Charge Registered Nurse - Stepdown​/Critical Care

Job Title and Location

IL‑SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mount Vernon (Illinois)

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) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or 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 or Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State;
  Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or 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 or Registered Nurse (RN) – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN);
  Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or 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 Association (AHA);
  Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State or Registered Nurse (RN) – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services;
  Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA) or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American…