Charge Nurse (Flint Hills) - Emergency Room - FT - Night

Stormont Vail Health•Junction City, KS

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for daily shift operations of the Emergency Department at Flint Hills. Promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management. Prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to support a multidisciplinary approach to throughput and capacity management. Professional nursing care is guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring and the theory of Shared Governance, aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, and values. This role combines shift leadership with direct nursing care. The Charge Nurse organizes workloads, delegates responsibilities, supports staff development and staffing, and acts as a leader for the Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate. The position provides assessment, planning, treatment, documentation, and evaluation of patient care; supports emergency care and patient flow; and participates in quality improvement, education, research, and departmental goal attainment.

Requirements

Required: Registered Nurse license through KSBN; a multistate license permitting practice in Kansas is also accepted.
Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to patient and significant-other rights.
Awareness and application of institutional safety requirements.
Awareness of legal issues in patient care and department operations, with the ability to manage situations to minimize risk.
Competency in selected psychomotor skills.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally, nonverbally, and in writing.
Ability to perform calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration and apply mathematical concepts, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.
Two years of current experience in a related clinical field in an acute-care facility is preferred.
Supervisor experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Two years of current experience in a related clinical field in an acute-care facility.
Supervisor experience.

Responsibilities

Lead daily Emergency Department shift operations and promote teamwork through motivation, coaching, and conflict management.
Prioritize communication across the system and community to coordinate throughput and capacity management.
Organize workload and delegate responsibilities appropriately; provide leadership for the Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate.
Recruit, interview, coach, and develop direct reports; apply corrective actions when appropriate and perform staffing duties within scheduling guidelines.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of the state nurse practice act, including ongoing assessment, medication administration, and treatments.
Formulate prioritized, goal-directed plans of care based on presenting problems and projected outcomes.
Establish patient-care priorities based on patient needs and available unit resources; prepare equipment and assist providers with treatment, examination, and testing.
Evaluate care processes and patient progress toward outcomes; observe, record, and report patient conditions and responses to providers.
Document in patient and department records accurately and on time; maintain and review records and compile test and examination results.
Respond efficiently to emergency patient situations, identify problems, and resolve them using sound decision-making.
Greet patients, prepare them for provider examination, collect histories, instruct patients in sample and test collection, triage and refer incoming telephone calls, and instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment.
Participate in patient-care quality improvement and standards development, clinical education, employee orientation, student-nurse teaching, nursing research, and system-wide or departmental goals.
Delegate tasks and duties to coordinate healthcare team members and department activities in accordance with the Kansas State Nurse Practice Act.
Adhere to staffing and scheduling practices and seek guidance or validation of knowledge, skills, and decisions as needed.
Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and other requirements; perform other duties as assigned.