Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

Charge Nurse - Emergency Room

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHuntsville, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate of a school of professional nursing.
Three years of nursing experience is preferred.
Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in Texas, or immediate eligibility for licensure, is required.
Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support certifications are required before working the first Emergency Department shift.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Emergency Nurses Pediatric Course certification is required within six months of employment.
Trauma Nursing Core Course certification is required within 18 months of employment.
Frequent physical demands include standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and reaching.
Occasional physical demands include sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, and twisting.
Visual and hearing acuity and color vision are required.
The work may involve exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, and bloodborne pathogens.

Responsibilities

Provide professional nursing care using the nursing process, including assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care for assigned patients.
Serve as a patient advocate and provide specialized patient care in the assigned specialty area while maintaining the knowledge and skills required for that service area.
Ensure the safety, comfort, care, and treatment of patients in accordance with legal, ethical, professional, and institutional standards.
Participate in the hospital’s Quality Improvement and Service Excellence programs and adhere to department and organizational policies and procedures.
Act as unit shift supervisor to support safe, effective patient care and compliance with Joint Commission standards.
Complete daily assignment sheets, update patient assignments on the whiteboard when assignments are made, and round on patients.
Monitor staff patient-care activities and completion of care such as bathing and turning; ensure staff follow policies and procedures; assist with admissions and discharges; encourage teamwork; and report concerns or disciplinary issues to the manager or director.
Troubleshoot unit problems and inform management of potential problems.
Provide shift report to the oncoming charge nurse and ensure change-of-shift rounds are completed together.
Coordinate nursing-care planning with the multidisciplinary team and make appropriate clinical decisions in delivering patient care.
Collaborate with and direct the healthcare team toward positive outcomes based on data, research, evidence, and professional standards of care; meet treatment goals; develop and implement discharge or transfer plans; evaluate care quality; and contribute to revising standards of care.
Ensure safe patient care while following policies, procedures, and standards within budget specifications, including time and supply management and accuracy of practice.
Follow hospital policy for assessment, ordering, application, consent, and monitoring when patient restraints are used.
Perform assigned patient-care and infection-control audits, including weekly hand-hygiene and daily central-line audits, and ensure narcotic discrepancies are resolved each shift.
Protect patient rights, including confidentiality, informed consent, and privacy.
Participate in ongoing interdisciplinary evaluation of programs, process improvement, and client-centered outcomes.
Meet mandatory and continuing education and competency-validation requirements; support department goals; and serve as a preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
Participate in survey-readiness activities and ensure the unit complies with regulatory standards.
Follow the HMH Legal Compliance Code of Conduct, maintain patient confidentiality and appropriately handle protected health information, and maintain a safe work environment by reporting safety concerns.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Charge Nurse - Emergency Room (Days)

Huntsville Memorial Hospital · Huntsville, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-04-27

Workplace: on_site

Department: Emergency

Description

Under general supervision of the Nurse Manager, the Charge Nurse provides professional nursing skills utilizing the nursing process in the delivery of patient care. Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the care for assigned patients. Serves as a patient advocate within the health care system. Responsible for performing patient care requiring specialized training and skill. Acquires and maintains knowledge and skill required to perform patient care in a specialty service/area. Accountable for assuring the safety, comfort, care, and treatment of patients according to legal, ethical, professional and institutional standards. Participates in the hospital’s Quality Improvement and Service Excellence programs. Demonstrates understanding of the philosophy and objectives, and adheres to policies and procedures of the department and organization. Acts as unit shift supervisor to ensure safe effective patient care and adherence to all Joint Commission standards.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Every effort has been made to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the incumbent will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.
Completes daily assignment sheets and updates patient assignments on white board as soon as assignments are made. Rounds on patients.
Monitors patient care activities by the staff and ensuring completion- (i.e. baths, turning). Ensures all staff members follow policy and procedure, assist with the flow of the unit including admissions and discharges, encourages staff members to work as a team, reports all concerns or disciplinary issues to manager or director.
Troubleshoots problems that arise on the unit and informs management of potential problems.
Provides shift report to oncoming charge nurse. Ensures change of shift rounds are done together.
Delivers appropriate care to patients, at a competent level, according to the needs of the patient and population served. Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, provide, document and evaluate care.
Coordinates the planning for delivery of nursing care with a multidisciplinary team and administers appropriate clinical decisions in the delivery of patient care.
Collaborates and directs healthcare team in attainment of positive outcomes based on data, research, evidence and professional standards of care. Meets treatment goals; develops/implements discharge/ transfer plans; evaluates the quality of patient care and contributes to the revision of standards of care.
Ensures safe care to patients adhering to policies/procedures/standards of care, within budgetary specifications, including time/supply management and accuracy of practice.
Adheres to Hospital Policy on the assessment, ordering, application, consent, and monitoring of the patient when restraints are employed.
Performs patient care and infection control audits as assigned, including weekly hand Hygiene audit, daily Central Line audit and ensures no narcotic discrepancies need to be resolved each shift.
Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed consent and privacy.
Demonstrates adaptability, problem solving and professional behavior at all times.
Participates in a systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, and desired client-centered outcomes.
Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, competence validation; supports department-based goals which contributed to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor and resource to less experienced staff.
Actively participates in survey readiness activities and assures the unit is compliant with all regulatory standards.
Abides by the HMH Legal Compliance Code of Conduct.
Maintains patient confidentiality and appropriate handling of PHI.
Maintains a safe work environment and reports safety concerns appropriately.
Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing.
Experience: Three years of nursing experience preferred.
Licensure/Certification: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas, or immediately eligible. Basic Life Support certification and Advanced Cardiac Life Support required prior to working first shift in Emergency Department. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (or ENPC) certifications required within 6 months of employment. TNCC required within 18 months of employment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Frequent: standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling & reaching.
Occasional: sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, & twisting.
Visual and hearing acuity required; Color vision required for perceiving changes in patients’ skin color and colors of medicines and solutions. Work is mostly inside, with good ventilation and comfortable temperature.
Possible exposure to: toxic/caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens.

Benefits

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Paid Time Off
Short Term & Long Term Disability
Training & Development
Wellness Resources

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About the Company

Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

Huntsville Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit acute care community hospital serving Walker County and surrounding communities in Texas. Its Heart and Vascular Center treats patients in the early stages of a heart attack, and the hospital holds Primary Stroke Center designation. Hospital and outpatient services cover emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation and women's health, while its medical clinic is a teaching site for Sam Houston State University's family medicine residency. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Huntsville, Texas, the hospital operates through Huntsville Community Hospital, a partnership of Community Hospital Corporation and Walker County Hospital District.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Huntsville, TX
Founded: 1927

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