Charge Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU - Part-Time

Wellstar Health System • Griffin, GA

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About The Position

The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to assure successful safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a caregiver and often takes modified patient care assignment. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. Expectations of practice include: accountability; responsibility and authority for the practice of nursing; effective teamwork; delegation; communication; respect; personal development; and development of team members. It is expected that all RN Clinical Charge Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals. He/She possesses (advanced) clinical expertise and utilizes this expertise to support and promote the delivery of safe, age appropriate and culturally aware patient care and serves as a partner in care.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing as an Associate Degree/Diploma Nurse.
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor.
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact.
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
• Minimum 1 year Nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Experience as relief charge with clinical expertise preferred.
• Minimum 2 years Nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitors equipment inventory, location and utilization to ensure staff have tools and equipment needed to perform their job.
• Participates in planning and requesting resources for providing high quality care and assists in acquiring appropriate staffing during unexpected staffing shortages or surges in census.
• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes.
• Makes patient assignments considering new grads, float and type of patient.
• Rounds on every patient daily to evaluate quality and appropriateness of patient care including corrective action when needed utilizing peer coaching and accountability.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care which includes promotion of interdisciplinary communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds.
• Ensures patient/family/staff confidentiality and corporate compliance for self and accountability for team members.
• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.

Benefits

• Support to do more meaningful work.
• Enjoy a more rewarding life.
• Integration with the most integrated health system in Georgia.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree