RN Charge - Medical IMC Step Down

INTEGRIS Health; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Front-loaded PTO

Medical benefits through INTEGRIS

Education assistance

24/7 mental health support

Job summary

INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK is seeking a Night Shift RN Charge for a full-time role. You will supervise and coordinate licensed and unlicensed staff, ensure safe patient assignments, and lead unit workflow during the night shift.

The position emphasizes communication with medical staff, staff development, and adherence to care standards while supporting efficient patient flow and safety outcomes. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in Oklahoma.
• ASN required; BSN preferred or within two years of accepting position.
• Current BLS certification for PCN role.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English.
• Department-specific competencies will be completed during orientation.

Responsibilities

• Assisting caregivers with standards of care and coordinating with educators or supervisors as needed.
• Ensuring caregiver assignments are safe and escalate as required.
• Facilitates unit performance improvement processes per leadership direction.
• Supervises and coordinates delegation and implementation of patient care for their shift.
• Primary contact for medical staff on shift and conduct rounding when primary nurse is unavailable.
• Manage patient assignments and unit workflow.
• Support patient flow with admissions and timely discharges.
• Plan staffing needs for upcoming 12 and 24 hours and escalate issues.
• Ensure caregivers take lunches and breaks with buddy system relief as needed.
• Perform safety huddles and ensure bedside shift reports are consistent.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staff coordination

Nursing judgment

Education

Associates of Science in Nursing

BSN within two years

Job description

Job Description

Join our team as a night shift, full-time, RN Charge 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, 24/7 mental health support and more.


• Take the first step toward growing your career by joining us.

Responsibilities

• 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. 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.

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.

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.