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Charge Nurse RN Nights - Med Surg
Location:
Brownsville, TX
Description:
Charge Nurse RN Nights $20,000 Sign-on Bonus! About Us Cornerstone Healthcare Group, based in Dallas, Texas, was founded in 1990 and provides excellent healthcare services to our patients, residents and their families. Our employees make a difference, join us so you can too! We pride ourselves on our quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence. We treat each employee, patient and resident like we would a member of our own family, and measure our success by the direct impact we have on improving the quality of life for our employees, patients and residents. Responsibilities: The Charge Nurse RN is responsible for the delivery of patient care that promotes safety and well-being of all patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs The Charge Nurse RN duties include: * Coordinating with any agencies providing contract nursing services with the Director. * Acts as the liaison between the clinical nursing staff and administration. * Provides clinical support to the nursing staff by acting as a mentor and a roll model. * Collaborates with hospital leaders, physicians and other team members to provide optimum services to the patients. * Plays a major roll in employee and patient education to enhance knowledge, skills and necessary behaviors to achieve quality outcomes. * Adopts an approach to hospital-wide performance improvement that ensures important processes and activities are measured, assessed, and improved. * Plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates all intradepartmental and interdepartmental activities. * Is the designated on-site hospital administrator for after normal business hours. * Responsible for the assessment of all requests for administrative on-call contacts during his/her shift. * Responsible for all activities within the hospital in absence of the Administrator or department managers. * Responsible for providing a safe and effective environment for customer satisfaction, including physicians, employees, patients and families. Minimum Qualifications: * Ability to project a professional image. * Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations. * Sound knowledge of nursing practice. * Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements. * Strong organizational and analytical skills. Exceptional leadership abilities. * Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Word processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets, etc.) * Persons who have been found guilty by a court of law of abusing, neglecting, or mistreating individuals in a health care related setting are ineligible for employment in this position. * Freedom from illegal use of drugs. * Freedom from use of and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. Education and/or Experience: * Graduate of an accredited nursing program. * Five (5) years progressive acute care or long term acute care nursing experience in critical care, emergency room or step-down/telemetry unites. * Requires a minimum of three (3) years supervision or charge nurse experience. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: * Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment. * Must maintain current CPR certification and ACLS certification throughout employment. * ACLS certification obtained within one year of employment or as available courses allow.
Company:
Kindred Healthcare
Posted:
April 26 on TopUSAJobs
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Charge Nurse RN Nights - Med Surg is a Nurse & Healthcare Registered Nurse Job at Kindred Healthcare located in Brownsville TX. Find other listings like Charge Nurse RN Nights - Med Surg by searching Oodle for Nurse & Healthcare Registered Nurse Jobs.
Charge Nurse RN Nights - Med Surg is a Nurse & Healthcare Registered Nurse Job at Kindred Healthcare located in Brownsville TX. Find other listings like Charge Nurse RN Nights - Med Surg by searching Oodle for Nurse & Healthcare Registered Nurse Jobs.