Charge RN - Psychiatric Services Nurse Senior-Charge Registered Nurse

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Job Title:

Nurse Senior - Charge Nurse

Department:
Psychiatric Services

Status: 1.0 (40 hours a week)

Shift: 1st shift

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As a Registered Nurse at Mercy One, you will provide and direct safe, effective, and culturally competent care for patients with acute medical and surgical conditions. Through evidence-based practice, utilizes critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate outcome-based care. The Acute Care RN manages a diverse patient population with varying levels of acuity, including post-operative, medical, telemetry, and neurologic patients.

Supervises and coordinates care provided by LPNs, Patient Care Assistants, and other nursing team members. Facilitates communication with physicians, patients and families, and interdisciplinary team members. Adheres to Mercy One's performance expectations and upholds the Mission, Vision, and Values of Mercy One.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.

2. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred.

3. Current Iowa RN license, (current IL license if working in IL) required.

4. Basic Life Support (BLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.

5. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within three (3) months of hire.

6. Proof of completion of Mandatory Reporter for both Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training is required within six (6) months of hire.

7. Specialty practice certification is preferred.

8. Must be comfortable operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment.

9. Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others s to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health and Mercy One.

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 nursing clinical practice

through relationship-centered, compassionate, ethical & respectful direct / indirect healthcare services.

FUNCTIONAL ROLE

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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health 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.

2. 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.

3. 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).

4. 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 through respect, dialogue & inclusion.

5. Professional Leadership Process:
Provides leadership &…