Clinical Charge Nurse Home Care (RN)- RN & LPN Services

Health First; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Clinical Charge Nurse for Home Care services in Melbourne, Florida. This role involves demonstrating leadership in patient care through assessment, planning, and evaluation. Candidates must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in Florida and possess strong critical thinking and communication skills. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and participation in team goals.

Qualifications

• Must have reliable transportation to care for clients in a home-setting.
• Must speak and understand English for written and verbal instructions.
• Experience in nursing with a focus on critical thinking and decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Delegate and supervise patient care activities in the Healthcare setting.
• Communicate effectively with the healthcare team to promote teamwork.
• Monitor and improve quality outcomes and participate in quality projects.

Skills

Critical thinking

Effective communication

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Proficient computing skills

Education

Associate’s degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Clinical Charge Nurse Home Care (RN)- RN & LPN Services

The Clinical Charge Nurse of Home Care demonstrate leadership through the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care according to the standards of professional nursing practice. The Clinical Charge Nurse acts as a resource to the Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) and Nurse Manager (NM) as appropriate for precepting, scheduling, team meetings, and clinical implementations as directed.

Primary Accountabilities

• Appropriately delegates and supervises all patient care activities within the Healthcare setting.
• Effectively communicates with other members of the healthcare team and promotes effective team functioning.
• Helps to monitor the effectiveness of existing processes and policies towards improving quality outcomes; actively participates on quality projects.
• Recognizes and resolves safety issues and potential unsafe situations within approved policies, procedures and protocol.
• Actively participates in the development and attainment of department team goals.
• Uses critical thinking, prudent judgment and direction to staff in nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, interventions and evaluation of outcomes, and adjusts plan of care as needed.
• Facilitates and leads effective interdisciplinary care team meetings; serves in a coaching, mentor or instructive role to nurse interns, students and peers, etc.
• Effectively leads shift and post-event huddles when appropriate
• Participates and provides feedback to manager for associate interviews, check-ins and performance management.
• Demonstrates effective conflict resolution skills, demonstrates dependability, reliability and flexibility.
• Adds positively to creating and sustaining a healthy work environment and staff retention, oversees orientation of new clinical staff.
• Serves as a resource to address points of escalation with patients, families and staff.

Work Experience

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Associate’s degree in Nursing (ASN), or Nursing Diploma
• Work Experience: None
• Licensure: Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the State of Florida or endorsement.
• Valid Driver’s License and clean Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) and maintained.
• Certification: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintained.
• Background Check: Must satisfy Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA) Level two (II) background screening.
• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities: Must have reliable transportation to care for clients in the home-setting.
• Mandatory: Must be able to speak and understand written and verbal instructions in the English language.
• Must be able to participate in AOC rotation, on call rotation; weekend/evening rotation
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Proficient computing skills include use of MS Office Suite and other software applications and online resources.

Preffered Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Work Experience: Two (2) years of Acute Care, Medical-Surgical, or Home Health clinical experience.

Physical Requirements

• Physically agile; may require walking, standing, running, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing, or crouching frequently.
• May occasionally include lifting or moving objects up to 50 pounds, with or without assistance.
• May require moving in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces, including reaching out and above shoulders, or overhead.
• May lift, turn, pull, push, or ambulate people and/or equipment with or without assistance up to 90% of the assigned shift.
• May be exposed to inside and outside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting, and/or low to loud noise.
• May require working with biohazards such as blood/body fluids and airborne particles following OSHA and CDC guidelines.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.
• May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.

Benefits

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates.

Health First is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in the workplace. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.