The Charge Nurse, under the direct and indirect supervision of the Nursing Unit Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator and/or Hospital Supervisor facilitates and assists with all levels of nursing care being provided to a group of patients within one nursing unit during the period of one working shift. In addition to these responsibilities, the Charge Nurse frequently assumes all or partial staff nurse responsibilities. The Charge Nurses are directly accountable to the Nursing Coordinator for the unit. The Charge Nurses assist the staff nurses with day to day problem solving, communication between shifts, and may serve as a link between staff nurse and the Nursing Coordinator
Essential Functions
- Participate in the development and ongoing monitoring of quality assurance activities.
- Provide input into and participate in development and achievement of departmental goals and objectives.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary patient care conferences and discharge planning activities as appropriate.
- Identify and assist in problem-solving both intrashift and intershift. Keep Coordinators Hospital Supervisors informed of problems/resolutions.
- Function within expected behavior standards of Staff Nurse as participating in role
- Assists in development and presentation of inservice programs.
- Participates in clinical orientation to the nursing unit
- Participate in the planning and provision of education/teaching to patients and their families
- Serve as a resource to other departments in area of specialty
- Support departmental and organizational philosophy, goals, objectives, policies and procedures
- Participate in meetings, special projects , and committees as designated
- Support and/or participate in research programs approved by the Department of Nursing as designated
- Promote interdepartmental and intradepartmental communications
- Foster good public relations
- Assume responsibility for own continuing education and development
- Follow appropriate policies and procedures for use of time in work environment, including absenteeism and tardiness
- Monitor and take corrective action to prevent recurring absences
- Return promptly from breaks and schedule them in concert with co-workers to provide appropriate coverage of unit and client care activities
- Consistently on time and ready to work at start of shift and has assignments completed at end of shift
- Perform medical screening exams for obstetrical patients
- May perform limited obstetrical ultrasound
- Provide telephone advice for the obstetrical patient
- Perform assessment and management of obstetrical patient
- Assist with maternal transfer
- Initiate neonatal resuscitation and assist with neonatal stabilization/transfer
- Provide newborn assessment and care
- Circulate for obstetrical operative procedures
- May surgical scrub for obstetrical operative procedures
- Recover postoperative patients
- Provide postpartum assessment/management and breastfeeding support
-This job description is not all encompassing-
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications
- 3 Years labor and delivery experience within the last 5 years
- Current RN License OR and WA
- Current BLS w/AED certification
- NRP certification at time of hire/transfer
- ACLS within 4 months of hire/transfer
- STABLE within 6 months of hire/transfer
- Graduate of accredited School of Nursing
- High school diploma or GED
- Ability to use and apply effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills
Preferred Skills
- 5 years of labor and delivery experience
- Previous Charge RN or leadership experience
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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