Charge Nurse; RN - Labor and Delivery

Overview

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus

This role is responsible for providing guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment, ensuring patient throughput, and directing nursing staff. The charge nurse is responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the unit, delegates assignments and provides supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient's acuity. The charge nurse works, in cooperation with medical providers to ensure the quality of patient care.

This role also provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated. The Charge Nurse reports to the appropriate clinical leader with oversight by the CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

• Provide guidance and support to staff; maintain a safe environment; ensure patient throughput; direct nursing staff.
• Delegate assignments and supervise support staff in accordance with training level and patient acuity.
• Coordinate with medical providers to ensure quality of patient care.
• Provide direct clinical patient care as assigned per shift; assess, plan, implement care for assigned patients.
• Supervise staff with delegated care; report to clinical leadership with oversight by the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to ensure high quality, safe nursing care and appropriate resource management.

• Education: Required:
  Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred:
  Bachelor's or master's degree.
• Experience: Required: 1 year of RN experience.
• Certifications: Required:
  Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice as required by law/regulation in the state of practice; AHA BLS; and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

The Hospitals of Providence have faithfully been serving our community since 1902. Generations of families have chosen our hospitals to be a steward of health in the El Paso community. Our five hospitals include a children’s hospital committed to providing the care patients need, when they need it. Today, the Hospitals of Providence are comprised of our region's most trusted hospitals, each dedicated to meeting our families specific healthcare needs.

Join our team!

Education:

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Preferred:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree.

Experience:

Required:

1 year of RN experience.

Certifications:

Required:

Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.

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