Registered Nurse III

The Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) is seeking highly motivated and dedicated Charge Nurse for our unit. As a Charge Nurse here you would be responsible and accountable for assessing, prescribing, delegating, coordinating, providing, and improving acute specialized nursing care. Coordinate patient assignments and delegate responsibility to professional and non-professional staff members to ensure the completion of safe and comprehensive patient care and optimum patient satisfaction. Act as role model and resource for staff members on our units. 

Please Note: Full time (40hr) position available, 3rd Shift, 11:15pm-7:15am, weekend B.

Employees in this position will be required to perform "mandatory overtime".

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Organizes, performs, and directs nursing care by assigning, delegating, and allocating nursing resources in the appropriate manner to meet acuity levels of care and current patient care needs.
• Ensure nursing activities are adhering to hospital policies and procedures.
• Formulates and posts completed Assignment Sheets with an R.N. signature at the beginning of the shift; and assures compliance.
• Participates in inter-shift reports, meetings, and nursing rounds at the beginning/ end of each shift to assess health care status, outcomes of nursing care, appropriateness of nursing interventions, and patient response to treatment, patient satisfaction, completion of unit assignments.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager in multidisciplinary meetings and rounds.
• Communicates pertinent patient care information with other health care professionals and integrates appropriate information as well as administrative aspects of care so that quality care is provided consistent with multidisciplinary plans and standards for patient advocacy/care.
• Assures that education and training needs of patient families are assessed and identified so that patient families gain the knowledge and skills that will improve patient health care outcomes and meet the on-going health care needs of the patient family.
• Cooperates with the Nurse Manager through unit-based Performance Improvement Committee to formulate a unit-based P.I. Plan which addresses, aspects of care as per departmental P.I. plan and identifies opportunities/priority issues for evaluation and improvement in care.
• Participate in Risk Management Program and reporting unusual activities/situations to Risk Management Department via Nursing Department.
• Maintains inter-shift and administrative coordination of nursing process/patient care needs by sharing current clinical observations and Information through inter-shift reports and administrative meetings.
• Contributes to ongoing evaluation of staff performance in a timely manner through Employee Performance Review System; assures that competency requirements are met as per department/unit policies and collaborates with appropriate personnel to complete employee evaluations on the shift.
• Performs unit specific competencies and other related duties as required to maintain harmonious equilibrium of a changing environment for patients/clients and staff.