Charge Nurse (RN) - Med Surg - $30-42 per hour

Baptist Health System; Nacogdoches (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care FSA

Dependent Care FSA

Life insurance

Job summary

Baptist Health System is seeking a Med Surg Charge Nurse (RN) in Nacogdoches, Texas. This role involves providing guidance to nursing staff and ensuring quality patient care.

The charge nurse will supervise staff, coordinate patient flow, and directly care for patients, while reporting to the clinical leader. A minimum of one year RN experience is required, with preference given to candidates holding a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

The position includes benefits such as Health Care FSA and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Required: 1 year of RN experience.
• Required: Currently licensed as required by law.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment.
• Ensure patient throughput and direct nursing staff.
• Coordinate patient flow and delegate assignments.
• Supervise support staff and provide direct clinical care.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Patient care coordination

Delegation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in nursing

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Baptist Health System - San Antonio TX is seeking a Med Surg Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Job Summary

Specialty: Med Surg
Discipline: RN
Duration: Ongoing
Hours per week: 36 hours
Shift: 12 hours
Employment Type: Staff

Description

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 patients acuity. The charge nurse works, in cooperation with medical providers to ensure the quality of patient care. This role also provides direct clinical patient care, assumes responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and at the unit level. The role supervises staff to ensure 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment.
• Ensure patient throughput and direct nursing staff.
• Coordinate patient flow within the unit and delegate assignments.
• Supervise support staff in accordance with training levels and patient acuity.
• Work in cooperation with medical providers to maintain quality of patient care.
• Provide direct clinical care: assess, plan, and implement patient care on a per shift basis.
• Monitor and ensure appropriate delegation of care to staff.
• Report to clinical leader and CNO to uphold nursing care quality, safety, and resource management.

Qualifications

Education: Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

Experience: Required: 1 year of RN experience.

Certifications: Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice 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.

Physical Demands: None specified. (This can be clarified if needed.)

Job Information: Job ID #2604000568. Posted job title: Charge Nurse Med‑Surg. FT Nights.

Benefits

• Health Care FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Life insurance