$ CHARGE NURSE - Emergency Dept - Full Time - Nights

Sierra View Medical•Porterville, CA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Charge Nurse - Emergency position at Sierra View Medical Center is a full-time, night shift role responsible for independently providing holistic, individualized care using the nursing process. This role requires an advanced level of clinical competency, nursing judgment, and teaching skills, with a commitment to improving patient care quality. The Charge Nurse is responsible for coordinating quality patient care through the nursing process on a shift basis, serving as a resource person, role model, and mentor. They ensure therapies and treatments are administered as ordered, provide immediate oversight of assigned staff, assist in staff development, and communicate with Clinical Managers, Department Directors, and Administration. The position requires flexibility to work scheduled hours, including holidays, call-backs, weeknights, weekends, and on-call duties, and participation in emergencies and community disasters as a designated disaster service worker. Employees are expected to report perceived misconduct and work cooperatively under pressure to meet deadlines.

Requirements

Minimum two (2) years of unit specific clinical experience and/or approval of the Unit Director.
Must have and maintain Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification or obtain within one (1) year of assignment to department.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence if required.
Ability to calculate figures and medication dosages and solutions calculations.
Ability to use common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Knowledgeable in basic computer skills.
Must have and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of California.
Must have and maintain current American Heart Association BLS, ACLS, and PALS cards or obtain prior to hands on patient care.
Must have or be eligible to enroll in MICN and obtain prior to being assigned as a Charge Nurse independently.
A national certification will be identified and the time frame to complete the certification will be approved by the respective Leadership within 90 days of accepting the position (applies only if Charge RN is the employee’s primary position).
Must have and maintain Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification or obtain within one (1) year of assignment to department.

Nice To Haves

Positive demonstration of leadership skills, effective communication techniques, successful interpersonal relations, and increased acceptance of responsibility.
A national certification will be identified and the time frame to complete the certification will be approved by the respective Leadership within 90 days of accepting the position.

Responsibilities

Makes patient care assignments utilizing Benner's Novice to Expert.
Coordinates with the Director or Clinical Manager/House Supervisor in times of high census as patients are triaged to a lower level of care to include discharge.
Coordinates patient admissions, transfers, and discharges with assistance as appropriate.
Coordinates staffing needs with the Clinical Manager and/or Staffing Coordinator/Nursing Supervisor.
Ensures accurate reporting of census and patient acuity for staffing purposes.
Coordinates breaks and lunches to provide a reasonable ratio of experienced and orienting personnel to provide ongoing patient care.
Ensures appropriate staff response to all "Code" situations.
Supports achievement of improvement and follows through on actions resulting from QA/QC findings.
Encourages participation from coworkers.
Facilitates and coordinates intra and inter departmental relationships or teamwork.
Maximizes and identifies resources for quality improvement opportunities on the unit.
Assists in the writing/revising of policies and procedures to keep unit current with regulatory requirements.
Flexes staff up/down based on scheduled caseload, maintains appropriate resource use by monitoring staff and patient changes.
Assists with addressing and diffusing patient complaints and patient conflict situations.
Maintains open, two-way verbal and written communication with staff, physicians, Director/Clinical Manager and all other hospital departments.
Attends daily bed meetings (0900 & 1600) to assist with patient admissions as appropriate for individual unit.
Mentors staff in problem analysis/resolution, encourages freedom of expression.
Is a mentor for staff and participates in leadership and management self-development.
Identifies and communicates clinical issues that require management intervention.
Demonstrates excellent skills in working with others and elicits their cooperation.
Demonstrates and maintains current knowledge and clinical skills in area of specialty and all required competencies.
Able to function in a trainer role for all staff.
Participates in committee and/or task forces to improve nursing practices and/or service.
Role models and encourages participative unit decision making.
Assumes responsibility for the coordination of activities in the unit on their assigned shifts.
Demonstrates competency to and successfully fulfills all duties and responsibilities of the Triage Nurse job description.
Facilitates patient flow based upon EMS information and triage criteria.
Ensures timely response to all radio calls, facilitates transfers while adhering to EMTALA regulations.
Responds or sends appropriate delegate to all "code blue" calls on the first flow and all "code white" calls throughout the facility.
Consistently involved in Professional Development Classes for further knowledge in Emergency Nursing such as: TNCCC, ENPC, NRP, National Conference related to Emergency Nursing, and CEN.