Charge Nurse - IV Therapy - FT - Day
Stormont-Vail HealthCare•Topeka, KS
•Onsite
About The Position
Responsible for the day to day operations of IV Therapy. Engages and maintains partnerships throughout the system and community to facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach for planning and implementing clinical protocols and practice in the care of patients with vascular access or a need for infusion therapy. Leads practice innovations that produce quality outcomes and a culture of safety. Builds a strong team through recruitment, retention, education, and competencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- 2 years current experience in related clinical field in an acute care facility.
- Registered Nurse - KSBN (A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted).
- Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, 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.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
