Charge Nurse-Longevity Clinic – Nursing

Job Overview

The Charge nurse is responsible for the overall daily operations and smooth and efficient patient flow within the clinical area. The Charge nurse coordinates daily administrative duties, including schedules, assignments and patient care, and carries out their duties by adhering to the highest standards of ethical and moral conduct, acting in the best interest of the patient and fully supporting the mission, vision and values of SSMC.

The Charge nurse has knowledge of healthcare systems and demonstrates the ability to interact, relate to and support the activities of a diverse multidisciplinary workforce. They act as the clinical resource person in their work unit and ensure that the staff delivers care professionally. The Charge nurse delegates assignments and provides supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient’s acuity.

• Demonstrates competence in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care needs.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family‑centered care.
• Liaises with the Nurse Manager/Nurse Supervisor to ensure the patient care load is addressed with the appropriate staffing and skill mix in a safe environment for patients and nurses.
• Ensures nursing staff works within their capacity, experience, training and scope of practice.
• Monitors staff performance, providing regular constructive feedback, coaching, guidance and support to team members on the shift.
• Monitors and coordinates effective and efficient utilization of human resources, consumables and equipment.
• Responsible for monitoring direct and indirect patient care to achieve optimum patient outcomes.
• Coordinates referrals and utilizes available resources for the provision of comprehensive care.
• Administers medications according to organisation policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with pharmacy services to ensure provision of medication needs of the unit.
• Assists with all levels of emergencies according to the organisation’s policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance and advice to the patient care team on clinical and administrative matters.
• Facilitates effective communication between the patient, family and the interdisciplinary health care team as required.
• Liaises with other health care providers as necessary to ensure appropriate and timely interventions for patients and for discharge planning.
• Provides a comprehensive clinical handover/report as required to ensure patient safety.
• Attends patient care rounds, communicates and updates the attending health‑care provider on changes in the patient’s condition.
• Communicates with the patient care team about ongoing changes in the patient’s plan of care and unit activity.
• Monitors and evaluates unit operations and services to identify problems and takes a lead role in improving systems and safe patient care.
• Participates in interdisciplinary teams and performance improvement projects.
• Ensures provision of a clean and safe working environment that minimises risks to patients, visitors and staff.
• Identifies faulty and defective equipment and furniture and takes corrective action.
• Delegates to the nursing team in response to an emergency.
• Identifies learning needs of junior staff on the unit in conjunction with the Clinical Resource Nurse and Manager and assists with the implementation of educational activities.
• Mentors and trains new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the unit manager.

• Responds to all levels of emergencies according to the organisations policies and procedures.
• Monitors clinical care to ensure clinical standards are met and initiates corrective measures as required.
• Promotes and audits compliance with the organisation’s infection control policies.
• Monitors and audits compliance with organisation documentation standards.
• Reports adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors in accordance with organisation policy.
• Identifies, investigates, reports and implements corrective action for incidents or complaints as appropriate and completes appropriate documentation according…