Charge Registered Nurse - RN

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Works with the Facility Manager, facility staff, and physician to coordinate the facility operations and patient procedures to ensure provision of quality patient care on a daily basis in accordance with policies, procedures, and training. Provides nursing support to patients and staff. Assists with staffing, training, equipment, patient relations, cost containment, supply management, medical records, patient billing, OSHA, and all company, state, and federal compliance.

Quality

• Responsible for supporting and driving quality standards through meeting regulatory requirements and the practice of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), including use of CQI tools.
• Assists with implementing quality goals and develops facility specific action plans to achieve quality standards.
• Accountable for outstanding quality of patient care, as defined by the quality goals, by working with management to ensure that policies and procedures are followed.
• Assists with implementing appropriate training according to policy; ensure ongoing compliance with all risk management initiatives.
• Responsible for aggressively addressing and acting on adverse events and action thresholds.
• Ensures all Quality policies and procedures are communicated to and implemented by the facility staff.
• Maintains integrity of medical records and other administrative and operational records.
• Complies with all data collections and auditing activities.
• Maintains facility environmental integrity, including safety.

Patient Related

• Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge.
• May confer with patients prior to the procedure to obtain necessary medical history, discuss procedure and answer questions, and perform nursing assessment on the day of the procedure.
• Ensures patients and their families are educated regarding post procedure care of vascular access.
• Acts as a resource for the staff to address patient concerns and questions.
• Ensures patient’s procedures are scheduled in a timely manner and the facility capacity is utilized efficiently.
• Assists with patient workflow, including providing direct patient care and monitoring pre, intra and post procedure.
• Identifies and communicates patient related issues to the Facility Manager.
• Oversees and ensures accurate and complete documentation of patient treatments from admission to discharge.
• Confirms written orders, consents and lab work are completed and documented in accordance with facility policies, including preparation, delivery, reporting and forwarding of lab results.
• Assumes primary responsibility in an emergency situation and must maintain competency with all emergency operational procedures, and initiate CPR and emergency measures as needed.
• Administers medications and IV conscious sedation to patients as directed per physician's orders, and in compliance with company, federal, state and local regulations.

Physicians

• Ensures regular and effective communication with all physicians on an as needed basis.
• Attends and participates in Governing Board, assisting with meeting agenda and gathering of data/material for meetings.
• Attends and participates in CQI meetings with physicians, reporting on assigned topics.
• Works with the physicians and staff to ensure possession of all necessary instruments and equipment.

Maintenance / Technical

• Ensures appropriate operation of facility equipment and technology, including patient monitors, defibrillators, medical recording devices and computers.
• Inspects all facility equipment on a regular basis and reports any malfunctions or maintenance issues immediately.
• Inspects all facility operating systems, including temperature checks in appropriate areas and the physical structure of the facility.
• Maintains a clean, safe and sanitary environment in the entire vascular access facility at all times.
• Ensures all blood spills are immediately addressed according to company Bloodborne Pathogen Control Policies.

Administrative

• Participates in cost control initiatives. Responsible for efficient utilization of…