RN Charge CC, Columbia

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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 assignment. 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 care givers 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 task such as staff schedules, unit patient flow, subject matter expertise for clinical concerns, physician rounding, committee involvement, survey readiness, and other task 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 opportunity to learn about operational functionality and hospital/facility awareness. He/she is assists in the growth and development of team members in the unit to help build department skills 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 implements 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.

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• ACLS
  - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS
  - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS
  - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days
• BLS
  - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS
  - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I
  - Basic Life Support
  - Instructor
• RN
  - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN
  - Multi-state Compact

Associates Nursing Required and(

• Diploma (Nurse) Nursing Required or
• Bachelors Nursing Preferred or)
• Minimum 1 year nursing experience Required
• Minimum 2 years nursing experience Preferred
• Experience as relief charge with clinical expertise Preferred
• ACLS
  - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• ARC-ALS
  - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support
• ACLS-I - ACLS
  - Instructor
• ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days)
• BLS
  - Basic Life…