Rn-Head Nurse - 4 West

Jobtome; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtome is seeking a Head Nurse in Little Rock, AR to oversee patient care, staff management, and daily operations of a nursing unit. The role emphasizes clinical leadership, the nursing process, and collaboration with the Manager/Director/CNO to achieve goals.

The Head Nurse will guide teams, ensure safe, high-quality care, and participate in ongoing professional development, staffing, and process improvements within the hospital framework.

Qualifications

• Active RN license and BLS certification required.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in the same unit or similar setting.
• Strong leadership, coaching and staffing skills essential.
• Proficiency in coordinating patient care across shifts.

Responsibilities

• Interpret, review, and integrate diagnostic data for patient care.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership to drive department improvements.
• Provide guidance during life-threatening situations.
• Evaluate intervention effectiveness and outcomes.
• Lead coaching, counseling, and performance evaluations.
• Support health care delivery improvements.
• Assist in hiring, staffing, and payroll activities.
• Communicate with team to ensure patient care.
• Promote lifelong learning.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Computer literacy

Education

RN licensure

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Job Summary

The Head Nurse is responsible for overseeing patient care, staff management and day to day operations of a specific department or nursing unit. Coordinates and provides care utilizing the critical thinking framework known as the nursing process. The nursing process forms the foundation of the nurse's decision making to help partner with patients/families to attain, maintain and restore health whenever possible. Blends caring, compassion, knowledge and integrity to provide safe quality care that preserves patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Assists manager by providing clinical leadership for nursing employees on an assigned unit to maintain continuity of nursing care in conjunction with the hospital/nursing mission, goals, policies and procedures. Works in collaboration with the Manager/Director/CNO to ensure goal attainment.System standard jd

Responsibilities

• Interpret, review, and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient’s current condition.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership and other disciplines to identify opportunities for department improvements and drive change.
• Intervenes and provides guidance and direction during life threatening situations.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and expected outcomes.
• Implements innovative works processes that improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in clinical leadership activities such as coaching, counseling, mentoring, hiring, firing, yearly performance evaluations, staffing, payroll, and productivity.
• Participates in activities designed to improve health care delivery.
• Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care.
• Supports life-long learning.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years experience on current unit or in like setting/specialty area.

Special Skills

• Computer literacy

Licensure

• RN;
  BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF HIRE

• ACLS