Charge RN | Outpatient Surgery | Full Time

UF Health • Full-time • St. Augustine, Florida, United States • 2d ago

Overview

The Charge Nurse has responsibility for managing all aspects of nursing care during their assigned shift. This includes facilitating patient admissions, transfers and discharges as well as coordinating daily administrative duties such as scheduling, staffing and nursing care assignments. In this role, the Charge Nurse balances patient care tasks while organizing and directing the activities of their team. Charge Nurses play a key role in assessing patient care needs and monitoring the patient’s well-being throughout their stay in the facility. As Nurse Leaders, Charge Nurses support overall facility operations and goals through interdepartmental networking and teamwork in ensuring the best possible experience and clinical outcomes for the patients they serve.

Responsibilities

Provides leadership for the nursing team on assigned shift. Collaborates with the Unit's nursing leadership team and other shift
Charge Nurses to coordinate patient care and staffing as needed to include assigning lunches and breaks for the staff.
Makes patient assignments ensuring effective and appropriate utilization of staff based on patient acuity. Conducts Change of Shift
Huddles ensuring bedside change of shift report of assigned staff.
Coordinates care in collaboration with members of the patient’s treatment team to provide assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation services.
Provides direct patient care including administering medications, wound care, injections, intravenous infusions and other treatment interventions while operating standard critical care equipment safely and correctly.
Documents patient assessment findings, care rendered, procedures performed, and other various aspects of patient plan of care making periodic updates related to the patient’s condition and response to treatment.
Monitors supplies/equipment, ordering/repairing as required to ensure the quality of care and operational standard are maintained.
Ensures cost effectiveness in the use of supplies and forms.
Assists nurse manager in the coaching and evaluation of staff performance. Completes other tasks as assigned for department staff, including payroll and time keeping.
Acts as a liaison between physicians and administrators and participates in communicating any protocol changes to staff.
Escalates issues involving personnel, medical staff, patients, families and the general public to the appropriate management personnel as indicated.
Ensures compliance with all healthcare standards and requirements established by various licensing, regulatory and accreditation bodies.
All other duties as assigned by department.

Qualifications

Required education:

Associates in nursing

Required experience:

1 year of RN experience

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