Charge Nurse (RN) - Med/Surg

Tenet Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in El Paso, TX is seeking an RN Charge Nurse to lead the night shift, guide staff, and ensure safe patient flow. You will supervise nursing and support staff, delegate assignments, and collaborate with physicians and administration to maintain high-quality care.

The role includes direct clinical care, patient assessments, coordination of admissions/transfers/discharges, medication administration, and compliance with safety standards.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• 1 year of RN experience.
• Current license and BLS; ACLS/PALS/NRP as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and supervision to nursing and support staff.
• Maintain a safe environment and ensure patient throughput on nights.
• Delegate assignments according to training and patient acuity.
• Direct nursing staff and coordinate with physicians and administration for quality patient care.
• Oversee admissions, transfers and discharges; mentor and train new staff.
• Monitor medical charts, administer compassionate care, and liaise with doctors and administrators.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and hospital policies.
• Administer medications safely and perform HICS responsibilities as needed.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff supervision

Clinical assessment

Patient care

Emergency response

Education

RN license

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Master's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Job description

Job Shift: Nights

Job Type: Full Time

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 insure 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.

The Charge Nurse oversees patient admissions, transfers and discharges, and mentors and trains new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members. The Charge Nurse monitors medical charts and administers compassionate care and assistance to patients and families, liaises with doctors and administrators and communicates any protocol changes to staff. The Charge Nurse is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations, and record sand maintains accurate reports.

In addition, the RN charge nurse provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients assigned. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process. The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.

Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime. Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy. Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster. Responsible for knowing the Hospital's emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Education

• Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Preferred: Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing.

Experience

• Required: 1 year of RN experience.

Certifications

• Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession 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.