Charge Registered Nurse

Description

St. Croix Health is looking for a part-time (0.60 FTE) Charge Registered Nurse to work in our Med/Surg department.  This position will work straight night shifts (7pm - 7:30am), every 3rd weekend and every 3rd holiday. 

Job Summary

The Charge Nurse is responsible for coordinating the operations of the unit under guidance of the Supervisor, Manager, and/or House Supervisor. The Charge Nurse will lead the team in a professional manner, in accordance with hospital policy, to ensure the highest quality of care and promote positive outcomes.  

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and supervision to departmental nursing staff.
• Monitor and coordinate the daily patient care activities of the unit; schedule staff and patients to ensure full coverage of patient care needs and to ensure effective delivery of patient care.
• Serve as point person for daily unit communication needs such as staff assignments, face to face communication, trouble shooting and problem resolution for day-to-day issues that arise in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Provide expert, day-to-day guidance, consultation and leadership to the team including educating nursing staff on the proper care in the use and maintenance and equipment and supplies, safe patient handling, safety procedures, and infection control.
• Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation and/or other related care and consultation to patients as required.
• Delegate unit and patient responsibilities to nursing staff based on each staff member’s level of competence.
• Coordinate services and patient movement with other patient care departments.
• Conform to all regulatory guidelines, ensure adherence to facility policies. 
• Maintain compliance with standards of practice and ethics.
• De-escalate potentially volatile situations involving patients, visitors, or co-workers.
• Work to diffuse situations causing distress or concern for staff, clinicians and/or patients. Communicate situations to Supervisor, Manager, or House Supervisor for follow-up.
• Report concerns about patient care, the work environment, or employee performance to the Supervisor or Manager in timely fashion.
• Identify and address patient and staff safety issues, communicate concerns to appropriate management personnel.
• Participate in unit staffing, code rounds, interdisciplinary team rounds and other activities as requested.
• Assign duties during downtime.
• Lead daily huddle and summarize discussion. Assure distribution to those not in attendance.
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* While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

Requirements

 Education:

• Associate’s degree in nursing required;
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred

Licensure:

• Current WI Registered Nurse license required

Certification:

• BLS required upon hire
• ACLS required within six months of hire/starting role

Experience:

• 1 – 3 years of experience as acute care Registered Nurse
• IMC experience preferred

Competencies:

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with little direction and manage multiple demands and priorities.
• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Provides full attention to what others are saying, take time to understand, ask questions as appropriate and not interrupt.
• Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solution to solve problems.
• Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish work.
• Provide personal assistance, medical attention or emotional support to others.

St. Croix Health has been a healing force in the St. Croix Valley for over 103 years. We are a purpose-driven organization with a dedicated team committed to serving our patients and communities throughout the St. Croix Valley. This commitment is rooted in our mission, vision and values. 

Mission: To deliver care driven by excellence, guided by heart, and grounded in community.

Vision: To be a trusted partner in providing healthcare that is personal and accessible to all, by adapting to meet the needs of our communities, and support lifelong well-being.

Values: Integrity. Respect. Compassion. Collaboration

Here at St. Croix Health, we offer our employees with a robust benefits package that includes:

• Health, vision and dental insurance
• 403b retirement program with employer match
• Paid time off
• Short-term disability, long-term disability and life insurance options
• Education reimbursement
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellbeing incentive program
• Free parking

St. Croix Health is a not-for-profit healthcare system located in St. Croix Falls, WI dedicated to helping people live healthier, happier, and longer lives. St. Croix Health offers the services of 80+ providers and 20 specialties with five community clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin all supported by a critical access hospital on the main campus in St. Croix Falls, just an hour northeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Nestled in the bluffs of the St. Croix River Valley, St. Croix Falls is the ideal place to work, live and play.