RN Charge Critical Care - Part Time - Nights

RN Charge Critical Care – Part Time – Nights

Wellstar Health System

Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

Job Summary: The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to assure successful safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a caregiver and often takes modified patient care assignments. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Well Star Shared Governance Model.

The framework for practice is steered by the Well Star Professional Nursing Practice Model and evidence‑based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Well Star Core Competencies. The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high‑quality, safe patient care.

Expectations of practice include accountability; responsibility and authority for the practice of nursing; effective teamwork; delegation; communication; respect; personal development; and development of team members. The role contributes to the establishment and maintenance of practices that ensure excellence in patient care, provides for the efficient use of resources, and undertakes leadership tasks such as staff schedules, unit patient flow, subject matter expertise for clinical concerns, physician rounding, committee involvement, survey readiness, and other tasks as assigned by the manager, which are basic to the department's ability to function in a smooth and effective manner.

The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a resource to other areas and provides opportunity to learn about operational functionality and hospital/facility awareness. He/she assists in the growth and development of team members in the unit to help build department skill sets and to inspire expertise. This leader brings with him or her ability to build rapport between nurses and physicians to continue service to the patients and is a role model to others.

It is expected that all RN Clinical Charge Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

She/he possesses (advanced) clinical expertise and utilizes this expertise to support and promote the delivery of safe, age‑appropriate and culturally aware patient care and serves as a partner in care.