Registered Nurse - Charge RN Days

Community Hospital Corporation; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Hospital Corporation seeks a Nursing Supervisor to direct the nursing team during shifts, ensure accurate patient assignments, assist with treatments and medications, and serve as the primary resource for staff.

The role requires a current RN license to practice in the state, BLS at hire, and ACLS within 90 days. You will uphold safety, privacy, and performance-improvement standards while coordinating with physicians and hospital leadership.

Qualifications

• Current RN license to practice in state of employment.
• BLS on hire date and ACLS within 90 days of employment.
• Licenses and certifications must be maintained for duration of employment.

Responsibilities

• Direct nursing department personnel during shifts and oversee patient assignments.
• Assist with treatments or medications and inform physicians of patient condition changes.
• Lead and support staff as a resource and ensure compliance with safety and privacy policies.

Skills

RN license

Computer skills

Job description

Responsible for the overall direction and supervision of all nursing department personnel during his/her shift. Ensures patient assignments are correct, assists with treatments or administration of medications as necessary, informs physicians of changes in patient's condition, reviews care of all patients, and acts as overall leader and resource person for the staff.

What You’ll Do

• Adheres to all components of the Hospital Compliance Plan in performing job duties and reports any violations or suspected violations of the Plan to the Compliance Officer.
• Demonstrates professional conduct and complies with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Adheres to hospital attendance policy as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Comply with measures for preventing exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
• Participates in the Hazardous Material Program; hazards include exposure to blood and body fluids, possible communicable diseases, sharp objects and instruments, assorted chemicals and gasses as listed in the Hazardous Materials Program Manual.
• Comply with established Safety and Patient Safety Program practices.
• Performs other incidental and related duties, as required and/or assigned.
• Develops an understanding of responsibilities for recognizing patient abuse and follows policy for making appropriate referrals/interventions.
• Develops an understanding of responsibilities for participation in Performance Improvement activities and participates in such activities.
• Limits access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job, and shares such information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.

Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We’re Looking For

• Current RN license to practice in state of employment.

Computer Skills:

Knowledge of basic computer skills and word processing.

Certificates And Licenses

Current RN license to practice by the state of employment. Must have BLS upon hire date and obtain ACLS certification within 90 days of employment. Must maintain licenses and certification for the duration of employment.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Nursing staff (LPN and CNA or PCT, Unit Assistant, Telemetry Tech)

Work Environment

The work environment is representative of that which an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands of this job are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for a qualified individual with a disability who can perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus while performing the duties of this job. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear.