Clinical Charge Nurse- Free Standing ED

Tampa General Hospital•Hernando, MS

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Charge Nurse supervises staff registered nurses and other staff members, plans work for efficiency, and manages the productivity of staff in day-to-day operations. This role involves managing daily schedule staffing and call schedules, setting priorities, and delegating patient care functions equitably based on competency and ability, including age-specific competency. The Charge Nurse assumes responsibility for the care of assigned patients, closely supervises, assists, and/or cares for surgical patients. They report pertinent information to staff, physicians, and the Director, review daily patient assignments, and communicate with the Director to recommend changes as needed. Responsibilities include assigning and supervising extra duty assignments to ensure completion (e.g., stock orders, daily logs), assigning meal and break times, identifying and implementing changes to enhance staff efficiency and safety, and supervising staff member quality and quantity of work performed, recommending changes as needed. The Charge Nurse is responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision, and values of Tampa General Hospital. Essential functions include assessing and analyzing the health status of patients, performing and/or assuring completed assessments within policy timeframes, performing on-going assessments and documenting according to policy, reporting significant findings, initiating discharge planning, planning patient care in collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team, formulating individualized plans of care, updating plans of care, directing and coordinating patient care activities, communicating the plan of care, transcribing and directing physician orders, providing patient education, conducting ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes, and participating in Performance Improvement activities, including Core Measures.

Requirements

Associate's Degree in Nursing
Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by Florida or Compact State
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through American Red Cross or American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross
NIHSS certification
At least 2 years of Registered Nurse (RN) experience required.

Responsibilities

Supervises staff registered nurse, and other staff members.
Plans work for efficiency and manages productivity of staff in day-to-day operations.
Manages daily schedule staffing and call schedule.
Sets priorities and delegates patient care functions so that work is equitably assigned based on competency and ability of others.
Assumes responsibility for care of patients assigned closely supervises assists and/or cares for the surgical patient.
Reports pertinent information to staff members, physicians, and Director.
Reviews daily patient assignments, communicates with Director and recommends changes as needed.
Assigns and supervises extra duty assignments to see that they are completed i.e., ensure stock orders are competed per materials management schedule; all logs are completed daily.
Assigns meal and break times.
Identifies and implements changes related to physical capacity, distribution of supplies and/or work performance that enhances staff efficiency and safety.
Supervises staff member quality and quantity of work performed and recommended changes as needed.
Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.
Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner.
Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure.
Reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team.
Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow-up.
Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders.
Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards.
Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
Participates in Performance Improvement activities, including Core Measures.
Completes and documents Core Measure Indicators timely and accurately.
Collaborates with nurse leader regarding needed policy/procedure changes.