Charge Nurse : CCU - Full Time - 12HRSTR - Hoag Newport Beach

Hoag•Newport Beach, CA

About The Position

The Charge Nurse provides clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the Critical Care unit and supervises the job performance of employees on an assigned shift. The role plans, coordinates, and provides for optimum patient care on the unit, including managing schedules and patient assignments, delivering annual evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses. The Charge Nurse maintains the Standards of Nursing Care, provides care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, and ensures that the nursing process is used based on research and evidence-based outcomes. The role also makes recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings, and serves as a leader in the department.

Requirements

A BSN is required for Charge Nurses at Magnet-designated facilities.
Fulfill mandatory stroke education requirements per certification agency.
Current Registered Nurse license in good standing in the state of California.
Current AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Current AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

MSN preferred.
For CCU: Critical Care and Open Heart experience preferred.
For CCU: Intra-aortic balloon pump experience preferred.
For CCU: Chronic renal replacement experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise clinical patient care in the Critical Care unit.
Supervise employee job performance on an assigned shift.
Plan, coordinate, and provide for optimum patient care on the unit.
Manage schedules and patient assignments.
Deliver annual evaluations and counseling conversations.
Provide direct patient care when relieving nurses.
Maintain the Standards of Nursing Care and provide care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
Ensure use of the nursing process based on research and evidence-based outcomes.
Make recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings.
Serve as a leader in the department.