Charge RN- Weekends Surgical Transplant ICU Jewish Hospital 7a-7p

We are Hiring at Jewish Hospital 4 South

Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville KY 40202

Shift Options: Full Time/ 7a7p

About the Unit

The Surgical Transplant ICU is a 13bed inpatient critical care unit. This ICU cares for critically ill adult patient populations including pre/post solid organ transplants and recovers them straight from the OR. They also care for many other surgical specialties (colorectal liver pancreas urology hepatobiliary general surgery).

About Jewish Hospital

Jewish Hospital part of UofL Health is an internationally renowned hightech tertiary referral center developing leadingedge advancements in hand and microsurgery heart and lung care orthopedics and sports medicine neuroscience organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the worlds first successful hand transplant and AbioCor implantable replacement heart procedures in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital continues to be recognized for its specialized heart care procedures including the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The UofL Health Trager Transplant Center is in a select group of hospitals nationwide that perform heart lung liver kidney pancreas and hand transplantation. The center also includes a Pancreas Disease Center a GI Motility Clinic and Advanced Heart Failure and VAD programs.

Job Summary

The charge nurse assists the Clinical Manager and/or Nursing Director with the management of the unit including participating in employee evaluation staffing and scheduling patient and preceptor assignments oversight of resource utilization and initiating and overseeing quality improvement activities. The charge nurse acts as a resource and provides information/education to unit staff. The charge nurse is involved in service recovery promoting customer service to both internal and external customers. The charge nurse is a role model and proponent of the professional nurse as exemplified by their presence on the unit participation in nursing department initiatives such as the acquisition of Magnet Certification and organizational committee meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Licensed or eligible for license in Kentucky
• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Associates degree from accredited college or University

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from accredited college or University

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Pay & Benefits Options
• Paid Vacation Sick days and Holidays
• Free tuition to UofL for Part and Fulltime employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner
• 401K with Employer Match

About UofL Health

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals four medical centers Brown Cancer Center Eye Institute nearly 200 physician practice locations and more than 1000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives.

With more than 13000 team members physicians surgeons nurses pharmacists and other highlyskilled health care professionals UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate innovative patientcentered care. For more information on UofL Health go to .

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