Charge Nurse: Mother/Baby - 7 East
About The Position
The Charge Nurse is responsible for clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department and job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift on a Maternal Child Health unit. Plans, coordinates and provides for optimum patient care on the unit. This includes managing schedules and patient assignments, delivering annual employee performance evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses. Maintains the Standards of Nursing Care and provides care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. Assures utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence-based outcomes. The Charge Nurse makes recommendations on hiring, department budgets, trainings, and serves as a leader in the department.
Requirements
- BSN required for Charge Nurses at Magnet designated facilities
- Experience in the specialty is required for Mother/Baby
- Registered Nurse in the State of California - Current and in good standing
- Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation
- NRP certification required for NICU/SCN
- Two years NICU experience required for NICU
Nice To Haves
- MSN preferred
- National Certification in specialty area preferred for LDR, LDRP, NICU
- Minimum of one year experience and satisfactory completion of OB competencies for LDR and LDRP
- AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring upon hire and must be renewed every 3 calendar years for Perinatology
- Ultrasound certification required within two years from hire for Perinatology
- IBCLC and/or MNM RNC preferred for MBU
- NICU didactic course and STABLE preferred for NICU/SCN
- NRP or IBCLC or MNM RNC preferred for MBU-Mother/Baby
- NICU didactic course and STABLE preferred for NICU
- Ultrasound certification preferred for Perinatology
Responsibilities
- Clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department
- Job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift on a Maternal Child Health unit
- Planning, coordinating and providing for optimum patient care on the unit
- Managing schedules and patient assignments
- Delivering annual employee performance evaluations and counseling conversations
- Providing direct patient care when relieving nurses
- Maintaining the Standards of Nursing Care and providing care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act
- Assuring utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence-based outcomes
- Making recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings
- Serving as a leader in the department
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
