Charge Nurse - Shenandoah - Emergency Room - Full Time - 3rd Shift

Charge Nurse

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

The Charge Nurse is responsible for the coordination of all unit day-to-day operations and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities and duties include facilitating proper placement of patients on the nursing unit, making room assignments, and keeping up with the assignment board. The Charge Nurse adjusts all staff appropriately utilizing the staffing guidelines per unit. They ensure staff remain compliant with documentation standards, serve as a clinical resource for unit staff, and encourage evidence-based practice. They provide direct patient care for a team of patients when indicated by unplanned changes in acuity, peak census, or staffing or assigned.

The Charge Nurse serves as a liaison between physicians and hospital departments to facilitate smooth operations of the unit. They work with staff to deliver exceptional patient experience and facilitate patient satisfaction scores within acceptable range. The Charge Nurse holds staff accountable for performance and identifies practice areas needing improvement and takes appropriate action for improvement. They complete performance appraisals and feedback using peer review process.

They assist Clinical Manager/Director in holding unit staff accountable for ensuring patient safety through compliance with patient safety initiatives and regulatory requirements. The Charge Nurse assists Clinical Manager/Director to facilitate staff participation in performance improvement, risk management activities, hospital, and unit based projects and shared governance committees. They follow up and make initial comments on risk reports/events occurring during assigned shifts.

The Charge Nurse completes continuing education in management/mentoring, maintains current knowledge and competency in nursing practice, and serves as a role model for professional nursing practice.

Education:

Completion of an accredited Registered Nurse program is required. Bachelors Nursing is required within (2) years of hire.

Experience:

Minimum of two years of nursing experience within the assigned scope of services is required.

Certification/Licensure:
Registered Nurse licensure required. Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current West Virginia and/or Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and/or West Virginia (as applicable depending on geographical area) with either a:
Multi-state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact.

Clinical specialty certification within the scope of services/responsibility is required within (1) year of hire with BSN, or within (1) year of obtaining BSN. BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart 'Healthcare Provider' (HCP) - AHA approved required. New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

Qualifications:

Demonstrates ability to set priorities and make appropriate decisions. Demonstrates and models expert communication skills by listening and understanding another's point of view. Competent to provide care using the nursing process. Demonstrates mentoring, teaching and leadership skills. Knowledge in the cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological stages of human growth and development. Demonstrates a self-directed interdisciplinary leadership style.

Benefits:
At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include: A Zero-Deductible Health Plan, Dental and vision insurance, Generous Paid Time Off, Tuition Assistance, Retirement Savings Match, A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing, Membership to Healthy U:
An Incentive-Based Wellness Program. Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.