Charge Nurse (RN) Cath Lab Full Time Days

UHS•Lakewood Ranch, FL

20d

About The Position

The Charge Nurse assumes shift responsibility and accountability for planning and providing direct and indirect nursing care to patients, families, care partners, and appropriate others. The role coordinates multidisciplinary team members and directs and facilitates nursing staff to achieve safe, optimal health care outcomes. The Charge Nurse supports facility vision, mission, and goals, and provides professional leadership and support to the healthcare team. Patient-centered care provides the foundation for nursing care, and the nurse demonstrates Service Excellence standards at all times. Other duties may be assigned. The Charge Nurse provides leadership in implementing and improving the patient-centered care delivery model, including bedside reports and purposeful hourly rounding. The role may take a lower-acuity patient assignment when needed while continuing to serve as a resource and leader for patient-care issues. Responsibilities include assessing patient status and care quality, incorporating patient and family needs and values into care, constructing and implementing individualized plans of care, coordinating interdisciplinary care, and supporting patient and family understanding of the hospital’s patient-centered care practices.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited or NLN-approved registered nursing program.
Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification at time of hire.
Current active Florida or Compact nursing license.
At least one year of full-time or three years of part-time experience in acute care specialty nursing.

Nice To Haves

One to three years of supervisory experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide effective leadership in implementing and improving components of the patient-centered care delivery model, such as bedside reports and hourly rounding.
Take a lower-acuity patient assignment as needed while serving as a resource and leader for patient-care problems.
Conduct purposeful patient rounds to evaluate patient status, patient perception, and quality of care.
Support purposeful hourly rounding to improve nurse communication and safety and anticipate patient needs, including pain management, repositioning, and toileting.
Proactively assess the care environment during rounds to ensure it is patient-friendly and safe.
Incorporate patients’ and families’ psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, population-specific, and diversity needs into care assessments.
Construct and implement plans of care using nursing knowledge and skills, integrating direct and indirect care related to diagnoses and comorbidities.
Coordinate interdisciplinary plans of care for assigned patients and develop individualized goals, treatment plans, and discharge plans.
Participate in bedside reports, as appropriate, to ease anxiety and address care priorities, concerns, and progress with patients and families.
Provide patients with the caregiver’s name and contact information each shift.
Provide care that respects and responds to patient values in clinical decision-making.
Support and inform patients and families about hospital patient-centered care practices, including the open medical record policy, family visitation, family presence during resuscitation and invasive procedures, and maintaining a quiet environment.
Perform other duties as assigned.