Registered Nurse - Surgery Charge Nurse

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

About the role

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.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.
• One year of registered nurse experience.
• State of Work Location: Missouri.
• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA).
• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State.

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 lbs.
• 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 lbs.
• 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.

Schedule

• Full-time, 0630-1700 (4 x 10 hour shifts).
• Call: 1 night a week & 1 weekend a month.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40.

Benefits

• Competitive, affordable health insurance including various options and wellness plans.
• Getting paid every day through DailyPay (fees may apply).
• Access up to $5,250 in tuition coverage per year through FlexPath Funded.
• Paid maternity & paternity coverage (1 week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children, pro-rated based on FTE).
• Adoption assistance.
• Retirement benefits including employer matching plans.
• Long & short-term disability.
• Employee assistance programs (EAP).