Charge Nurse: Neuro ICU
About The Position
The Charge Nurse is responsible for clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department and job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift in a Critical Care unit. Plans, coordinates and provides for optimum patient care on the unit. This includes managing schedules and patient assignments, delivering annual evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses. Maintains the Standards of Nursing Care and provides care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. Assures utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence based outcomes. The Charge Nurse makes recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings and serves as a leader in the department.
Requirements
- BSN required for Charge Nurses at Magnet designated facilities.
- Fulfills mandatory stroke education requirements per certification agency.
- Critical Care experience.
- Previous ventriculostomy and/or lumbar drain experience.
- Previous chronic renal replacement therapy experience.
- RN-Register Nurse – current license in the state of California in good standing.
- ACLS – current AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- BLS – current AHA Basic Life Support
- NIH Stroke Scale – required upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- MSN preferred.
- Critical Care and Open Heart, intra-aortic balloon pump and chronic renal replacement experience preferred (for CCU).
- Critical Care experience and chronic renal replacement therapy experience preferred (for Irvine ICU).
- CCRN &/or CNRN preferred (for Neuro ICU).
- Previous Sub-Intensive, Intermediate, Progressive or Critical Care experience, previous experience with tracheostomy and ventilated patients preferred (for Sub ICU).
- PCCN and/or CCRN preferred (for Sub ICU).
Responsibilities
- Clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department.
- Job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift in a Critical Care unit.
- Plans, coordinates and provides for optimum patient care on the unit.
- Manages schedules and patient assignments.
- Delivers annual evaluations and counseling conversations.
- Provides direct patient care when relieving nurses.
- Maintains the Standards of Nursing Care and provides care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
- Assures utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence based outcomes.
- Makes recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings.
- Serves as a leader in the department.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
