Charge Nurse (Flint Hills) - Emergency Room - Less than PT - Night

Stormont-Vail HealthCare • Junction City, KS

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Charge Nurse is responsible for daily shift operations of the Emergency Department at Flint Hills. The role promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management, and prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to support multidisciplinary coordination of throughput and capacity management. Nursing care is guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring and the theory of Shared Governance, in alignment with Stormont-Vail HealthCare’s mission, vision, and values.

The Charge Nurse provides leadership and direct patient care, organizes and delegates work, supports staffing and scheduling, and helps recruit, coach, and develop direct reports. Patient care responsibilities include assessing patients, administering medications and treatments, planning and evaluating care, documenting patient information, assisting providers, handling emergency situations, and instructing patients and families. The role also contributes to quality improvement, clinical education, nursing research, and department and system goals.

This is an on-site, patient-facing, part-time position working 12 hours per week on a 12-hour night shift. The role has no supervisory or budget responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Two years of current experience in a related clinical field in an acute care facility preferred.
• Registered Nurse license through KSBN required; a multistate license that permits practice in Kansas is also accepted.
• Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to the rights of patients and significant others.
• Demonstrated awareness and application of institutional safety requirements.
• Awareness of legal issues in patient care and departmental operations, with the ability to manage situations in a way that minimizes risk to patients and the institution.
• Competency in selected psychomotor skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally, nonverbally, and in writing.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts including probability, statistical inference, plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry, and to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Lead daily shift operations in the Emergency Department and motivate, coach, and respond to staff needs.
• Promote teamwork and manage conflicts; communicate across the system and community to support multidisciplinary throughput and capacity coordination.
• Organize workload, delegate responsibilities, perform staffing duties within scheduling guidelines, and adhere to staffing and scheduling practices.
• Act as leader for the Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate.
• Recruit, interview, coach, and develop direct reports, and apply corrective actions as appropriate.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of the state nurse practice act.
• Perform ongoing, systematic patient assessments and data collection, focusing on physiological and cognitive status.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
• Develop prioritized, goal-directed plans of care based on presenting problems and projected outcomes.
• Prioritize patient care according to patient needs and available unit resources, including time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Prepare equipment and assist providers during patient treatment, examinations, and testing.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of care processes and patient progress toward outcomes.
• Observe, record, and report patients’ conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments to providers.
• Document in patient and department records accurately, concisely, and in a timely manner; maintain and review records, charts, and other pertinent information.
• Compile test and examination results and perform effectively during emergency patient situations according to established standards of care.
• Identify and resolve problems to support sound decision-making; seek guidance and validation of knowledge and skills when needed.
• Greet patients, prepare them for provider examinations, collect patient histories, and instruct patients in collection of samples and tests.
• Triage and refer incoming telephone calls.
• Instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Participate in patient-care quality improvement activities, standards development, clinical education, employee orientation, and student nurse teaching.
• Participate in nursing research and in development and attainment of system-wide and department hospital goals.
• Delegate tasks and duties to coordinate healthcare team members, patient care, and department activities in accordance with the Kansas State Nurse Practice Act.
• Comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements; perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level