Charge RN - Cath Lab Charge Registered Nurse

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

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 Dubuque is the leading hospital in the tri-states, offering the only comprehensive cardiology center and Level II regional neonatal intensive care unit in the area as well as the newly constructed Mercy One Dubuque Cancer Center. Other services include a trauma center, a CARF-accredited inpatient rehabilitation unit, orthopedics, retail pharmacies, palliative care and a wide range of outpatient and community services.

Mercy One operates two hospital-based skilled nursing units and a 40-bed nursing home.

In recognition of the strength of its nursing service and the overall quality of patient care, Mercy One Dubuque has been designated a Magnet hospital four consecutive times - the nation's most prestigious award for nursing excellence.

Join the Mercy One Dubugue Cath Lab in a Charge Nurse role!

Schedule:

* Flexibility: either 4 (10hr) shifts or 5 (8hr) shifts

* Flexibility needed depending on the case load

* On call as needed

POSITION PURPOSE

* The licensed Registered Nurse (RN) plans & provides professional nursing services & standards of practice in accordance with level of experience & education, state board of nursing & established policies & procedures. The RN integrates the art, science, leadership & knowledge of the nursing clinical practice through relationship-centered, compassionate, ethical & respectful direct / indirect healthcare services.

* RN III - senior:
Practice is guided by nursing process & policy / procedure / standards. Maintains focused area of expertise for care / program & / or provides interventions or knowledge within niche areas of care / program;
Advances professional / shared governance, collaborates inter & intra-professionally, delegates to others to advance care, assumes an expanded role & increased responsibility;
Able to lead a small team;
Serve as a unit / service / program nursing practice mentor & identify learning need of others.

* Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health and Mercy One Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.

* Our Trinity Health Culture:
Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.

* Professional Nursing Practice:
Acts independently & appropriately within license, scope of knowledge & experience in practice area.  Supports safety by adhering to standards & acting as a champion role model.  Accountable for personal learning & development by participating in knowledge, skill & competency enhancing activities.

* Professional Nursing Process:
Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates (document, teach, coordinate, advocate) standard elements of professional practice:
Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification / Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate (ANA);
Participates in the development of clinical standards that are collaborative, collegial & supported by current & relevant evidence-based practices, science, trends & data (clinical & administrative) & patient care (AONL).

* Professional Leadership Practice:
Inspires team to embrace the organization's Mission, Values & Vision;
Cultivates excellence by supporting growth & development of team;
Advocates for continuous development with focus on mentoring & succession planning;
Engages & fosters transpersonal teaching & learning in the context of the caring relationship;
Embraces & encourages humanistic-altruistic values & behaviors;
Advances nurses & others in the provision of quality-focused, patient-centered & relationship-based healthcare;
Utilizes transformational leadership principles (Magnet);
Leads team effectively through change, recognizing reach beyond nursing to include broader healthcare implications;
Embraces ideas & cultural differences while managing complex or competing priorities;
Enhances a culturally proficient work team…