Emergency Department Day Shift Charge RN

College Medical Center; Long Beach, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

College Medical Center in Long Beach seeks a Charge Nurse to lead patient-centered care, coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges, and mentor team members. You will ensure safe staffing, uphold infection control, and reinforce handoff communication across shifts.

Requirements include CA RN license, BLS, ACLS on hire, and PALS within 6 months; 1 year of emergency nursing experience preferred. This is a full-time, on-site role located in Long Beach, CA.

Qualifications

• Current California RN license (Required).
• CPR BLS for healthcare providers, ACLS on hire, and PALS within 6 months.
• One year of emergency nursing experience in an acute care facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, coordinate, implement, and evaluate safe, patient-centered care.
• Mentor and facilitate professional growth of team members.
• Ensure adequate staffing and coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Monitor infection control, handoffs, and task delegation per policies.
• Participate in rounds, ensure timely communication and care continuity.
• Coach, support, and evaluate staff, promoting teamwork and accountability.
• Maintain up-to-date clinical practice and participate in monthly staff meetings.

Skills

Staff supervision

Patient flow management

Disciplinary rounds

Education

RN license (CA)

BLS for Healthcare Providers

ACLS certification

PALS certification

Job description

College Medical Center Long Beach is proud to be part of College Hospitals. We are dedicated to the highest quality of customer services delivered with a sense of warmth friendliness and organizational pride. Become part of a team that provides a respectful environment, flexibility, a tight knit group and autonomy to utilize your knowledge and experience.

The charge nurse is responsible for the assessment, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the delivery of safe and effective patient-centered care. The charge nurse will facilitate and mentor others to grow professionally and advance their knowledge and skills. In addition, the charge nurse will continuously assess unit needs to ensure adequate resources for current and upcoming shifts by collaborating with other department, clinical and non-clinical, to coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges of patients in a timely manner. Finally, the charge nurse will demonstrate professionalism at all times and will uphold standards of practice by holding team members accountable for continued compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Current California RN license (Required)
• Must have current CPR BLS for healthcare providers, ACLS upon hire, and PALS completed within 6 months of hire.
• One-year previous clinical experience in emergency nursing in an acute care facility preferred.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• Reports significant events to such as near misses, adverse events, patient/family complaints, and any situation that affects the safe delivery of patient of patient centered care in a timely manner
• Is proactive, rounds with team members on the unit, and identifies opportunities for improvement
• Ensures that handoff communication occurs any time there is a change in caregivers on the unit during shift and at start/end of shifts
• Assigns and delegates patient care tasks as appropriate, considering staff members’ level of nursing experience, competency and knowledge
• Delegates tasks to unlicensed support staff as outlined by state board regulations and facility policies as appropriate to the clinical situation
• Participates in multidisciplinary rounds and make recommendations when appropriate
• Assists in monitoring staff performance, behaviors, and competency for performance reviews
• Ensures that all infection control precautions and procedures are followed in the department
• Prepares projected staffing schedule to ensure adequate daily staffing
• Monitors supplies and ensures that appropriate PAR levels meet patient care needs without causing waste
• Assigns coordinates patient flow to deliver safe and effective patient-centered care
• Rounds with patients and family members to ensure that needs are met and identifies opportunities for improvement
• Establishes clear responsibilities and expectation for employees, hold employees accountable and provide proper coaching and developing
• Promotes cooperation with other work units, ensure team members are treated fairly, encourage teamwork behaviors.
• Promotes, facilitates and educates team members on new practice changes, regulatory requirements, and organizational practice changes in a timely manner
• Keeps up to date with clinical practice and evidence-based practice guidelines
• Attends, at a minimum 80% of monthly staff meetings

Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for CMC roles, including but not limited to shift differential and other special pay practices, etc. The posted compensation for the position is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay that CMC in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $52.19-$65.24 per hour