Clinician Charge / Cardiology Stepdown Registered Nurse / RN

Emory Healthcare•Atlanta, GA

3d•$47 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a Clinician Charge for the Cardiology Stepdown department. This role is responsible for being a capable clinician charge with broad experience in caring for patients and a sound understanding of a particular patient population. The RN will routinely use acquired knowledge, theory, research, and experience to respond to changes in clinical situations. This professional can apply the Synergy Model for Care in practice, personalizing care for each patient/family while serving as a resource to colleagues and a strong advocate for them. The role plans, coordinates, and directs the daily operations of a specific shift on a clinical unit, supervises staff, and facilitates communication with physicians and internal administrators to provide optimal patient and family-centered care. The Clinician Charge is recognized as a change agent, leading efforts to strengthen organizational systems and demonstrating creative problem-solving, conflict negotiation, and collaboration. They role model expert communication and time management skills, demonstrate foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes, and are recognized as an expert clinician and leader within their specialty. This role also involves completing employee conference, risk management, and unit management reports, identifying the need for revision and evaluating the effectiveness of operational forms, and providing/coordinating necessary unit resources for optimal patient outcomes. They ensure compliance with policies and procedures, stay informed of innovative clinical trends, function as charge nurse, and role model delegation skills. The Clinician Charge is viewed as a formal leader, mentors other Registered Nurses to the role of Charge Nurse, and leads/coordinates team behavior while fostering leadership skills in others. They provide direction and guidance to less experienced staff regarding policies, scheduling, assignments, organizational skills, and daily operations, and complete performance reviews with Nurse Manager input. The role incorporates the Synergy model for care in nurse/patient assignments, evaluates resource use and cost containment, coordinates unit staffing, identifies managerial problems and initiates tests of change, and actively participates in preparation for regulatory agency reviews. They assist in administrative activities such as budget planning, cost containment, coordinating staffing schedules, and communicating concerns to the Unit Director. The Clinician Charge evaluates the impact of policies on daily operations, supports administrative decisions, facilitates daily operational issues with staff, and ensures compliance with educational requirements. They exhibit a desire to understand others' points of view, demonstrate effective communication skills, take a leadership role in building an environment of open communication, serve as an arbitrator in conflict resolution, and take appropriate action to correct unacceptable communication/behavior. They counsel employees for attendance and performance issues, support unit and colleague needs, empower and advocate for nurses, address customer concerns and complaints, and handle escalated patient issues, referring them to the Unit Director or Patient Advocate when unable to resolve. The role monitors issues and their resolution, challenges and shapes systems for best possible outcomes, implements innovative approaches, and identifies/responds to the needs of unit staff. They initiate and collaborate on needed educational programs, develop management/leadership focused in-service training, demonstrate current evidence-based practice, and disseminate information. They question management practices related to research and must meet all Clinical Nurse I Employee Commitments, achieving points and contact hours as defined in the PLAN (clinical lattice) point system to maintain their position.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited prelicensure Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
2 years of recent nursing experience AND a minimum of 2 years of experience in the area of concentration.
A valid, unencumbered Registered Nursing License approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing.
BLS certification.
ACLS may be required for certain departments, post hire
Additional certifications may be required based on department and specialty
If completing virtual care activities that may include multi-state practice, an active compact/multistate license (eNLC) is required within 60 days of hire.
Employees in role prior to 11/09/2025 will have until their next renewal date to achieve compact status.
Must meet all Clinical Nurse Employee Commitments.
Achieves electives/points and contact hours as defined in the PLAN (clinical lattice) point system to maintain position.
Must complete UCN/SNM criteria requirements within nine (9) months of promotion or hire, including completion of Enhancing your Communication HLC#6488, completion of formal preceptor training workshop and enrollment in LEAP course.

Nice To Haves

MSN or DNP

Responsibilities

Plans, coordinates and directs the daily operations of a specific shift on a clinical unit.
Supervises staff and facilitates communication with physicians and internal administrators to provide optimal patient and family-centered care.
Acts as a change agent, leading efforts to strengthen organizational systems that support the mission, vision, and values of the department.
Demonstrates creative problem-solving, negotiating conflict, and collaborating with others.
Role models expert communication skills to colleagues through example.
Demonstrates foresight regarding the impact of nursing care on patient outcomes based on intuition and experience.
Recognized as an expert clinician and a leader within their area of specialty.
Completes employee conference, risk management and unit management reports within specified time frames.
Identifies the need for revision and evaluates the effectiveness of operational forms.
Provides and coordinates the resources needed within the unit to provide optimal patient outcomes.
Role models time management skills through example.
Ensures compliance and adherence with stated policies and procedures for the unit.
Remains informed of innovative clinical trends through bench marking and evidence based practice.
Functions as charge nurse.
Role models delegation skills to colleagues and assist them in effective delegation utilizing the Synergy model for care.
Mentors other Registered Nurses to the role and functions of Charge Nurse.
Leads and coordinates team behavior between staff members and actively fosters the development of leadership skills in others.
Provides direction and guidance to less experienced staff concerning policies, scheduling, assignments, organizational skills and daily operations.
Completes performance reviews with Nurse Manager input as appropriate.
Incorporates Synergy model for care in nurse/patient assignments.
Evaluates the use of resources and cost containment activities.
Coordinates unit staffing to meet the needs of the department.
Identifies one managerial problem and initiates test of change.
Actively participates in preparation of regulatory agency reviews.
Assists in administrative activities such as budget planning, identifying means of cost containment, coordinating unit staffing schedules, and ensuring communication regarding areas of concern to the Unit Director.
Evaluates the impact of policies on daily operations.
Supports administrative decisions and facilitates daily operational issues with the staff.
Ensures compliance with educational requirements through scheduling, planning, and support.
Exhibits desire to hear and understand another's point of view.
Demonstrates and role models effective communication skills.
Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment which fosters open and candid communication.
Serves as an arbitrator in resolution of conflicts between nursing staff.
Takes appropriate action to correct unacceptable communication/behavior as needed.
Takes appropriate action to counsel employees (i.e., verbal warnings for attendance & performance issues).
Aware of and supports units and colleagues needs through supportive and non-judgmental behaviors.
Actively empowers and advocates for nurses.
Takes appropriate action to address customer concerns and complaints (i.e., appropriate follow-up with Unit Director and risk management).
Addresses escalated patient issues and refers issues to Unit Director or Patient Advocate when unable to resolve.
Monitors issues and their resolution.
Challenges and shapes systems on the unit and hospital wide to achieve best possible outcomes.
Implements innovative approaches to meet the needs of patients and families.
Identifies, recognizes and responds to the needs of unit staff to ensure that staff has the resources and tools available to meet patient and family needs.
Identifies, initiates, and collaborates to provide needed educational programs.
Develops management/ leadership focused in-service (e.g., time management, team building, conflict resolution, budget, leadership activities).
Demonstrates current evidence-based practice and disseminates information.
Questions management practice as it relates to research.
Achieves points and contact hours as defined in the PLAN (clinical lattice) point system to maintain position.