Charge Nurse - MedSurg

Piedmont Healthcare • Fayetteville, GA

11d

About The Position

The Charge Nurse coordinates the delivery of quality nursing care for patients from birth through the lifecycle and addresses operational issues during the shift. The nurse provides clinical care as needed based on census, communicates patient-care matters, departmental issues, and staff concerns to appropriate leaders, and serves as a resource to guide and assist staff.

Requirements

• Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
• At least 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting.
• RN licensure: Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL multistate licensure.
• Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification.
• Additional certifications are required for applicable specialties and units, including ACLS, PALS, chemotherapy/biotherapy certification, NRP, AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring, PEARS, TNCC, and ENPC, with specified completion deadlines depending on the specialty and hospital.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 2 or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the delivery of quality nursing care for patients from birth through the lifecycle.
• Address operational issues during the shift.
• Provide clinical care as needed when census demands.
• Communicate patient-care matters, departmental issues, and staff concerns to appropriate leaders.
• Serve as a resource for guidance and assistance to staff.
• Collect pertinent data and information related to the healthcare consumer’s health or situation.
• Analyze assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Identify expected outcomes and develop individualized plans of care with strategies to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Implement plans of care and coordinate care delivery.
• Promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluate progress toward goals and outcomes.
• Practice ethically and in accordance with current diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
• Lead within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Maintain knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice, and integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contribute to quality nursing practice and evaluate one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
• Use appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain safe, effective, fiscally responsible, evidence-based nursing services.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree