Charge Nurse - Buffalo, United States - ECMC

Description

Full Time - FT462 Grider Street

Nursing - RN/ManagementEvening ShiftHourly Range:
$40.57-$54.81DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:

The work involves directing, coordinating and supervising professional and non-professional nursing staff and participating in the nursing and daily activity needs of patients/residents on a unit, for an assigned shift.

This is a professional/supervisory nursing position requiring a high degree of competence and tact.
Work is performed under the direct supervision of higher ranking professional nursing staff.
Supervision is exercised over lower level professional and non-professional nursing staff.
Does related work as required

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:

CLINICALMonitors and ensures that established standards of care and the nursing process are utilized in the delivery of patient/resident care including but not limited to assessment, care planning, intervention, evaluation, discharge planning and health teaching;Participates and ensures the maintenance of safety standards for staff, patients/residents and visitors;Plans and conducts needed patient/resident centered conferences;Intervenes in identified patient/resident problems and seeks resolution;Communicates to physicians, higher ranking nurses and other staff the needs of patients/residents;Assures the processing and implementation of physician orders in a timely manner;Establishes patient/resident care priorities;Serves as a clinical resource person to other staff;Serves as liaison between patients/residents, family, physician and the health care team;Provides nursing care as needed;Assures documentation of patient/resident condition as required.

NON-CLINICALAssesses overall unit activity and patient/resident care needs for assigned shift;Makes patient/resident care assignments according to departmental standards;Communicates all clinical and operational activities from shift to shift;Communicates immediate concerns related to staff performance issues, physician or patient/resident concerns or other unit management issues to the unit manager/higher ranking nurse;Reinforces cost effective utilization of personnel and supplies;Supports and participates in the quality improvement process;Participates in the evaluation of staff performance and the orientation of new staff;Ensures assigned staff attends in-service as scheduled;Maintains knowledge of new and current skills and trends in nursing;Provides input into scheduling;Contributes to formulation of unit/facility goals and objectives.

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Good knowledge of the principles, procedures, techniques, and terminology of professional nursing;Good knowledge of the biological, physical, social and medical science as they relate to nursing care;Ability to develop management skills;Ability to work effectively with others;Ability to work well in crisis situations;Ability to assist in administration of nursing and non-nursing ancillary activities;Ability to perform more difficult professional nursing duties;Ability to maintain records and prepare reports;Good communication skills, both oral and written;Sound professional judgment;Initiative;Resourcefulness;Industry;Dependability;Tact;Good health;Physically capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or withoutreasonable accommodation

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Graduation from an accredited school of professional nursing and possession of a license to practice as a registered professional nurse in New York State and either:

A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's degree in nursing and six (6) months of professional nursing experience in the specialty area to which assignment is requested; orB) One (1) year of professional nursing experience in the specialty area to which assignment is requested;C) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and(B).

Specialty areas shall include

• critical care,
• emergency nursing, medical/surgical, operating room, hemodialysis, ambulatory care and behavioral health.
• Please note that critical care experience will meet the minimum requirements for positions in the post anesthesia recovery room and the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

NOTE:
Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements

Associated topics:
asn, coronary, domiciliary, infusion, intensive care, nurse rn, psychiatric, surgery, surgical, transitional