Clinic Charge Nurse (Full-Time) Newcastle Clinic

About the role

Now hiring a FT Charge Nurse at the Newcastle Clinic Lead a team that makes a difference every day. This role is ideal for a strong leader who enjoys developing processes and helping a healthcare team deliver exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Consistently serves as a resource for nursing staff, ancillary personnel, and/or community.
• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health and/or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or the issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient’s situation.
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements the identified plan and ensure patient progresses according to the plan.
• Maintains accurate, complete health care records and reports.
• Administers medications to patients and monitors them for side effects and reactions.
• Orders medical diagnostic and clinical tests as required
• Administers non-intravenous medications as required.
• Answers patient calls and determines the best course of action to support them.
• Obtaining a wide range of information regarding patient condition, treatment plans, and suggested activities as needed.
• Records vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration rate as requested.
• Examine patients to detect issues requiring medical care, including open wounds, bruises, or blood in urine.
• Collects samples for lab testing as assigned.
• Provides clerical support when needed to assist clerical staff with assigned administrative duties such as answering phones, sorting, and distributing mail, and preparing documents.
• Monitor productivity, access metrics, wait times, and workflow efficiency reporting metrics to senior management.
• Hire, train, supervise, and evaluate clinic staff.
• Promote a patient‑centered experience and resolve service issues.
• Conduct staff meetings, manage schedules, and ensure adequate coverage
• Maintains inventory of office supplies; orders new supplies as needed.
• Ensure compliance with safety, infection control, HIPAA, OSHA, and other regulatory standards.
• Maintains office files; implements an efficient system for other staff to access files and records
• Assists staff nurses in their evaluation and assessment of patient needs and in direct patient care.
• Orders medications as prescribed.
• Coordinates with medical staff and other departments to ensure efficiency.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and other assigned meetings.
• Adheres to accreditation and compliance standard guidelines.
• Utilizes good communication skills to maintain positive relationships with clients, providers, co-workers and other sections in the organization and with other facilities in the community.
• Maintains a professional, organized and clean working environment by following organizational policies, guidelines, and safety standards.
• Follows all infection control practices including hand washing techniques, Standard Precautions and Isolation Precautions.
• Maintains set quality standards when performing job duties.
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, training, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops; shows responsibility for own professional practice and ongoing education and learning.
• Performs or facilitates maintenance of office equipment including cleaning, maintenance, and repairs
• Handle patient complaints and concerns.
• Participate in staff conferences.
• Make nursing assignments for the next day.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

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