Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Charge RN, youll oversee a department of frontline nurses caring for patients. Your previous experience in acute care, LTC, or nursing homes adds tremendous value to our nursing team.
Every day you will advocate for your fellow nurses as you support them in reaching their full potential, which aligns with your departments operational goals and objectives.
To thrive in this role, you need to be accountable and confident. Youre an excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups. Its also important for you to be comfortable holding tough conversations, as you are responsible for the performance of your people and your unit.
Responsibilities
• Provides direct supervision of personnel practicing on Nursing Units • Makes patient care assignments • Evaluates assignments • Facilitates patient throughout • Directly observes staff performance on assigned shift
• Proactively matches existing resources seeking ways to provide patient care that supports staff and maintains a therapeutic environment
• Monitors productivity and assures that staffing and resources are aligned with patient care needs
• Communicates personnel related concerns to Unit Manager
• Uses a logical, systematic approach to problems and problem-solving
• Facilitates Patient Experience best practices on the unit (hourly rounding, etc.)
Job Requirements
Required:
• Other Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, upon hire • Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire • Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire • Advanced Cardiac Life Support, upon hire
Preferred:
• Bachelors Of Science Nursing, upon hire
Where Youll Work
Welcome to Continuing Care Hospital, a 25-bed long-term acute care hospital located inside CHI Saint Joseph Hospital. Continuing Care Hospital is recognized as a 12-time winner of the Kentucky Hospital Association Quality award and a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.