Critical Care Mixed Acuity Charge Nurse Full Time Days

Baptist Health; Louisville (KY); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Sign-on bonus

Zusammenfassung

The Baptist Health Louisville unit is seeking an experienced RN to serve as an entry-level management position coordinating care on night shifts in the Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit. The role includes leadership of staff, ensuring high-quality patient care, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include implementing the nursing process, promoting positive patient outcomes, and participating in unit governance.

Qualifikationen

• Active Kentucky RN license required.

Aufgaben

• Coordinate care on designated shifts as charge RN.
• Provide leadership to unit staff and ensure high-quality patient care.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
• Promote patient safety and participate in unit governance activities.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Clinical proficiency

Nursing process

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Ausbildung

Active Kentucky RN license

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description:

Full Time 36 weekly hours, nights - three 12-hour shifts per week, (7P-7:30A) & every 3rd weekend - holidays and weekends per unit needs

Sign on Bonus eligible for experienced candidates!

Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit

Mixed Acuity Unit is both a critical care and telemetry unit specializing in medical critical care. Staff in this department will receive both critical care and telemetry training and will see the whole realm of nursing. Care ranges from young adult through geriatric patient population.

Job Summary

The CN is an entry-level management position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts. He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in the area of patient care.

• As a Registered nurse, he/she implements the nursing process for each patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) assigned to his/her care and is responsible for the patient's care within the parameters of the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act. The charge nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, quality of care and initiates change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared-governance councils.
• National Professional Nursing Standards serve as guidelines for the charge nurse as he/she utilizes critical thinking skills and exercises appropriate nursing judgment. The charge nurse will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Also, the charge nurse will serve as a role model by actively participating in the process of continuous professional development, teaching and learning across the healthcare continuum.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The following is a summary of the major functions of this position. Registered nurses may perform other duties, not specified in this document and specific functions may change as professional practice and standards evolve.

1. Assists the Nurse Manager with operational activities of unit
2. Assists the Nurse Manager with management of patient care delivery on the unit
3. Demonstrates Clinical proficiency utilizing the nursing process
4. Demonstrates organizational skills in providing patient care
5. Collaborates with the nurse manager to support performance improvement activities
6. Participates in development of nursing staff
7. Leadership and critical thinking

Minimum Education, Training, and Experience

A. Active Kentucky RN license

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.