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Stormont Vail Health

Nonprofit integrated healthcare system and clinics

Charge Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeJunction City, KS, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Two years of current experience in a related clinical field in an acute care facility is preferred.
  • Supervisor experience is preferred.
  • Demonstrated awareness and sensitivity to the rights of patients and significant others.
  • Demonstrated awareness and application of institutional safety issues.
  • Demonstrated awareness of legal issues in patient care and departmental functioning, with the ability to manage situations to minimize risk.
  • Competency in selected psychomotor skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods.
  • Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration, and apply probability, statistical inference, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Required Registered Nurse licensure through the Kansas State Board of Nursing; a multistate license permitting practice in Kansas is also accepted.
  • Ability to comply with Stormont Vail Health policies, standards, mandatory training, and other requirements.
  • Ability to perform the physical demands of the position, including frequent lifting of up to 50 pounds and occasional pushing, pulling, and reaching of up to 25 pounds.
  • Ability to work in conditions involving infectious diseases, needle-stick exposure, blood and body fluids, hazardous drugs, and combative patients.

Responsibilities

  • Function as a line-position manager of staff and patient care and provide administrative support and resources during the assigned shift.
  • Manage the operational aspects of services provided to patients, physicians, and staff during the assigned shift.
  • Support department service and hospital standards.
  • Provide leadership, motivate staff, respond to individual needs, organize workload, and delegate responsibilities on the assigned department and shift.
  • Act as leader for the Nurse Manager or Director when appropriate.
  • Recruit, interview, coach, and develop direct reports; apply corrective actions as appropriate.
  • Perform staffing duties within scheduling guidelines and adhere to staffing and scheduling practices.
  • Provide direct patient care within the scope of the state nurse practice act.
  • Perform ongoing and systematic patient assessments and data collection focused on physiological and cognitive status.
  • Administer prescribed medications and treatments according to nursing standards.
  • Formulate prioritized, goal-directed plans of care based on patients' presenting problems and projected outcomes.
  • Establish patient-care priorities based on essential patient needs and available unit resources, including time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
  • Prepare equipment and assist providers during patient treatment, examination, and testing.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of the health care process in meeting outcomes.
  • Observe, record, and report patients' conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments to providers, and provide medication as directed.
  • Document in patient and department records in a timely, accurate, and concise manner according to department standards.
  • Maintain and review patient records, charts, and other pertinent information, and compile test and examination results.
  • Evaluate patients' progress toward achieving outcomes.
  • Respond efficiently to emergency patient situations according to established standards of care.
  • Identify and resolve problems as part of sound decision making.
  • Greet patients and prepare them for provider examinations.
  • Collect patient history information.
  • Instruct patients in the collection of samples and tests.
  • Triage and refer incoming telephone calls.
  • Instruct patients and families regarding medications and treatment instructions.
  • Participate in system-wide and department patient-care quality-improvement activities and standards development.
  • Participate in clinical education activities, including orienting new employees and teaching student nurses.
  • Participate in nursing research activities.
  • Participate in developing and attaining system-wide and department hospital goals.
  • Delegate tasks and duties in the direction and coordination of health care team members, patient care, and department activities in accordance with the Kansas State Nurse Practice Act.
  • Seek validation of knowledge, skill level, and decision making as necessary, and seek guidance in areas of uncertainty.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
  • Two years of current experience in a related clinical field in an acute care facility.
  • Supervisor experience.

About the Company

Stormont Vail Health

Nonprofit integrated healthcare system and clinics

Stormont Vail Health is a nonprofit, integrated health care system serving northeast Kansas. It runs Stormont Vail Hospital, a 586-bed acute care Magnet-designated hospital, and Cotton O’Neil Clinic, a multi-specialty physician group with more than 250 doctors. With nearly 5,000 employees across the hospital and 35 other locations—including Heart, Cancer, Diabetes, Digestive Health, Pediatrics, and multiple primary care and Express Care clinics—the system aims to improve community health through coordinated, high-quality care. It is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which connects local clinicians with Mayo Clinic expertise, and it collaborates with local partners such as Baker University, Washburn University Athletics, Kansas State University, and the Kansas Health Foundation. The goal is to provide compassionate, efficient care and to support a healthier community by leveraging collaboration and shared knowledge.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$220K
Headquarters
Topeka, KS
Founded
1884

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