Charge Nurse - Medical Critical Care Night

Position: Charge Nurse - Medical Critical Care - FT - Night
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Non-Exempt    A Brief Overview  Responsible for the daily to day operations of the Critical Care department. Promotes a strong team atmosphere through motivation, coaching, and conflict management. Prioritizes communication throughout the system and community to facilitate a multi-disciplinary approach to coordination of throughput and capacity management.
Education Qualifications
* 2 years Current experience in related clinical field in acute care facility. Preferred
* Supervisor experience. Preferred
* Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
* Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. (Required proficiency)
* Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner, which minimizes risk to the patient and the institution. (Required proficiency)
* Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. (Required proficiency)
* Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal and written methods. (Required proficiency)
* Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. (Required proficiency)
* Provides strong leadership, able to motivate staff and respond to individual needs on assigned department and shift. Organizes workload effectively and delegates responsibilities appropriately. Acts as leader for Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate. Recruits, interviews, coaches and develops direct reports; applies corrective actions as appropriate. Performs staffing duties within scheduling guidelines.
* Provides direct patient care as defined within the scope of the state’s nurse practice act. Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiological and cognitive status. Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
* Formulates a prioritized and goal directed plan of care, which is based on patient’s presenting problems and projected outcomes.
* Functions to establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available unit resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies. Prepares equipment and aids provider during treatment, examination and testing of patients.
* Evaluates the effectiveness of the health care process (self, systems, environment, and instrumentation) in meeting outcomes. Observes, records, and reports patient’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to provider. Provides medication as directed.
* Documents in patient and department records in a timely, accurate and concise manner according to department standards. Maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information. Compiles tests and examination results.
* Evaluates the patient’s progress towards achieving outcomes.
* Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established standards of care. Practices effective problem identification and resolution as a method of sound decision making.
* Greets patients and prepares them for provider examination. Collects patient history information. Instruct patients in collection of samples and tests. Triages and refers incoming telephone calls. Instructs patient and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
* Participates in system wide/department patient care quality improvement activities as well as standards development.
* Participates actively in clinical education activities, including orientation of new employees and teaching student nurses. Participates in nursing research activities.
* Participates in development and attainment of system wide/department hospital goals.
* Triages and refers incoming telephone calls. Instructs patient…