ED Charge RN - Emergency Charge Registered Nurse

Weekday Charge RN-ED

At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor’s visit or a place to go when you’re in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.

Mercy One Genesis serves a 17-county bi-state region of the Quad Cities (Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, Ill.) metropolitan area and the surrounding communities of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. But when it comes to clinical capabilities and quality, we exceed those geographical limits. We have earned distinction as a two-time national Top 15 Health System, and recognition for being in the top 1 percent in the nation for patient safety.

Job Description

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As a Charge Nurse at Mercy One, you will provide shift-to-shift leadership for the practice and delivery of safe, effective, ethical, and culturally-competent patient care for all age groups requiring stabilization, and/or resuscitation. This includes support for management of human, fiscal, material, and environmental resources in accordance with hospital guidelines, organizational/nursing philosophies, and in compliance with regulatory and professional standards, including ANA Standards of Professional Performance.

Key accountabilities include

• fostering interdisciplinary collaborative relationships
• making appropriate patient care assignments
• ensuring smooth shift operations
• facilitating a seamless transition for the next shift that includes exchange of essential information
• active participation in quality monitoring and performance improvement activities
• promoting evidence-based practice through research utilization or conduct of practice research

Schedule:

0.9 FTE - 3x8 hour shifts and 1x12 hour shift with 32 hours in charge, 4 hours in staffing.

• Report To:
  Manager
• Supervisory Responsibility:
  Advanced Direction:
  The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning, or coordinating work. The employee will check the quality of work, provide guidance, instruction, training, and direction to others. The job requires some formal or official supervisory responsibility. The individual serves as a group leader and acts in an assistant supervisory or lead role. In addition, the employee is expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matters.
• Materials Responsibility:
  Limited:
  Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.
• Key Relationship:
  Co-workers/Health System Employees, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff,
• Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others.

POSITION SPECIFICATION

• Education:
  
  Associate's Degree
• Field Of Study:
  Nursing
• Special Training:
  Promotion to Administrative III or IV Charge Nurse is required within 2 years of assuming full time charge nurse position. ACLS; TNCC;
  Basic Life Support; PALS.
• Training Preferred:
  Baccalaureate degree in nursing or clinical certification; ENPC; PALS
• Licensure/Registration:
  Registered Nurse in Iowa;
  Registered Nurse in Illinois within 1 year.
• Experience:
  
  More than 1 year experience required.
• Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are often difficult or stressful in nature. Contact with others involves complex, detailed and often sensitive topics. The job requires a high degree of interpersonal skills to deal with a range of complicated problem…