RN Charge - Baptist Oncology Med Surg Days

INTEGRIS Health; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Front-loaded PTO

Medical benefits across INTEGRISHealth

Education assistance

Job summary

INTEGRIS Health is seeking a full-time RN Charge Nurse for Baptist Oncology Med Surg at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK. The role leads daily nursing operations, coordinates care, and ensures safe assignments with a focus on efficient patient flow and high-quality care.

The position requires Oklahoma RN licensure, ASN with BSN preferred within two years, and BLS. English communication is essential; supervisory experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Current RN license in Oklahoma.
• ASN required; BSN preferred within 2 years.
• BLS certification at start.
• Must communicate effectively in English.
• Experience in supervision or charge nurse role is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assists with standards of care and delegates tasks to staff as directed by the supervisor or nurse manager.
• Ensures caregiver assignments are safe and escalates as needed.
• Facilitates unit performance improvement initiatives under leadership guidance.
• Supervises and coordinates patient care for licensed and non-licensed staff during the shift.
• Serves as primary contact for medical staff and conducts rounds when the primary nurse is unavailable.
• Manages patient assignments and unit workflow.
• Supports patient flow by timely admissions and discharges when appropriate.
• Projects staffing needs for upcoming 12-24 hours and escalates issues.
• Ensures caregivers take breaks and uses buddy systems for coverage.
• Performs safety huddles and maintains accurate bedside shift reports.
• Reminds staff of hourly rounding and ensures high-risk patients have fall prevention in place.
• Handles conversations about performance when expectations are not met.

Skills

RN licensure

English communication

Team leadership

Education

Associate of Science in Nursing

BSN within 2 years

Job description

Job Description

Join our team as a full time days, RN Charge - Baptist Oncology Med Surg at INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center, in Oklahoma City, OK.

Get to Know Your Team

• INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma’s largest not-for-profit health system, is seeking a dedicated caregiver to join us in our mission to partner with people to live healthier lives.
• Benefits of being an INTEGRIS Health caregiver include front-loaded PTO, medical benefits through the extensive INTEGRIS Health network, financial assistance for continued education, 24/9 mental health support and more.
• Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us.

Responsibilities

The Charge Nurse’s responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

• Assisting care givers with standards of care, involving educators and/or the supervisor or nurse manager when necessary (house supervisor after hours)
• Ensuring caregiver assignments are safe, knows escalation process when needed
• Facilitates unit performance improvement processes as directed by leadership
• Supervises and coordinates the delegation and implementation of patient care of licensed and non-licensed personnel for their assigned shift/area
• Is the primary point of contact for medical staff on that shift should they have a nursing question or concern. Rounding with medical staff when the primary nurse is unavailable for rounding.
• Managing patient assignments and unit workflow
• Assists with patient flow by timely accepting new admissions, and ensuring patients with discharge orders to home are discharged within a reasonable time frame
• Projects staffing needs for the upcoming 12 and 24 hours, escalates issues as needed
• Ensures caregivers are taking lunches and entitled breaks but assigning buddy systems or relieving for lunch
• Performs safety huddles using the huddle boards prior to every shift: ensures bedside shift report is consistent every shift
• Reminds caregivers of hourly rounding when prompted by technology of time to round
• Makes patient rounds, ensuring white boards are up-to-date, high risk patients are set up for success (for example, high fall risk patients have all fall prevention tactics in place)
• Comfortable with crucial conversations when idle caregivers are not fulfilling expectations of helping colleagues or taking care of their assignment

The Charge Nurse reports to the appropriate supervisor, manager, or director. This position may have additional or varied physical demand and/or respiratory fit test requirements. Please consult the Physical Demands Project SharePoint site or contact Risk Management/Employee Health for additional information. Potential for exposure to infections and communicable diseases, blood and body fluids, electrical equipment, chemicals. Must follow standard precautions.

All applicants will receive consideration regardless of membership in any protected status as defined by applicable state or federal law, including protected veteran or disability status.

Qualifications

Job Qualifications:

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Oklahoma
• Associates of Science in Nursing required, BSN within two years of accepting position, preferred.
• Current BLS certification upon accepting PCN role.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English.
• Department specific competencies will be completed in the applicable department during the orientation process.

Emergency Department Only

• PALS certification must be completed.
• ACLS certification completed.

Adult Critical Care Only

• Competent in all advanced competencies.
• ACLS certification completed.

About Us

INTEGRIS Health mission: Partnering with people to live healthier lives.

To our patients, that means we will partner to provide unprecedented access to quality and compassionate health care. To you, it means some of the state's best career and development opportunities. With INTEGRIS Health, you will have a genuine chance to make a difference in your life and your career.

INTEGRIS Health is the state's largest Oklahoma-owned health system with hospitals, rehabilitation centers, physician clinics, mental health facilities and home health agencies throughout much of the state.