RN-Charge Nurse, Critical Care

RN-Charge Nurse, Critical Care

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Location:

MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Lake Saint Louis.

Worker Type:
Regular.

• Flexible
  
  Shifts:
  
  7a–7p or 7p–7a (both day and night positions open)
• Balanced
  
  Schedule:
  
  Rotating shifts with every third weekend
• No On-Call Requirements
• Critical Care & CSN Experience Preferred

Sign on bonus available for eligible external candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available.

Provides leadership and coordination of unit staffing while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care.

• Assigns, directs, educates and monitors nursing and support staff during assigned shift. Contributes to or performs performance evaluations of staff.
• Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given.
• Collaborates with advanced practice providers to ensure quality outcomes.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
• Responds to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, developing and evaluating staff.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

• One year of registered nurse experience.

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Variable Shift (United States of America)

Employee

ICU

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• Paid Parental Leave: one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit offered through Daily Pay for eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: upfront tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

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