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Intermountain Health is seeking an RN Charge Nurse to provide leadership and clinical expertise on their shift and department. You will coordinate resources, assess patient needs, and develop individualized care plans with a strong focus on quality and safety.
You will supervise the interdisciplinary team, delegate tasks, and ensure the plan of care complies with licensure and guidelines. Strong communication and mentoring are essential for success in this role.
Working with the department manager, the RN Charge Nurse provides leadership and clinical expertise on their respective shift and department. They coordinate unit resources to ensure appropriate staffing levels based on the unique needs of patients on the unit, both clinically and financially. They function as clinical support for staff and are a role model of competency and professionalism.
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and developmental skills as appropriate).
Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration.
Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through managing time, supplies, and resources.
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction.
Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.
Demonstrates professional behavior.
Ensures staff accountability to the same standards.
Encourages nursing professionalism by coaching and developing others.
Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.
Estimates current and next shift staffing needs to deliver optimal patient care.
Matches nurse skill levels with patient requirements.
Manages premium pay and overtime efficiently for cost-effectiveness and allocates resources appropriately.
Accountable for operational and clinical leadership of the unit or department including setting clear expectations and holding staff accountable for outcomes and behaviors.
Mediates conflicts between staff, families, physicians, and other departments.
Acts as a resource for setting clear expectations related to hourly rounds, communication boards, and joint bedside report.
Guides others and initiates conversations using appropriate tools to resolve problems and to encourage accountability and professional growth.
Supports and enforces Intermountain and unit policies and procedures to ensure safety, quality, compliance, and patient care.
Activates chain of command, rapid response, or code alerts when appropriate to facilitate patient and staff safety.
Actively participates in and facilitates continuous quality improvement in areas of clinical care, service experience, and operational effectiveness.
Required to complete Charge Nurse training.
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies. Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc. Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items. Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.) May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time. For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.
Intermountain Health LDS Hospital
Work City: Salt Lake City
Work State: Utah
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The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $41.20 - $62.17
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The primary intent of this job description is to set a fair and equitable rate of pay for this classification. Other duties may be assigned by the supervisor.
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