Charge Nurse-Emergency Department, Full-time Nights
Cape Fear Valley Health
Summary
Charge Nurse facilitates quality patient care through utilization of resources and maintains systems and procedures which enhance staff ability to deliver quality patient care. Position consists of flexible shifts to include weekends and holidays.
Job description
Major Job Functions
- Completes daily patient assignments
- Rounds with the physicians
- Serve as resource to staff nurses, nursing assistants, monitors techs and unit secretaries
- Assists with procedures, checks orders
- Responsible for daily QC and equipment checks on unit
- Evaluates daily patient acuity
- Focuses on patient flow and expediting patient flow
- Responsible for the over site of quality of patient care
- Assists with clinical education of staff members in the absence of Clinical Educator/Preceptor
- Interfaces with Care Coordinator and discharge planning
- Expected to take patient assignment when other staffing options have been exhausted
- Expedites testing, admission and discharges
- Implement process as defined by the Hospital Innovation Project (HIP)
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this job:
Education and Formal Training
- Associate’s degree in nursing required
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred
- Licensed as Registered Nurse in North Carolina or other Compact State license
Work Experience
- 3 years of related clinical experience preferred
- 1 year in leadership role or demonstrates strong leadership skills preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
- Interpersonal skills
- Effective organizational, teaching, and leadership skills
Physical Requirements
- Visual and auditory acuity required
- Ability to articulate clearly and succinctly
- Much standing, walking, bending, and lifting
- Position may involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material
- Must be able to lift 35 pounds
Required Licenses and Certifications
RN - Board Of Nursing
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in nursing required
- Licensed as Registered Nurse in North Carolina or other Compact State license
- 3 years of related clinical experience preferred
- 1 year in leadership role or demonstrates strong leadership skills preferred
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
- Interpersonal skills
- Effective organizational, teaching, and leadership skills
- Visual and auditory acuity required
- Ability to articulate clearly and succinctly
- Much standing, walking, bending, and lifting
- Must be able to lift 35 pounds
Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Company overview
Cape Fear Valley Health is a comprehensive regional healthcare system based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, serving southeastern North Carolina and surrounding regions. Established in 1956, it has grown to become North Carolina's 8th largest health system, operating as a private not-for-profit organization with 7,500 employees and over 1,000 physicians. The system encompasses eight hospitals with 988 total beds, including Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Bladen County Hospital, Hoke Hospital, and Harnett Health facilities. Annually, the system serves more than 1 million inpatient and outpatient visits across its network of over 150 locations. Cape Fear Valley Health specializes in cardiac care, cancer treatment, surgical services, neuroscience, pediatrics, rehabilitation, orthopedics, and behavioral health. The organization has earned numerous national recognitions including Healthgrades Top 100 Hospital for Cardiac Care, IBM Watson Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospital, and The Leapfrog Group Grade-A for Patient Safety. With a mission to provide exceptional healthcare for all patients, the system emphasizes patient-centered care, innovation, and community service while maintaining multiple disease-specific certifications from The Joint Commission.