns, directs, educates and monitors nursing and support staff during the assigned shift.
• Contributes to or performs performance evaluations of staff.
• Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring population‑appropriate care.
• Collaborates with advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies issues that affect desired outcomes.
• Responds to complaints about patient care and manages them through established channels.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing and evaluating staff.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safety.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.
• One year of registered nurse experience.

Physical Requirements

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lb.
• Frequent sitting, reaching, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for near (≤20 in) and far (≈20 ft) distances; color discrimination.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds, and hear alarms or malfunctioning equipment.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lb.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Illinois: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association; Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; Advanced Life Support (ALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – AAP; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – AHA; NRP Essentials – AAP.
• Missouri: BLS HCP – AHA; Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration or RN issued by a Compact State; ALS – AHA; NRP – AAP; PALS – AHA; NRP Essentials – AAP.
• Oklahoma: BLS HCP – AHA; RN issued by a Compact State or RN – Oklahoma Board of Nursing; ALS – AHA; NRP – AAP; PALS – AHA; NRP Essentials – AAP.
• Wisconsin: BLS HCP – AHA; RN issued by a Compact State or RN – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services; ALS – AHA; NRP – AAP; PALS – AHA; NRP Essentials – AAP.

Schedule

Friday – Monday, 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. (Night shift)

Pay

$15.00 differential in addition to base wage.