Charge Nurse - Day Surgery

The Hospitals Of Providence•El Paso, TX

63d

About The Position

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus. SUMMARY This role is responsible for providing guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment, ensuring patient throughput, and directing nursing staff. The charge nurse is responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the unit, delegates assignments and provides supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient's acuity. The charge nurse works, in cooperation with medical providers to insure the quality of patient care. This role also provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated. The Charge Nurse reports to the appropriate clinical leader with oversight by the CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. 2503030545

Responsibilities

providing guidance and support to staff
maintaining a safe environment
ensuring patient throughput
directing nursing staff
responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the unit
delegates assignments and provides supervision for the support staff
works, in cooperation with medical providers to insure the quality of patient care
provides direct clinical patient care
assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level
responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated
ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care