RN Charge MedSurg -Oncology - FT Nights
Company: Wellstar Health System, Inc.
Location: Adger
Posted on: April 7, 2025
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Job Description:
Facility: Cobb HospitalThis FT Nights Charge RN is on our
Oncology/Medsurg Unit onsite at Cobb Hospital.(36 hour work week.)
Job Summary:
The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and
overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to
assure successful safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a
caregiver and often takes modified patient care assignment. They
practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse
Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar
Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by
the WellStar Professional Nursing Practice Model and evidence based
practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these
models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies.
The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a proactive member of an
interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who
ensure that patients, families and significant others receive
individualized high quality, safe patient care. Expectations of
practice include: accountability; responsibility and authority for
the practice of nursing; effective teamwork; delegation;
communication; respect; personal development; and development of
team members.
The role contributes to the establishment and maintenance of
practices that ensure excellence in patient care, provides for the
efficient use of resources, and undertakes leadership task such as
staff schedules, unit patient flow, subject matter expertise for
clinical concerns, physician rounding, committee involvement,
survey readiness, and other task as assigned by the manager, which
are basic to the department's ability to function in a smooth and
effective manner.
The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is a resource to other areas
opportunity to learn about operational functionality and
hospital/facility awareness. He/she is assists in the growth and
development of team members in the unit to help build department
skills sets and to inspire expertise. This leader brings with him
or her ability to build rapport between nurses and physicians to
continue service to the patients and is a role model to others.
It is expected that all RN Clinical Charge Nurses are licensed,
knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the
Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of
Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American
Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is
expected the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system
policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.
She/he possesses (advanced) clinical expertise and utilizes this
expertise to support and promote the delivery of safe, age
appropriate and culturally aware patient care and serves as a
partner in care.Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:
Resources and Support
* Monitors equipment inventory, location and utilization to ensure
staff have tools and equipment needed to perform their job.
* Participates in planning and requesting resources for providing
high quality care and assists in acquiring appropriate staffing
during unexpected staffing shortages or surges in census.
* Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care
continuum in the course of giving direct patient care. Participates
in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or
through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and
other members of the health care team to achieve best practice
outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days;
adverse events; etc).
Tactical Responsibilities
* Make Patient Assignments.
* Consideration for new grads, float and type of patient.
* Daily Discharge/Length of Stay Review.
* Round with Physicians/Surgeons.
* Assign Surgery Beds In Conjunction with Surgery Schedule.
* Consult with Supervisor Nursing Administration (House Supervisor)
on Bed Flow and Availability.
* Emergency Services: Assignments for sections, manage waiting
room, multiple areas open at different times.
Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
* Rounds on every patient daily to evaluate quality and
appropriateness of patient care including corrective action when
needed utilizing peer coaching and accountability.
* Performs or provides oversight for the Nursing Process
(assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning;
implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care
using evidence base practice; analytical/critical thinking insuring
that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective
partnerships; caring is central to achieve optimal patient care
outcomes.
* Provides or provides oversight for relationship based care
delivery patient-centered care by partnering with the patient and
significant others (as appropriate) using comprehensive hand-off
communication processes; interdisciplinary evaluation and
communication (i.e., unit rounds, case reviews, peer review, etc.);
just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient
informed using appropriate communication tools and making the
patients goals the focus of the plan of care.
* Practices using current clinical practice standards with a focus
on safety and quality .
* Within the Emergency Department Setting: Charge Nurse rounds on
patients in a modified method in conjunction with nurses to focus
on patient safety concerns and patient care.
Teamwork and Collaboration
* Communicates with nurse manager and/or assistant nurse manager
any needs or concerns pertaining to care delivery or employee
performance.
* Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality
patient care which includes promotion of interdisciplinary
communication and regular interdisciplinary planning/rounds;
completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful,
inclusive clinical environment (Interdisciplinary rounds do not
apply in the Emergency Services setting).
* Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner
that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and
retention of all healthcare team members.
* Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of
all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote
safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such
activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary
processes and actively supports/participates in shared governance
at all levels in the system.
Professional Development
* Ensures patient/family/staff confidentiality and corporate
compliance for self (and accountability for team members)
requirements including completing all required mandatory education
and proficiencies.
* Serves as a preceptor (or mentor) for other professional nurses
(and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is
a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional
practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
Evidence Based Practice and Research
* Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and
performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such
as value analysis as part of the decision making process in
evaluating patient care products.
* Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and
procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job
description and professional.association including legal,
regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by
way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar
Health Systems safety absolutes.
* Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical
questions to advance evidence based practice. Consults appropriate
experts and uses appropriate resources, data, and evidence to
address practice questions.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of
work, and code of conduct.Required Minimum Education:
Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing as and
Associate Degree/Diploma Nurse Required or
Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of
nursing PreferredRequired Minimum License(s) and
Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise
stated.
Minimum 1 year nursing experience Required or
Minimum 2 years Preferred and
Experience as relief charge with clinical expertise
PreferredRequired Minimum Skills:Required
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