Charge RN - Cardiac Care, Days

Responsibilities

• Captures 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 a resource for guidance and assistance to the staff.
• Coordinates delivery of quality nursing care to include facilitating patient flow in coordination with Bed Control, Patient Access, or Administrative Supervisor to include triage, admissions, discharges, and transfers.
• Maintains a high level of clinical competency in administering nursing care to include accurate determination of patients acuity.
• Implements appropriate medical response to include use of protocols/policies/pathways.
• Promotes customer satisfaction by responding to service issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Serves as a resource and a role model for the nursing and ancillary staff on the assigned unit.

Requirements

• Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
• Required Bachelors Degree.
• Required 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting.
• Preferred 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting.
• Required RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure.
• Required BCLS - Basic Life Support.
• Required Advanced certification in field of specialty, if applicable (see addendum).
• Required ACLS Certification (Cardiac Tele, Critical Care, Surgical Services including Labor and Delivery).
• Required PALS Certification (Emergency Department).
• Required Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification prior to independent chemotherapy administration (Infusion/Oncology).
• Required NRP by the end of orientation period (Womens Services: Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, NICU, NAT, Nursery).
• Required PEARS Certification ( at Piedmont Athens Hospital).
• Required ACLS and PALS Certification (Emergency Department).
• Required ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services).
• Required Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification within 30 Days Addendum.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting.
• Preferred Experience: 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting.

Skills

• Leadership Skills.
• Effective Communication Skills.
• Initiative.
• Independent Judgment.

Benefits

• Total Rewards That Work For You.
• Competitive and equitable compensation for all roles.
• Total Wellness programs for you and your family.
• Wellness Coaching App 24/7 Live Coaching.
• Physician and Nursing Peer Coaching.
• Financial Wellness Planning and Education.
• Broad Employee Assistance Program services.

Pay

• Competitive and equitable compensation for all roles.

Schedule

• Schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work.