Charge Nurse - 6 South Post Surgical/Bariatrics - FT - Day

Stormont Vail Health • Topeka, KS

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the daily to day operations of the Medical/Surgical department. Promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management. Prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach to coordination of throughput and capacity management.

Requirements

• Bachelors of Science: Nursing (BSN)
• 2 years Current experience in related clinical field in acute care facility.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant owner, as identified within the institution.
• Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner, which minimizes risk to the patient and the institution.
• Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal and written methods.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Registered Nurse - KSBN A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisor experience.

Responsibilities

• Promotes effective relationships among all disciplines to achieve quality outcomes and a culture of safety.
• Engages in creating an Interprofessional environment that promotes respect, trust, and integrity.
• Communicates to lead change, influence others, and resolve conflict.
• Embraces and leads practice innovations and role performance to promote ongoing personal and professional growth among team members.
• Mentors team and others to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Demonstrates authority, ownership, accountability, and responsibility for appropriate delegation of nursing care to support patient throughput and capacity management.
• Must remain clinically competent to perform direct patient care.
• Must be able to link organization objectives and strategic planning to department goals and operations.
• Supports the direction and vision of the organization and is able to communicate that effectively to the team.
• Uses critical thinking to identify and prioritize responsibilities and activities.
• Problem-solves and makes decisions using professional judgement.
• Participates in developing staff through education and competencies.
• Responsible for creating a welcoming environment and successful orientation for new team members.
• Responsible for staff performance evaluations and providing constructive feedback and ongoing coaching.
• Proficient in staffing and scheduling practices to optimize our ability to care for patients and remain fiscally responsible.
• Enforces compliance with standards of patient care and regulatory requirements.
• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager