Charge Nurse FH Complexity Intervention

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Discover. Achieve. Succeed. #BeHere Location:

US:WI:MILWAUKEE at our FROEDTERT HOSPITAL facility. This job is ON -

SITE. FTE: 0.600000 Shift: Shift 3 19-0730; 2 shifts a week; every 3rd

weekend; patterned. Job Summary: The Charge Nurse is a Registered Nurse

with unit lead responsibilities for patient flow and adjustment of unit

staffing to meet the dynamic needs of the patients. The Charge Nurse

will use the nursing process to make ongoing evaluations of patients'

acuity, assessments of the staff nurses' workload, and anticipate

fluctuations in admissions, discharges and transfers. The facilitation

of patient flow includes triaging and prioritizing admissions and

overseeing the care coordination of patients being

discharged/transferred. Daily nurse staffing includes employing

effective decision-making behaviors that are used to safely balance

changes in patient acuity and census with the availability, experience

and competency of the staff nurses, to ensure safe and adequate staffing

for all shifts. The Charge Nurse will demonstrate resourcefulness,

tactful communication, flexibility, adaptability, decisiveness and

awareness of the global needs of the hospital. The Charge Nurse will be

a clinical leader and resource on the unit, collaborating with the

interdisciplinary team to facilitate patient care stay progression and

unit goals. The Charge Nurse will assume a patient assignment as

determined by the needs of the unit. As appropriate and/or delegated by

the Nurse Manager, the Charge Nurse monitors and intervenes in

addressing opportunities for assuring regulatory compliance, quality

effectiveness and a satisfactory patient experience. When working as a

clinical Staff RN the Charge Nurse is a practitioner who is responsible

for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for

an identified group of patients in an inpatient environment. This

individual demonstrates competency in delivery of care to a primarily

adult population. The Staff RN-Inpatient job description has

incorporated essential functions which are adapted from the ANA Nursing:

Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (2010). EXPERIENCE

DESCRIPTION: Clinical competence and experience in the care and

management of target patient populations specific to area of employment

is required. 2-3 years of related clinical experience is required,

unless approved by the Unit Manager. If applying to Critical Care

position, must have 2 For full info follow application link. We are

proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values and maintains an

environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse

workforce. As a federal contractor/subcontractor, we take affirmative

action in employment based on race, sex, disability and status as a

protected veteran. We welcome protected veterans to share their priority

consideration status with us at 262-439-1961. We maintain a drug-free

workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/726855B7C23945EA