Charge Nurse (RN) – PCU

Tenet Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in El Paso, Texas, is seeking a Charge Nurse for a full-time night shift role. The Charge Nurse will guide and support staff, ensure patient throughput, and oversee clinical patient care. Responsibilities include supervising staff, monitoring patient admissions, and ensuring compliance with health regulations. Requirements include graduation from an accredited nursing school, 1 year of RN experience, and necessary certifications. This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus

Qualifications

• 1 year of RN experience required.
• Currently licensed to practice profession.
• AHA BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Mentor and train new staff, provide support.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Supervisory skills

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing

Job description

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

Full Time, Nights

Job Summary

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 ensure 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.

Qualifications

• Education
  Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Education
  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.

Responsibilities

• 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 charger nurse is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations, and records and maintains accurate reports.