Charge Nurse - Surgical Critical - FT - Night

Stormont-Vail HealthCare • Topeka, KS

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for the daily to day operations of the Critical Care department. Promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management. Prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach to coordination of throughput and capacity management.

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.
• Workspace is a quiet and distraction-free allowing the ability to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to the job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
• Abide by Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy and will review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisor experience.
• Remote Work Capability On-Site; No Remote

Responsibilities

• Provides strong leadership, able to motivate staff and respond to individual needs on assigned department and shift.
• Organizes workload effectively and delegates responsibilities appropriately.
• Acts as leader for Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate.
• Recruits, interviews, coaches and develops direct reports; applies corrective actions as appropriate.
• Performs staffing duties within scheduling guidelines.
• Provides direct patient care as defined within the scope of the state’s nurse practice act.
• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiological and cognitive status.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
• Formulates a prioritized and goal directed plan of care, which is based on patient’s presenting problems and projected outcomes.
• Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies.
• Prepares equipment and aids provider during treatment, examination and testing of patients.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the health care process (self, systems, environment, and instrumentation) in meeting outcomes.
• Observes, records, and reports patient’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to provider.
• Provides medication as directed.
• Documents in patient and department records in a timely, accurate and concise manner according to department standards.
• Maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information.
• Compiles tests and examination results.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress towards achieving outcomes.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established standards of care.
• Practices effective problem identification and resolution as a method of sound decision making.
• Greets patients and prepares them for provider examination.
• Collects patient history information.
• Instruct patients in collection of samples and tests.
• Triages and refers incoming telephone calls.
• Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Participates in system wide/department patient care quality improvement activities as well as standards development.
• Participates actively in clinical education activities, including orientation of new employees and teaching student nurses.
• Participates in nursing research activities.
• Participates in development and attainment of system wide/department hospital goals.
• Delegates tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of health care team members, patient care and department activities in accordance with the Kansas State Nurse Practice Act.
• Adheres to staffing and scheduling practices.
• Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level and decision making as necessary and assertively seeks guidance in areas of question.
• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level