Charge Nurse & Shift Leader

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC); Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage seeks a Charge Nurse – a nurse leader who directs staff, coordinates patient flow, and ensures high‑quality care on a nursing unit during a shift.

You will mentor staff, manage schedules, uphold regulatory standards, participate in committees, and partner with physicians and departments to optimize care delivery while supporting patient safety and satisfaction.

Qualifications

• An Associate’s Degree in Nursing. Equivalent knowledge, experience, education, or training may be substituted for education.
• 1-year nursing experience in area of specialty or previous charge nurse or supervisory experience.
• Current registered nurse license in the State of Alaska.
• Current Basic Life Support card required.
• All other certifications as required for specific work area: New Employees must obtain the required Certifications within six months of hire; Contract and MOA employees must come to us with the required training completed as outlined in their individual contracts/MOAs, and must be licensed as a registered nurse by the State of Alaska and remain active with all annual licensing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Performs all duties included in the registered nurse job description.
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations, identifying short and long-term professional goals.
• Maintains current knowledge, serves as a resource on departmental policies, procedures and processes, and assists in education and assuring compliance.
• Assists in finding creative solutions to issues and contributes knowledge to process and quality improvement.
• Utilizes the ANA scope and standards practice and the code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements as the foundation of nursing practice.
• Mentors other in areas such as competency, documentation, equipment use, plan of care, National Patient Safety Goals and participation in in-service education.
• Exhibits a general understanding of the process for dealing with ethical dilemmas, understand, and coordinates the process for obtaining an ethics consult.
• Coordinates patient flow throughout the facility with timely and effective care.
• Expedites admission process for ready beds when assigned.
• Provides and ensures quality patient care.
• Communicates effectively with patients and families to resolve issues and provides service recovery when needed.
• Participates in daily rounds and other patient satisfaction activities and ensures staff are working within their scope, educational opportunities, correcting behavior, problem-solving.
• Performs routine environment of care rounds and facilitates resolution of issues.
• Assures patient privacy is protected and confidentiality of information is maintained on the unit.
• Participates on a hospital or departmental level committee as requested.
• Assists in assuring appropriate utilization of supplies and equipment, maintenance of supply levels and are of equipment and facilities.
• Assures appropriate utilization of staff on unit by preparing staff schedules, overseeing staffing for shift and making patient assignments to meet patient needs in an efficient and cost effective manner.
• Regularly attends hospital wide bed meetings.
• Assists with hiring, onboarding, orientating, precepting, coaching and evaluating staff.
• Evaluates care given by staff.
• Coaches to improve care.
• Establishes effective work relationships with staff and supports action plans in meeting staff satisfaction goals.
• Understands, articulates, supports and serves as a resource for the components of the nursing bundle. Including observation and coaching of staff.
• Maintains professional, effective and timely communication with physicians, other departments, (fast track) patients and families, staff, EMS partners and community members.
• Provides departmental leadership in the absence of the unit director/manager/supervisor.
• Meets or exceeds productivity standards.
• Assures patient flow is efficient. Distributes staff resources to meet patient occupancy.
• Role model for teamwork, fills beds, cleans beds, assists others with their assignment, facilitates admissions, recognizes when staff members are overwhelmed and adjusts assignment accordingly. Balances assignments, delegates appropriately.
• Assists in providing positive impressions to patients and visitors, promotes a caring and compassionate approach to all interactions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing knowledge

Critical thinking

CPR

Patient care

Communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Anchorage seeks a Charge Nurse – a nurse leader who directs staff, coordinates patient flow, and ensures high‑quality care on a nursing unit during a shift.

You will mentor staff, manage schedules, uphold regulatory standards, participate in committees, and partner with physicians and departments to optimize care delivery while supporting patient safety and satisfaction.