Registered Nurse - Emergency Charge Nurse - Weekend Nights

IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mount Vernon Job Summary

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

Hourly rate: $32.77 – $52.43

Pay Rate Type:
Hourly

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• 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.

• 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 Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP); or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA); or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
• Missouri:
  Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA); and Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration or RN issued by Compact State; and Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA); or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP);
  
  or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA); or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
• Oklahoma:
  Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA); and Registered Nurse (RN) issued by Compact State; and Registered Nurse (RN) – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN); and Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA); or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) – American Academy Pediatrics (AAP);
  
  or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA); or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – Emergency Nurses Association (ENA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials – American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
• Wisconsin:
  Basic Life Support Health…