Charge Nurse

1 week ago


Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Froedtert Health Full 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.

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

Responsibilities
  • Triaging and prioritizing admissions and overseeing the care coordination of patients being discharged/transferred
  • Employing effective decision-making behaviors to safely balance changes in patient acuity and census with the availability, experience and competency of the staff nurses
  • Demonstrating resourcefulness, tactful communication, flexibility, adaptability, decisiveness and awareness of the global needs of the hospital
  • Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate patient care stay progression and unit goals
  • Assuming a patient assignment as determined by the needs of the unit
  • Monitoring and intervening in addressing opportunities for assuring regulatory compliance, quality effectiveness and a satisfactory patient experience
Requirements
  • 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 within 90 days of hire
  • American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred
  • 2-3 years of related clinical experience, unless approved by the Unit Manager
  • Bachelors Degree in Nursing required
Perks and Benefits

Froedtert Health offers a variety of perks and 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

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