Nurse Team Lead

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.

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.

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

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 years of Critical Care experience, unless approved by the Unit Manager.

EDUCATION DESCRIPTION:

Bachelors Degree in Nursing is required.

Will consider current Froedtert Health non-BSN prepared RNs with demonstrated leadership skills that have at least 5 years experience in an acute care setting and formal commitment and plan to obtain a Bachelors Degree in Nursing within 5 years of starting in role.

If an incumbent is functioning as a Charge RN as of June 1, 2016, and has 2-3 years experience in this role the Bachelors Degree in Nursing educational requirement may be waived.

SPECIAL SKILLS DESCRIPTION:

Has a demonstrated history of leadership roles i.e. Shared Governance unit-based council chair, Committee chair, Preceptor, equipment or process Super User/Champion.

LICENSURE DESCRIPTION:

Requires current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or a Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact).

American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an AHA approved equivalent is required within 90 days of hire.

American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is preferred.

Frequently utilized skills include:

• Foley insertions, wound cares, PEG tube medications, PCA pump, trach cares/suctioning, IV/central line medications, and chest tube maintenance.

FTE:

• 1.0 FTE is Full-Time, any position less than 1.0 FTE is Part-Time, and .001 FTE is Optional Part-Time

Our patient population includes:

CHF, COPD, PNA, ESRD, DM, AMS, Cirrhosis, Pancreatitis, and much more.

As an organization, Froedtert offers at least 9 weeks of orientation with a dedicated preceptor and positive mentoring in a hands-on learning environment.

Froedtert is unique in that there is no mandatory over-time.

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.

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.

This individual demonstrates competency in delivery of care to a primarily adult population.

This job is ON - SITE.

8NT is a 24-bed internal medicine unit that focuses on teamwork to provide exceptional care to our patients.

We partner with each patient to address their unique needs in order to provide relationship-based care.

Every day on 8NT is different as our patient population changes, but our staff unites together daily to encourage high-quality care.

As an organization, Froedtert offers at least 9 weeks of orientation with a dedicated preceptor and positive mentoring in a hands-on learning environment.

Froedtert is unique in that there is no mandatory over-time.

Frequently utilized skills include:

• Foley insertions, wound cares, PEG tube medications, PCA pump, trach cares/suctioning, IV/central line medications, and chest tube maintenance.

FTE:

• 1.0 FTE is Full-Time, any position less than 1.0 FTE is Part-Time, and .001 FTE is Optional Part-Time

Our patient population includes:

CHF, COPD, PNA, ESRD, DM, AMS, Cirrhosis, Pancreatitis, and much more.

As an organization, Froedtert offers at least 9 weeks of orientation with a dedicated preceptor and positive mentoring in a hands-on learning environment.

Froedtert is unique in that there is no mandatory over-time.

Shift:

Shift - three shifts a week with every third weekend. No holidays.

Perks & Benefits at Froedtert Health

Froedtert Health Offers a variety of perks & benefits to staff, depending on your role you may be eligible for the following:

Paid time off

Growth opportunity- Career Pathways & Career Tuition Assistance, CEU opportunities

Academic Partnership with the Medical College of Wisconsin

Referral bonuses

Retirement plan - 403b

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Free Workplace Clinics

Employee Assistance Programs, Adoption Assistance, Healthy Contributions, , Moving Assistance, Discounts on gym memberships, travel and other work life benefits available

The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network is a partnership between Froedtert Health and the Medical College of Wisconsin supporting a shared mission of patient care, innovation, medical research and education.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who values and maintains an environment that attracts, recruits, engages and retains a diverse workforce.

We welcome protected veterans to share their priority consideration status with us at We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

During your application and interview process, if you have a need that requires an accommodation, please contact us at We will attempt to fulfill all reasonable accommodation requests.