Charge Nurse - Observation Unit

TriHealth-posted 3 months ago
Full-time
Montgomery, OH
5,001-10,000 employees
Hospitals
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This position is delegated the responsibility and accountability to coordinate the patient care delivered on a shift, through assigned nursing personnel, on a specific unit(s). The Charge Nurse functions in a non-management capacity and often has a patient assignment.

  • Assists in coordinating the delivery of patient care in collaboration with others.
  • Communicates with the unit staff, and acts as a resource concerning standards of care, policies, and procedures.
  • Identifies actual/potential problems.
  • Cooperates with instructors and students from various programs and creates assignments and work schedules to match patient needs and staff abilities.
  • Actively supports the work of unit and organizational committees.
  • Participates on teams to evaluate clinical practice or health services and implements ongoing quality changes in nursing practice.
  • Promotes the review of current literature/research and facilitates implementation of best practices.
  • Acts as a clinical resource for unit personnel.
  • Performs nursing technical skills in compliance with unit/TriHealth policies.
  • Performs specialty/unit-specific skills and competencies.
  • Interprets and executes physician orders accurately.
  • Directs unit activities in which safe, clinically competent care is given to patients.
  • Delegates care to other team members within the scope of nursing practice.
  • Shares clinical information with appropriate health care team members including physicians.
  • Maintains and improves current knowledge in area of practice through activities such as continuing education, formal education, professional organization membership, and/or certification.
  • Acts as a role model for efficient, effective, comprehensive patient care.
  • Assists in overall department operations.
  • Provides for the orientation of float, temporarily reassigned, or agency nurses to the routine of the unit and the designated shift.
  • Demonstrates critical thinking in the decision-making process.
  • Accepts accountability for actions taken.
  • Utilizes the chain of command appropriately.
  • Facilitates patient movement through the system toward desired outcomes.
  • Remains prepared to deal with rapidly changing workload, i.e., able to transfer and admit patients quickly.
  • Maintains open communications in a timely and appropriate manner to all customers.
  • Builds collegial relationships with physicians and other members of the health care team.
  • Encourages formal and informal continuing education.
  • Promotes clinical ladder as a form of peer review and clinical advancement.
  • Develops, guides, and coaches nursing staff daily to function within their job description.
  • Identifies and plans to meet learning needs of self and staff together with nurse manager and/or nurse educators.
  • Mentors staff in problem resolution.
  • Provides feedback to evaluate the performance of personnel.
  • Functions as a clinical resource and professional role model for staff.
  • Provides input for progressive discipline on a fair and consistent basis.
  • Certification within specialty area within two years of assuming position.
  • Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS) ACLS/PALS may be required but is dependent on unit or department.
  • ECG interpretation competency and ACLS certification within 12 months of assuming role.
  • Maintains ECG competency and ACLS certification while in role.
  • Registered Nurse.
  • Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle.
  • 2-3 years Clinical in Nursing experience.
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