Registered Nurse (RN) -Pre-op Flow Charge Nurse-FT Day

2510 Cobb Hospital, Inc.•Mableton, GA

53d•Onsite

About The Position

Wellstar is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to serve as a Pre-op Flow Charge Nurse at Cobb hospital. This role is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to ensure the safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a caregiver who may take a modified patient care assignment and practices within a WellStar Shared Governance Model, guided by the WellStar Professional Nursing Practice Model and evidence-based practice. This proactive member of an interdisciplinary team ensures high-quality, safe patient care, demonstrating accountability, responsibility, and authority in nursing practice. The role involves effective teamwork, delegation, communication, respect, and personal and team development. The RN Clinical Charge Nurse contributes to excellent patient care, efficient resource use, and leadership tasks such as staff scheduling, unit patient flow, clinical expertise, physician rounding, committee involvement, and survey readiness. They serve as a resource to other areas, fostering learning about operational functionality and hospital awareness, and assisting in team member growth and development. This leader builds rapport between nurses and physicians, acting as a role model. Licensed, knowledgeable, and upholding the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and ANA Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, the RN Clinical Charge Nurse upholds patient advocacy, system policies, and service excellence goals, utilizing advanced clinical expertise for safe, age-appropriate, and culturally aware patient care.

Requirements

BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
Minimum 1 year nursing experience Required

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
Minimum 2 years Preferred
Experience as relief charge with clinical expertise Preferred

Responsibilities

Directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to assure successful safe delivery of care.
Making patient assignments, considering new graduates, floats, and patient types.
Reviewing daily discharge and length of stay.
Rounding with Physicians/Surgeons.
Assigning surgery beds in conjunction with the surgery schedule.
Consulting with the Supervisor Nursing Administration (House Supervisor) on bed flow and availability.
Managing assignments for Emergency Services sections, the waiting room, and multiple areas open at different times.
Monitoring equipment inventory, location, and utilization to ensure staff have necessary tools and equipment.
Participating in planning and requesting resources for high-quality care and assisting in acquiring appropriate staffing during unexpected shortages or surges in census.
Proactively planning for patient care across the care continuum.
Participating in the development of protocols and procedures to achieve best practice outcomes.
Rounding on every patient daily to evaluate quality and appropriateness of patient care, including corrective action when needed.
Performing or providing oversight for the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) using evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
Providing or overseeing relationship-based care delivery, patient-centered care, and interdisciplinary communication.
Practicing using current clinical practice standards with a focus on safety and quality.
Rounding on patients in a modified method in conjunction with nurses in the Emergency Department setting to focus on patient safety concerns and patient care.
Communicating with the nurse manager and/or assistant nurse manager any needs or concerns pertaining to care delivery or employee performance.
Coordinating the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care, promoting interdisciplinary communication and planning.
Demonstrating teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participating and supporting performance improvement, research, and research utilization.
Ensuring patient/family/staff confidentiality and corporate compliance requirements.
Serving as a preceptor (or mentor) for other professional nurses and staff or students.
Promoting Evidence based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
Participating in value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
Upholding all health care system/organizational policies, procedures, and clinical competencies.
Participating in data collection and posing relevant clinical questions to advance evidence-based practice.
Consulting appropriate experts and using appropriate resources, data, and evidence to address practice questions.
Performing other duties as assigned.
Complying with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.