Charge Nurse - Intermediate Care Unit

Job Summary

* Assessment/reassessment - Systematically assesses / reassesses the health care needs of individuals; appropriate for specific age groups and patient conditions. Involves patient, family and other healthcare providers as appropriate.

* Nursing Diagnosis and Outcomes - Analyzes assessment to determine nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes, involving patient, family and other healthcare providers as appropriate.

* Implementation and Coordination of Care - Provides nursing care through interventions to achieve goals and needs using professional judgement guided by current evidence-based practice, regulations and policy.

* Evaluation - Evaluates patient outcomes by utilizing the critical thinking process and evidence based knowledge to recognize problems, evaluate facts and reach sound conclusions.

* Professional Practice.

* Serves as department leader alongside and in absence of Nurse Manager.

* Maintain ACLS.

* RN will oversee and promote bedside handoff at shift changes.

Qualifications

Education

Diploma or Associate's degree (ADN) required, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN) preferred.

Experience

1 year experience as a Registered Nurse preferred

Licensure/Certification

Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse license. Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) training or retraining is required during orientation prior to providing patient care. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required to be maintained thru re-training for duration of employment.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

RNs with less than one year experience are required to complete Norman Regional's Nurse Residency Program.