Charge Nurse : CCU - Full Time - 12HRSTR - Hoag Newport Beach
About The Position
The Charge Nurse provides clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the Critical Care unit and supervises employee job performance on an assigned shift. The role plans, coordinates, and supports optimal patient care, including managing schedules and patient assignments, conducting annual evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses. The Charge Nurse maintains nursing care standards, follows the Nurse Practice Act, and ensures use of the nursing process based on research and evidence-based outcomes. The position makes recommendations regarding hiring, department budgets, and training, and serves as a departmental leader. The position is in the CCU at Hoag Newport Beach. Hoag is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California. The organization describes its commitment to equal employment opportunity and a workplace free from discrimination and harassment.
Requirements
- For Charge Nurses at Magnet-designated facilities, a BSN is required.
- Fulfill mandatory stroke education requirements per the 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.
- Critical Care and Open Heart experience preferred for the CCU.
- Intra-aortic balloon pump experience preferred for the CCU.
- Chronic renal replacement experience preferred for the CCU.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical supervision of patient care for patients in the department.
- Supervise the job performance of employees on an assigned shift in a Critical Care unit.
- Plan, coordinate, and provide for optimum patient care on the unit.
- Manage schedules and patient assignments.
- Deliver annual evaluations and conduct 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 utilization 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
