Charge Nurse

North Mississippi Medical Center, Inc; Tupelo (MS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Charge Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo, MS, leads patient care on the unit using the nursing process, ensuring safety, policy compliance, and clear communication with physicians, case management, and the multidisciplinary team.

You will oversee staffing, lead daily huddles, mentor new staff, and support regulatory and accreditation standards while fostering NMHS CARES values and delivering compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Must complete RN orientation and unit checklist.
• Maintain continuing education requirements and CARES expectations.
• Show leadership and attend leadership classes.
• Lead and participate in unit Performance Improvement projects.
• Demonstrate effective communication and teaching skills.
• Knowledge of regulatory and accrediting standards.
• Maintain staffing ratios and productivity.
• Prioritize, delegate and evaluate work assignments.
• Anticipate resources to provide quality patient care.
• Orient new staff post-preceptor class and report progress.
• Routine contact with physicians and other staff; uphold professional standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, quality patient care using the nursing process and document accordingly.
• Ensure compliance with NMHS policies and requirements.
• Respond to changing patient needs and manage staffing assignments.
• Lead daily huddles to assign staff and identify shift resources.
• Delegate tasks to ensure EOC regulatory compliance.
• Maintain communication with the multidisciplinary team for holistic care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teaching

Critical thinking

Regulatory knowledge

Patient care

Staffing management

Interpersonal skills

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Job description

We believe a career is more than just a career - it's a calling. Our teammates' \"True North\" is what calls them to health care; it's their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

Department

16406780 Emergency Services

Job Description

The Charge Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services is responsible for providing safe, quality patient care through the nursing process, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, and maintaining effective communication with the multidisciplinary team. The Charge Nurse must also be able to respond to rapidly changing patient needs, handle staffing assignments, and act as a liaison between patients and physicians or case management when necessary.

Clinical Practice

• Uses the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care and document accordingly.
• Works to ensure his/her compliance with all NMHS policies and requirements as directed by the Nurse Manager and Educator.

Education

• Provides patient/family education and acts as a resource for existing staff and new employees.
• Attends the Preceptor class to ensure proper training of new employees.

Communication

• Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic care to the patient.
• Leads daily huddles on each unit to ensure proper assignments and identify team members for the shift.
• Delegates tasked to be completed during the shift to ensure EOC guidelines are maintained on a daily basis for regulatory agency compliance.

Customer Relations

• Projects caring, friendly and helpful image to patients and other customers.
• Utilized the patient's communication board (white board) to identify name, date, goals, other staff and procedures or test for the day to keep the patients and families informed.
• Complies by the NMHS behavioral standards.
• Ensures staff RN's are utilizing the communication boards.

Self-Development

• Maintains competency by staying informed of changing trends in the nursing practice.
• Attends annual review and unit specifics within the department.
• Performs required continuing education hours online and in classroom.

Regulatory Knowledge

• Complies with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
• Licensed by the board of Nursing for the state.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Must complete RN orientation and approved unit specific checklist
• Must maintain department requirements for continuing education and any specific unit requirements to provide appropriate age specific care; annual review and unit specifics, CARES
• Must have leadership skill and attend leadership classes as offered by the education department.
• Lead and participate in the Performance Improvement project of the unit.
• Must have effective communication and teaching skills
• General knowledge of various regulatory and accrediting standards
• Ensures staffing ratios are appropriate throughout the shift based on unit based matrix while maintaining appropriate productivity.
• Prioritizes/delegates/evaluates work assignments
• Anticipates resources needed to provide the best quality of care for the patients
• Assimilates data and reports appropriately to providers when necessary. Implements protocols when necessary by using critical thinking skills.
• Upon completion of the preceptor class, orients new employees to the unit and reports progress to the nurse manager and/or educator.
• The charge nurse has routine contact with physicians, ancillary personnel, other nursing personnel, patients, family, visitors.
• They must demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to all customers/co-workers, and in all aspects of patient care and job performance.
• He/she will use our NMHS CARES values and behavioral standards in all personal contact situations.

Physical Demands

• Standing. Constantly
• Walking. Constantly
• Sitting. Occasionally
• Lifting/Carrying. Frequently 50 lbs
• Pushing/Pulling. Frequently
• Climbing. Occasionally
• Balancing. Occasionally
• Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. Occasionally
• Reaching/Over Head Work. Occasionally
• Grasping. Frequently
• Speaking. Constantly
• Hearing. Constantly
• Repetitive Motions. Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. Frequently

Salary Range: $39.99 - $59.99

Education: Associate's Degree | Nursing | Required

Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - American Heart Association, DNU CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation - CPR - CPR, Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA), Registered Nurse (MS) - MS Board of Nursing