Registered Nurse (RN) Charge Nurse - Acute Care- CDU/Short Stay

Company: WellStar Health System
Location: Marietta
Posted on: September 4, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description: h3Overview/h3brp style="margin: 0px;"At WellStar, we all share common goals. That's what makes us so successful - and such an integral part of our communities. We want the same things, for our organization, for our patients, and for our colleagues. As the most integrated healthcare provider in Georgia, this means we pride ourselves on investing in the communities that we serve. We continue to provide innovative care models, focused on improving quality and access to healthcare./pbrh3Responsibilities/h3brp style="margin: 0px;"strongSignficiant Sign-On Bonus and Relocation assistance offered for qualified experienced RNs./strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva; color: #3366ff;"WellStar Kennestone Hospital is seeking an RN Charge Nurse on span style="text-decoration: underline;"Nights/span to join the Clinical Decision/Short Stay Unit. The Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) is an innovative addition to the Emergency Department. It is designed for emergency patients who require ongoing observation, including outpatient testing and treatment for patients who are waiting on clinical answers with limited subjection to inpatient admission status. This unit is 48 beds and had been recently renovated to meet the needs of our population. Progressive team focused care./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"The span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongCharge Nurse (RN) on Night Shift on the CDU/Short Stay unit at Kennestone Hospital/strong/span 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./pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"The strongRN Clinical Charge Nurse/strong 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./pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"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./pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"The strongRN Clinical Charge Nurse/strong 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. /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongThis is a Night Shift position three nights per week./strong/pbrh3Qualifications/h3brp style="margin: 0px;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongRequired Minimum Education/strong/span /pulliGraduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing as and Associate Degree/Diploma Nurse; Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred./li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongRequired Minimum Licensure/Certification/strong/span/pulliCurrent/active license as a registered nurse in the State of Georgia;/liliMust have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association on the first day of employment in position. National certification in area of specialty preferred. (Dependent on area of Service may require additional certification such as ACLS, PALS.)/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongRequired Minimum Experience/strong/span/pulli One year of nursing experience required, two years preferred. Experience as relief charge with clinical expertise preferred./li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongemRequired Minimum Skills/em/strong/span/pulli Ability to read, write and speak English language, optimiz

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