RN Charge Recovery Days

Job Summary

This is a full time RN Charge opportunity for an experienced PACU/Recovery RN!

The RN Charge oversees the operations of a nursing unit during assigned shifts ensuring effective and efficient delivery of highquality patient care. This role supervises nursing staff coordinates care with healthcare teams and maintains compliance with healthcare regulations and hospital policies while fostering a positive work environment and promoting professional development.

Essential Functions

• Supervises and supports nursing and support staff delegating tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
• Evaluates staff performance providing feedback and coaching to maintain high standards of care.
• Oversees the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of patient care ensuring patient care plans are followed and adjusted as needed.
• Collaborates with healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care and resolve issues related to patient flow or care delivery.
• Ensures effective communication among physicians patients families and hospital departments including managing shift handoffs and unit huddles.
• Monitors patient flow manages bed assignments and optimizes resource utilization within the unit.
• Conducts employee and patient rounding to evaluate care delivery and satisfaction.
• Monitors adherence to safety standards infection control protocols and hospital policies addressing noncompliance promptly.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives and audits to enhance patient outcomes and ensure compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Ensures necessary medical supplies are available and properly utilized while maintaining costeffective resource management.
• Facilitates ongoing education and professional development for nursing staff and ensures training needs are met.
• Leads efforts in infection prevention by conducting audits educating staff and ensuring adherence to protocols for hand hygiene sterilization and use of PPE.
• Responds to emergencies within the unit providing leadership and direct care as necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• 12 years of clinical nursing experience required
• Prior leadership or charge nurse experience preferred

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Strong clinical knowledge and ability to oversee complex patient care.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to coordinate with interdisciplinary teams.
• Leadership and mentoring skills to manage staff and promote a positive work environment.
• Ability to assess prioritize and manage multiple patients and tasks.
• Proficiency in using hospital information systems and clinical documentation tools.
• Knowledge of infection control protocols safety standards and quality improvement practices.
• Critical thinking and problemsolving skills for addressing unit challenges and emergencies.

Licenses and Certifications

• RN Registered Nurse State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure required
• BCLS Basic Life Support required
• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support preferred

Benefits

As a core employee with MatSu Regional you will be eligible for competitivebase pay night shift incentives and a robust total rewards compensation package. Included in our benefits package includessome of the following: health insurance dental vision facility/medical discounts 401K PTO and more! You can also qualify for tuition assistanceand a loan reimbursement program up to $20000K for qualified programs. Apply to learn more!

MatSu Regional Medical Center has twice been named one of the Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Beckers Hospital Review and in 2019 received the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Associations patient safety award High Reliability: Persevering in the Pursuit of Zero Patient Harm. MatSu Regional Medical Center is your community healthcare provider a 125bed facility with a wide range of inpatient and outpatient care diagnostic imaging and emergency medical and surgical services. MatSu Regional Medical Center also offers a sleep lab cardiac catheterization lab advanced wound care inpatient behavioral health services three offsite urgent care facilities robotic surgery and advanced total hip replacement procedures. From the majestic Pioneer and Twin Peaks in the Chugach Range to the Talkeetna Mountains in Southcentral Alaska Palmer is framed in breathtaking beauty. Located 42 miles northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska Valley the citys unique history and heritage are unparalleled in the state.

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