Charge Nurse RN

Acadia Healthcare•Germantown, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for directing care to patients, facilitating work flow, serving as a clinical resource for staff, and providing team leadership on a shift-to-shift basis. This role involves providing health/nursing services with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude. The Charge Nurse RN collaborates with others to ensure all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental, and cultural needs are met, and addresses customer complaints when needs are not met. Patient safety is a top priority.

Requirements

Current registered nursing license in State of facility required
6 months of experience as a registered nurse required
CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility)
First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
One year experience as a registered nurse preferred
One or more years experience in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery environment (inpatient or outpatient) preferred.
Some experience as a change RN preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversee a unit or work group for a specified shift.
Provide direct care for patients.
Monitor and coordinate other nurses and staff members on daily medical or behavioral health care activities of the unit.
Schedule staff to ensure full coverage at all times and effective application of services.
Lead, guide, and train employees.
Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation, consultation, and other related care to patients as required.
Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff.
Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards.
Participate in program development, and development or implementation of operating policy and procedure.
Promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers, and others effectively.
Complete and maintain required documentation.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.