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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
Part-timeJunction City, KS, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to the rights of patients and significant others, as identified within the institution.
  • Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.
  • Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in patient care and departmental functioning, and manages situations in a manner that minimizes risk to the patient and institution.
  • Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills.
  • Communicates effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods.
  • Performs mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration, and applies probability, statistical inference, geometry, trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
  • Holds a required Registered Nurse license through the Kansas State Board of Nursing; a multistate license permitting practice in Kansas is also accepted.

Responsibilities

  • Provides strong leadership, motivates staff, responds to individual needs on the assigned department and shift, organizes workload, and delegates responsibilities appropriately.
  • Acts as leader for the Nurse Manager or Director as appropriate.
  • Recruits, interviews, coaches, and develops direct reports; applies corrective actions as appropriate; and performs staffing duties within scheduling guidelines.
  • Provides direct patient care within the scope of the state nurse practice act, including ongoing systematic assessment and data collection focused on physiological and cognitive status, and administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
  • Formulates a prioritized, goal-directed plan of care based on patients’ presenting problems and projected outcomes.
  • Establishes patient-care priorities based on essential patient needs and available unit resources, and prepares equipment and assists providers during patient treatment, examination, and testing.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of the health care process in meeting outcomes; observes, records, and reports patients’ conditions and reactions to drugs and treatments to providers; and provides medication as directed.
  • Documents in patient and department records accurately and promptly according to department standards; maintains and reviews patient records, charts, and other pertinent information; and compiles test and examination results.
  • Evaluates patients’ progress toward achieving outcomes.
  • Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations according to established standards of care and uses effective problem identification and resolution in decision-making.
  • Greets patients and prepares them for provider examinations, collects patient history information, instructs patients in sample and test collection, triages and refers incoming telephone calls, and instructs patients and families about medications and treatment.
  • Participates in system-wide and department patient-care quality improvement activities and standards development.
  • Participates in clinical education activities, including orienting new employees and teaching student nurses, and participates in nursing research activities.
  • Participates in developing and attaining system-wide and department hospital goals.
  • Delegates tasks and duties in directing and coordinating health care team members, patient care, and department activities in accordance with the Kansas State Nurse Practice Act.
  • Adheres to staffing and scheduling practices.
  • Seeks validation of knowledge, skills, and decision-making as necessary and seeks guidance when needed.
  • Complies with all employer policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

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

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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