Charge Nurse - FT - Night Shift

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<div>HOURLY RANGE: $44.10 - $59.58<br/><br/>DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The work involves directing, coordinating and supervising professional and non-<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES:<br/><br/>CLINICAL<br/><br/>Monitors 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;<br/><br/>Participates and ensures the maintenance of safety standards for staff, patients/residents and visitors;<br/><br/>Plans and conducts needed patient/resident centered conferences;<br/><br/>Intervenes in identified patient/resident problems and seeks resolution;<br/><br/>Communicates to physicians, higher ranking nurses and other staff the needs of patients/residents;<br/><br/>Assures the processing and implementation of physician orders in a timely manner;<br/><br/>Establishes patient/resident care priorities;<br/><br/>Serves as a clinical resource person to other staff;<br/><br/>Serves as liaison between patients/residents, family, physician and the health care team;<br/><br/>Provides nursing care as needed;<br/><br/>Assures documentation of patient/resident condition as required.<br/><br/>NON-CLINICAL<br/><br/>Assesses overall unit activity and patient/resident care needs for assigned shift;<br/><br/>Makes patient/resident care assignments according to departmental standards;<br/><br/>Communicates all clinical and operational activities from shift to shift;<br/><br/>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;<br/><br/>Reinforces cost effective utilization of personnel and supplies;<br/><br/>Supports and participates in the quality improvement process;<br/><br/>Participates in the evaluation of staff performance and the orientation of new staff;<br/><br/>Ensures assigned staff attends in-service as scheduled;<br/><br/>Maintains knowledge of new and current skills and trends in nursing;<br/><br/>Provides input into scheduling;<br/><br/>Contributes to formulation of unit/facility goals and objectives.<br/><br/>CHARGE NURSE Page 2<br/><br/>FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:<br/><br/>Good knowledge of the principles, procedures, techniques, and terminology of professional nursing;<br/><br/>Good knowledge of the biological, physical, social and medical science as they relate to nursing care;<br/><br/>Ability to develop management skills;<br/><br/>Ability to work effectively with others;<br/><br/>Ability to work well in crisis situations;<br/><br/>Ability to assist in administration of nursing and non-nursing ancillary activities;<br/><br/>Ability to perform more difficult professional nursing duties;<br/><br/>Ability to maintain records and prepare reports;<br/><br/>Good communication skills, both oral and written;<br/><br/>Sound professional judgment;<br/><br/>Initiative;<br/><br/>Resourcefulness;<br/><br/>Industry;<br/><br/>Dependability;<br/><br/>Tact;<br/><br/>Good health;<br/><br/>Physically capable of performing the essential functions of the position with or without<br/><br/> reasonable accommodation.<br/><br/>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:<br/><br/>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:<br/><ol><li>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; or</li></ol><ol><li>B) One (1) year of professional nursing experience in the specialty area to which assignment is requested;</li></ol><ol><li>C) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and</li></ol><br/> (B).<br/><br/>Specialty areas shall include *critical care,* emergency nursing, medical/surgical, operating room, hemodialysis, ambulatory care and behavioral health.<br/><br/>*Please note that critical care experience will meet the minimum requirements for positions in the post anesthesia recovery room and the cardiac catheterization laboratory.*<br/><br/>NOTE: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements<br/></div>

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