RN-Charge Nurse, Stepdown​/Critical Care

IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mount Vernon – Stepdown / Critical Care (Open)

Worker Type: Regular

Job Highlights: RN – Charge Nurse

• Full-time, night shift
• Stepdown / Critical Care unit
• Charge Nurse responsibilities
• Shift
  
  Hours:
  
  7a–7p
• Rotating days, every other weekend, and holiday rotation
• No on-call requirement

$32.77 - $52.43

Hourly

• Active RN license (IL or compact)
• Minimum of 1 year of Registered Nurse experience
• Stepdown and/or critical care experience preferred
• Strong leadership, clinical judgment, and teamwork skills

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.

• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Illinois
  • 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)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Missouri
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration
  • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Oklahoma
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• State of
  
  Work Location:
  
  Wisconsin
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart…