Registered Nurse - Charge

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights: Critical Care, Day shift

Job Summary

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

Responsibilities

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

Education and Experience

• Graduate of 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 distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• 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.

Licensure and Certifications

Illinois: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA); Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR); Advanced Life Support (ALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – AAP.

Missouri: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – AHA; Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration or RN issued by Compact State; Advanced Life Support (ALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – AAP; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – AAP.

Oklahoma: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – AHA; Registered Nurse (RN) – Compact State or Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN); Advanced Life Support (ALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – AAP; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – AAP.

Wisconsin: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) – AHA; Registered Nurse (RN) – Compact State or Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services; Advanced Life Support (ALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – AAP; Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – AHA; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – AAP.

Schedule

Day Shift (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Department

Coronary Care Unit (Dept ID: 1301000087), Unit 6032.