Charge RN, Acute Care Neuroscience

Northside Hospital • Cumming, GA

3d

About The Position

Overview Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today. Responsibilities As a Charge Nurse, coordinates daily activities and distribution of work in area during scheduled shift; as a Preceptor Nurse, acts as a professional educator and resource for new employees, demonstrating clinical expertise and competence. The approximate amount of overall participation in direct patient care activities is 80% and Charge‑Preceptor duties is 20%. The range of roles between Charge and Preceptor may vary dependent upon patient acuity and volume issues. Works with a unit specific patient population. Care and/or services will be provided to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. This position is required to set priorities based on the situation at hand, and is a combination of direct patient care, management (charge), and education (preceptor) roles with responsibility for a unit during an eight (8) to twelve (12) hour shift. The 3C General Medicine/ Neuroscience unit at Northside Hospital Forsyth is a 34-bed unit which serves to provide interdisciplinary, 24/7 care, primarily to an adult and geriatric population. The unit features all private, acute care rooms with telemetry capabilities. Our major diagnoses include patients with alteration of following systems: Respiratory Gastrointestinal Renal Neurological Neurosurgical Cardiovascular Endocrine Pulmonary Immune We also treat patients requiring continuous video EEG monitoring.

Requirements

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Licensed as a RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations.
• Must hold Certified in American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
• Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN).

Nice To Haves

• BSN degree
• Two (2) years recent experience in current clinical specialty (i.e., critical care, surgical services, diabetes education, radiology, etc.)
• Additional Life Support credential (ACLS, PALS, NRP, etc.) or other clinical specialty certifications in specific units.
• Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units.

Responsibilities

• As a Charge Nurse, coordinates daily activities and distribution of work in area during scheduled shift
• As a Preceptor Nurse, acts as a professional educator and resource for new employees, demonstrating clinical expertise and competence
• The approximate amount of overall participation in direct patient care activities is 80% and Charge‑Preceptor duties is 20%.
• The range of roles between Charge and Preceptor may vary dependent upon patient acuity and volume issues.
• Works with a unit specific patient population.
• Care and/or services will be provided to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• This position is required to set priorities based on the situation at hand, and is a combination of direct patient care, management (charge), and education (preceptor) roles with responsibility for a unit during an eight (8) to twelve (12) hour shift.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees