RN Charge / Med Surg

INTEGRIS Health; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Front-loaded PTO

Medical benefits

Education assistance

24/7 mental health support

Job summary

INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City is seeking a Full-Time Night Registered Nurse Charge to lead a busy unit and support safe, high-quality patient care.

The Charge Nurse will coordinate staff, supervise care delivery, and manage assignments while serving as the primary liaison to medical staff. Strong communication and adherence to standards are essential, with BSN preferred and Oklahoma RN licensure.

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.

Responsibilities

• Assisting care givers with standards of care and escalation as needed
• Ensuring caregiver assignments are safe and properly supervised
• Facilitate unit performance improvement processes
• Supervise and coordinate delegation and implementation of patient care
• Primary point of contact for medical staff on shift, rounding with staff as needed
• Manage patient assignments and unit workflow
• Assist with patient flow and timely admissions/discharges
• Project staffing needs for upcoming 12 and 24 hours
• Ensure caregivers take lunches and breaks with buddy systems
• Perform safety huddles and consistent bedside shift reports
• Remind caregivers of hourly rounding per technology prompts
• Conduct patient rounds and ensure high risk patients have fall prevention in place
• Engage in constructive conversations when performance gaps occur

Skills

RN licensure

Effective communication

BLS certification

English language proficiency

Education

Associate of Science in Nursing

BSN preferred

Job description

Job Description

Join our team as a Full-Time, Night, Registered Nurse Charge at INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center, in OKC, OK.

• 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, 24/7 mental health support and more.

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

INTEGRIS Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.