Staff - Med/Surg Charge Nurse - $30-43 per hour

Staff - Med/Surg Charge Nurse - $30-43 per hour at The Hospitals of Providence summary:

The Staff Med/Surg Charge Nurse at The Hospitals of Providence in El Paso, TX, leads nursing staff to ensure efficient patient flow, safe care, and quality outcomes within the medical-surgical unit. This role involves supervising and mentoring staff, coordinating patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and providing direct clinical care in collaboration with medical providers. The charge nurse also ensures compliance with health and safety regulations, manages resources, and fulfills emergency response duties as needed.

The Hospitals of Providence is seeking a Med Surg Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in El Paso, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Med Surg
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Staff

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus

Position Summary

This role is responsible for providing guidance and support to staff, maintaining a safe environment, ensuring patient throughput, and directing nursing staff. The charge nurse is responsible for the smooth and efficient patient flow within the unit, delegates assignments and provides supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient’s acuity. The charge nurse works, in cooperation with medical providers to insure the quality of patient care. This role also provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated. The Charge Nurse reports to the appropriate clinical leader with oversight by the CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. The Charge Nurse oversees patient admissions, transfers and discharges, and mentors and trains new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members. The charge nurse monitors medical charts and administers compassionate care and assistance to patients and families, liaises with doctors and administrators and communicates any protocol changes to staff. The charger nurse is also responsible for ensuring compliance with all health and safety regulations, and record sand maintains accurate reports. In addition, the RN Charge Nurse provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients assigned. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process. The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided. Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime. Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy. Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster. Responsible for knowing the Hospital’s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

The Hospitals of Providence Job ID #2503022481-2. Posted job title: Charge Nurse Med Surg Full Time Nights Weekender

Keywords:

Med Surg Charge Nurse, Registered Nurse, patient care coordination, clinical supervision, nursing staff leadership, medical-surgical nursing, patient flow management, healthcare compliance, clinical mentoring, emergency response