About The Role

Summary

Job Description

Charge Nurse

PRN , 1 st Shift

3 North Surgical

36-bed medical-surgical unit dedicated to providing comprehensive care for patients with a wide range of medical and surgical diagnoses. We offer compassionate, patient-centered care throughout the continuum of recovery. Our team specializes in post-operative management, medical stabilization, and ongoing treatment of acute and chronic conditions. 3 North Surgical is committed to delivering high-quality, coordinated care that supports safe healing, patient education, and optimal outcomes for every individual we serve.

Charge Nurse p rovides shift leadership and coordinates staff workflow to ensure safe, efficient, high-quality patient care. Supports clinical operations, addresses patient care concerns, and provides direct nursing care, including assessments, treatments, care coordination, education, admissions, transfers, and discharges.

Job Description

Under the direction of Unit Director, Clinical House Supervisor, +/or Designee

Provides supervision of workflow and staff for a designated shift in overseeing the efficient functioning of the department .
Assures the provision of patient care, by addressing performance, risk management, patient, family and physician issues/concerns as appropriate .
The Charge Nurse is an exemplar for compassion, acceptance, respect and empathy honoring nursing as a distinct discipline and supporting an environment focused on healing and wellness.
As a clinical nurse, the charge nurse spends majority of his/her time (> 50%) coordinating, ensuring and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through: provision of nursing rounds, assessments and treatments; facilitating admission, transfer and discharge activities; provision of patient and family-centered education; care coordination and individualized treatment planning as applicable, etc.

Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required

Active Kentucky RN license .
B asic L ife S upport- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already.
ACLS and/or other designated unit specific certification training/requirements .
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing or currently actively pursuing a BSN degree. (BSN degree must be completed within 5 years of starting program) .
Minimum of one year of Registered Nurse experience.

Benefits

Preventive Plan
Retirement Plans
Flimp Decisions - Flimp Decisions will help you pick the best value plan option given your expected medical needs. The proprietary algorithm provides a personalized financial analysis and recommendation, considering both premium and expected out-of-pocket cost (copays, etc.), as well as other important plan features.

If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.