Charge Nurse-M/S Broderick Pavillion

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

About The Position

The Charge Nurse for the Medical/Surgical Broderick Pavilion assists with oversight of efficient unit operations under the direction of the Nurse Manager and Assistant Nurse Manager. The role helps protect and promote health, prevent illness and injury, and alleviate suffering through nursing diagnosis and treatment. It demonstrates leadership accountability by overseeing the interdisciplinary healthcare team and supporting holistic care and advocacy for patients and families. The Charge Nurse serves as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for unit staff, and represents unit leadership when designated leaders are absent. The position coordinates staffing and patient flow, supports collaboration among staff and care partners, responds to high-risk and emergent situations, and provides patient care as needed. It also supports regulatory compliance, fiscal responsibility, and care appropriate to patients’ cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, and age-specific needs.

Requirements

Current California RN license.
BLS certification.
Kaweah Health-approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire or transfer.

Nice To Haves

Nationally recognized certification per specialty Core Curriculum Pathway.
BSN or MSN, or current enrollment in an RN-BSN program.
At least two years of RN experience in the specialty area.

Responsibilities

Serve as a primary clinical resource, role model, and mentor for staff on the assigned unit.
Represent unit leadership in the absence of the Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, or Director.
Support staff through problem solving, decision making, clinical guidance, advocacy, and professional leadership.
Encourage shared decision making and support nurse preceptors, new employees during orientation, and float staff joining the unit.
Provide input on employee evaluations and alert the Nurse Manager to employee counseling needs.
Prepare and adjust staff assignments based on staff abilities and patient needs and acuity.
Prioritize patient care, assign admissions, coordinate transfers, and arrange shift report using bedside handoff.
Monitor breaks to maintain adequate staffing and communicate next-shift staffing needs to the Staff Facilitator or Nursing Supervisor.
Assign staff to complete equipment and safety checks, including PCX controls, the crash cart, refrigerator temperatures, red books, and narcotic counts.
Set and communicate shift expectations, make decisions aligned with team goals, and flex staffing appropriately according to census.
Promote collaboration across units and among staff, physicians, other providers, and departments involved in patient care.
Model professional communication, including SBAR and rounding, and coach team members on the work environment, patient care, and physician relations.
Coordinate care during high-risk or emergent situations and keep the Nurse Manager, Director, or Nursing Supervisor informed of critical patients and unit issues.
Ensure patient care issues are documented and reported and that the appropriate nurse completes a Statement of Concern.
Promote a positive, professional environment and support Kaweah Health leadership through professional behavior.
Follow the Medical Staff and Kaweah Health chain of command.
Provide patient care as needed or requested and meet the requirements and duties of a Registered Nurse.
Make fiscally responsible decisions regarding staffing and patient supplies.
Maintain awareness of regulatory compliance and perform and report audits as assigned.
Provide care and services appropriate to the population served, accounting for patient and family cultural, linguistic, spiritual, gender, developmental, and age-specific needs.
Perform other duties as assigned.