Endoscopy Charge Nurse

St. Joseph Hospital & Medical Center•Phoenix, AZ

2d•$43 - $64•Onsite

About The Position

As our Endoscopy Charge Nurse at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, you will provide critical oversight of nursing activities during a specific shift, serving as a vital resource to staff and ensuring optimal patient flow. This leadership role is central to assuring appropriate resource utilization and ensuring quality care in a patient-satisfying manner. Every day you will coordinate patient flow within the unit to facilitate timely and effective care, utilizing the Clinical Response Team (CRT) as appropriate. You will demonstrate exceptional prioritization and critical thinking in acute situations, accurately assessing patients' physical, emotional, spiritual, and learning needs. Your responsibilities include developing and evaluating effective care plans, providing patient teaching, and documenting accurately. You'll also evaluate and coach staff, ensure standards of care are maintained, and coordinate processes for obtaining Ethics Consults when needed. To be successful in this role, you will be an excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups. It's also important for you to be comfortable holding tough conversations, as you are responsible for the performance of your people and your unit. You will demonstrate excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, basic computer proficiency, and a strong understanding of surgical procedures and critical care principles. Your ability to lead, manage resources, and troubleshoot issues while maintaining compliance with all policies and standards will be crucial in this demanding Charge Nurse role. Mentors others in areas such as competency, documentation, equipment use, plan of care, National Patient Safety Goals and participation in inservice education Provides direct patient care as appropriate to meet the needs of the patients and department Evaluates care given by staff Coaches to improve care

Requirements

Two (2) years RN experience within applicable clinical specialty
ADN
Registered Nurse: AZ
American Heart Association BLS
Excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups.
Comfortable holding tough conversations.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
Basic computer proficiency.
Strong understanding of surgical procedures and critical care principles.
Ability to lead, manage resources, and troubleshoot issues while maintaining compliance with all policies and standards.

Nice To Haves

BSN
Charge Nurse experience

Responsibilities

Provide critical oversight of nursing activities during a specific shift.
Serve as a vital resource to staff and ensuring optimal patient flow.
Assure appropriate resource utilization and ensure quality care in a patient-satisfying manner.
Coordinate patient flow within the unit to facilitate timely and effective care.
Utilize the Clinical Response Team (CRT) as appropriate.
Demonstrate exceptional prioritization and critical thinking in acute situations.
Accurately assess patients' physical, emotional, spiritual, and learning needs.
Develop and evaluate effective care plans.
Provide patient teaching.
Document accurately.
Evaluate and coach staff.
Ensure standards of care are maintained.
Coordinate processes for obtaining Ethics Consults when needed.
Mentor others in areas such as competency, documentation, equipment use, plan of care, National Patient Safety Goals and participation in inservice education.
Provide direct patient care as appropriate to meet the needs of the patients and department.
Evaluate care given by staff.
Coach staff to improve care.