Clinical Charge Nurse BSN - Mother Baby

About the role

The Clinical Charge Nurse leads the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care according to the standards of professional nursing practice. The Clinical Charge Nurse ensures nursing care is provided to the individual patient based upon diverse patient demographics and needs.

Responsibilities

• Conducts leader rounding, performance coaching and patient outcomes; actively seeks feedback and performance coaching to improve the experience for patients and families.
• Resolves or facilitates resolution of patient and family concerns or complaints, serving as a secondary resource to address points of escalation.
• Recognizes and resolves safety issues and potential unsafe situations within approved policies, procedures, and protocol.
• Leads shift and post-event huddles; facilitates and leads effective interdisciplinary care transition rounds and planning of care for appropriate utilization, care transitions, and safe disposition.
• Adheres to compliance and monitoring for department service standards such as purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift report and white board management to enhance communication.
• Manages unit productivity in a favorable way through good planning, organization and time management (e.g. incremental overtime).
• Identifies and participates in activities to appropriately improve patient safety, patient throughput, reduce length of stay and prevent readmission.
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