PCU Charge Nurse RN - $30-43 per hour

The Hospitals of Providence; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hospitals of Providence in El Paso, Texas, is seeking a PCU Charge Nurse (RN) for the night shift. The role provides leadership and guidance to nursing staff, maintains a safe patient environment, ensures efficient patient throughput, and collaborates with clinical teams to uphold high‑quality care.

The Charge Nurse will oversee admissions, transfers and discharges, mentor new staff, and deliver direct clinical care while coordinating with providers.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• 1 year of RN experience.
• Current RN license and BLS certification; ACLS/PALS/NRP as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to nursing staff and ensure a safe environment.
• Direct patient flow, admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Administer medications safely per hospital policy.
• Coordinate care with physicians and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Mentor new staff and monitor patient acuity.

Skills

RN Experience

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Job description

The Hospitals of Providence is seeking a PCU - Progressive Care Unit Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in El Paso, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty: PCU - Progressive Care Unit

Discipline: RN

Duration: Ongoing

Employment Type: Staff

Job Shift: Nights

Job Type: Full Time

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 insure 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.

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 Charge Nurse is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations, and record sand maintains accurate reports.

In addition, the RN charge nurse provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients assigned. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process. The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.

Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime.

Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.

Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster.

Responsible for knowing the Hospital’s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Education

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

The Hospitals of Providence Job ID #2603026149. Posted job title: Charge Nurse (RN) - PCU