Charge Nurse

Join a Mission-Driven Team Making a Meaningful Difference Every Day

At Agape’s Way, we provide specialized care and support for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, including residents requiring advanced respiratory and ventilator care. Our team is passionate about creating a safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent environment where residents can thrive.

• Mission-driven organization focused on compassionate, resident-centered care
• Opportunity to lead and mentor nursing teams in a specialized clinical setting
• Collaborative and supportive leadership environment
• Meaningful work with long-term residents where you can make a lasting impact
• Professional growth and leadership development opportunities
• Competitive compensation package
• Potential eligibility for specialty pay differentials based on certifications and assigned coverage schedules

The Charge Nurse is responsible for overseeing daily clinical operations, supporting nursing staff, coordinating schedules and staffing coverage, ensuring compliance with clinical standards, and serving as the on-shift clinical leader. This position combines leadership responsibilities with direct resident care and operational oversight to ensure continuity of care across assigned homes and programs.

The Charge Nurse plays a critical role in onboarding and developing clinical staff, maintaining quality assurance standards, and supporting residents requiring specialized ventilator, tracheostomy, and medically complex care.

Reports to:

Director of Nursing (DON)

• Supervise daily clinical operations and serve as the clinical leader during assigned shifts, including weekends as needed
• Manage real-time staffing needs, callouts, and shift coverage coordination
• Create and maintain clinical staff schedules
• Support onboarding, orientation, and mentorship of newly hired nursing staff
• Conduct skills validations, competency assessments, and performance observations
• Assist with clinical interviews and provide hiring recommendations to leadership
• Prepare updates, concerns, and discussion topics for staff meetings and leadership review

• Ensure residents receive safe, high-quality, resident-centered care aligned with physician orders and care plans
• Conduct chart audits to ensure documentation accuracy, compliance, and completion
• Escalate complex resident care concerns appropriately to the Director of Nursing
• Monitor authorizations, schedules, and continuity of care for assigned residents
• Serve as a clinical resource for tracheostomy, ventilator, G-tube, and medically complex care needs

• Support medication management processes, including medication updates, narcotic audits, and refill coordination
• Ensure PRN medication orders contain appropriate parameters and documentation follow-up
• Conduct monthly medication cart checks and support medication delivery coordination
• Monitor compliance with medication administration standards and documentation requirements

• Oversee availability of medical supplies, DME, respiratory equipment, and resident care resources
• Coordinate transportation and logistical arrangements for resident appointments and offsite care needs
• Ensure emergency equipment and clinical supplies are maintained and accessible

• Respond to clinical calls, voicemails, and communication through the Charge Nurse phone line
• Track and complete assigned operational and clinical tasks through Click Up and other systems
• Complete incident reporting and elevate concerns appropriately in coordination with the DON
• Ensure timely updates to Plans of Care (POCs), physician orders, eFax documentation, and EMR systems
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, infection control standards, APD requirements, and organizational policies

• Provide direct nursing care, assessments, and treatments as needed
• Complete monthly APD Monitoring Visits and required documentation
• Support nursing staff with clinical guidance, emergency response, and problem-solving…