Charge Nurse; Ob​/Gyn

Overview

Description
Closing Date:
Friday, February 13, 2026 @ 4:00 PM (MST)

Job Details
Closing Date:
Friday, February 13, 2026 @ 4:00 PM (MST)

Salary Range: $57.82 - $77.17 per hour

• APPLICANT MUST HAVE A VALID, UNRESTRICTED INSURABLE DRIVER’S LICENSE
• RESUME AND REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED

• Oversees the operation of the department/unit during their specified shift.
• Demonstrates leadership through critical thinking, clinical practice and teaching.
• Forecasts, identifies, resolves and prevents problems in the unit and recommends revisions to the policies and procedures as necessary.
• Recognizes leadership styles and selects the appropriate leadership style for given situation.
• Reports problematic incidents, accidents, or injuries to the Nurse Executive (NE) or the Assistant Nurse Executive (ANE) so that proper action can be taken.
• Ensures that department nursing staff understand and follow the department standard operating policy/procedures and are familiar with the use and function of instruments and equipment.
• Coordinates and monitors the activities of all staff in the delivery of patient care.
• Ensures that staff is adhering to bedside reporting.
• Monitors the quality of patient care being delivered by other nursing staff members.
• Distributes the work of the unit in a manner that makes the best use of available resources, both personal and material.
• Assists in the collection of data for quality improvement measures.
• Takes into consideration the experience, knowledge, skill, and abilities of those persons who will be integral to the patient care process.
• Knows the responsibilities of all nursing staff members and utilizes this knowledge when preparing assignments for staff members.
• Checks the environment for patient safety.
• Implements measures to correct inadequacies noted in the quality of patient care administered on the unit.
• Observes the performance and activities of the department nursing staff and shares information with the NE and/or ANE.
• Assesses the level of performance of all staff in the unit and may be asked to contribute observations to individual employee evaluations, suggest competency evaluations, or to advise and educate fellow staff.
• Utilizes the talents of all members of the nursing staff.
• Educates nursing staff and students utilizing formal and informal venues, including peer consultation, mentorship, preceptor programs, unit conferences, case studies, patient rounds, and in-service programs.
• Provides orientation, guidance and direction, and training to new staff and participate in ongoing clinical teaching.
• Collaborates with nursing staff, physicians, and other departments.
• Provides ongoing coordination of work and resources as necessary to meet changing requirements in the work environment.
• Identifies the priorities for patient care management.
• Applies decision-making theory and the scientific method to solve patient care problems.
• Applies communication theories and techniques in negotiating with patients, families, and other staff members to accomplish the nursing care plan.
• Ensures the staff follows correct infection control procedures at all times and report any issues.
• Ensures proper facility reporting for quality or safety issues.
• Initiates and completes the designated forms required by administration in the delivery of patient care.
• Checks the completeness and accuracy of patient care plans routinely and continually updates and revises these plans as changes occur in the patient’s condition.
• Contrasts and evaluates the patient’s behavior and/or condition with the physical, psychosocial and spiritual goals stated in the nursing care plan.
• Assists with the establishment of criteria for patient care to be utilized in a total quality improvement program.
• Interprets organizational chart and uses the institution’s organizational structure effectively.
• Audits the patient’s medical record to determine that all orders have been carried out, that laboratory tests are posted, delivered nursing care is documented, and patient progress or lack of progress is described.
• Checks equipment to determine if it is functioning properly.
• Completes all yearly CMS required training by…