Team Lead Charge RN Trauma

BJC HealthCare; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus

Full-Time Nights

Job summary

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is seeking a Team Lead Charge Nurse to provide clinical and operational leadership on the Trauma Unit during night shifts. The role coordinates daily operations, supports staff, and serves as a clinical resource while delivering direct patient care as needed.

Qualified candidates will hold an RN license, have 2+ years of nursing experience, and demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• RN licensure is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience.
• Strong clinical, communication, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into ambulatory care setting.
• Leads the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other team members, patient, family, or caregiver.
• Actively utilizes and champions evidence-based practices and participates in journal club and practice change.
• Analyzes gaps in practice standards and provides feedback to peers to enhance safe patient care.
• BJC has determined this is a safety‑sensitive position; ability to work in a constant state of alertness is essential.

Skills

Strong clinical skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

Additional Information About the Role

Team Lead Charge Nurse - Trauma Unit (6400 & 6500)

Barnes-Jewish Hospital | Full-Time Nights

Schedule: Three 12-hour shifts per week
Sign-On Bonus: $15,000

Join Missouri's Leading Level I Trauma Center

Barnes-Jewish Hospital is home to Missouri's busiest Level I Trauma Center, caring for more than 14,500 trauma patients annually. Our nationally recognized team provides exceptional care to patients with complex traumatic injuries and acute surgical conditions.

Position Summary

The Team Lead Charge Nurse provides clinical and operational leadership for the unit during assigned shifts. Working under the direction of the Nurse Manager, this role coordinates daily operations, supports staff, serves as a clinical resource, and provides direct patient care as needed.

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses looking to grow into a leadership role.

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience
• Strong clinical, communication, and leadership skills

About Units 6400 & 6500

Units 6400 and 6500 are combined Trauma, Geriatric Trauma, and Acute Care Surgery units with 63 total beds. Nurses on these units care for a diverse patient population while developing expertise in trauma and acute surgical care within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Join our team and help lead exceptional trauma care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

Overview

Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University Medical Center is the largest hospital in Missouri and is ranked as one of the nation's top hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Barnes-Jewish Hospital's staff is composed of full-time academic faculty and community physicians of Washington University School of Medicine, supported by a house staff of residents, interns, fellows and other medical professionals. Recognizing its excellence in nursing care, Barnes-Jewish Hospital was the first adult hospital in Missouri to be certified as a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

The Surgical Services Department provides pre-op and post-op inpatient care to those patients undergoing specialty surgical procedures in the areas of abdominal solid organ transplant, vascular surgery, hepatobiliary, trauma, ear-nose and throat, orthopedic, colo-rectal, urology and other general surgical procedures. Inpatient care in this department focuses on pre-op needs, post-op care and treatment after phase I recovery through discharge from an inpatient nursing division. The department's surgical observation unit and ICU provide intensive care and treatment to those post‑op or post‑traumatic patients whose condition requires treatment at this level.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Under the direction of manager, plans, directs, and coordinates activities of a unit on a designated shift. Performs direct patient care as needed and functions as clinical resource to nursing and support staff. Assesses, plans, evaluates and documents the nursing process of assigned unit as needed.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates identification and resolution of gaps in care from hospitalization, at discharge, and into the ambulatory care setting. Critically assess patient data to proactively mitigate impending changes in condition and establishes consults to interprofessional team as appropriate.
• Leads the development and implementation of complex individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and the patient, family, or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Plan of care reflects application of expert holistic clinical knowledge and skill to anticipate and prioritize complex care needs, anticipate barriers, incorporating interprofessional team and caregiver/family input, and identifies opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
• Actively utilizes and champions scientific inquiry for evidence-based practices (e.g., participates in journal club, facilitates practice change based on new knowledge, recommends new standards of care or revisions to current standards, conduct a literature search to support unit or organizational goals, disseminate new knowledge obtained from relevant conference or continuing education). Explore opportunities to advance nursing practice (e.g., support a community service health event as a representative of the healthcare profession, patient/family education group, community advisory board, member of Ethics Advisory Committee, serve as adjunct faculty, leadership board in specialty organization).
• Analyzes gap in practice standards and provides feedback to peers in collaboration with leadership to enhance safe patient care. Leads the evaluation of the patient and family experience, and adjusts care provided to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care.
• BJC has determined this is a safety‑sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Experience

• 5-10 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer