staff - Charge Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $28+ per hour
Company: North Mississippi Health Services
Location: Tupelo
Posted on: February 8, 2025
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Job Description:
staff - Charge Nurse (RN) - PCU - Progressive Care Unit - $28+ per
hour at North Mississippi Health Services summary:
The Charge Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services oversees the
Progressive Care Unit, ensuring the delivery of safe and quality
patient care while coordinating with a multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities include managing staffing assignments, providing
patient education, and ensuring compliance with hospital policies
and regulatory standards. The Charge Nurse also maintains effective
communication with patients and staff to foster a caring and
efficient healthcare environment.
North Mississippi Health Services is seeking a PCU - Progressive
Care Unit Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in Tupelo,
Mississippi.Job Description & Requirements
**JOB SUMMARY**
The Charge Nurse at North Mississippi Health Services is
responsible for providing safe, quality patient care through the
nursing process, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations,
and maintaining effective communication with the multidisciplinary
team. The Charge Nurse must also be able to respond to rapidly
changing patient needs, handle staffing assignments, and act as a
liaison between patients and physicians or case management when
necessary.
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**JOB** **FUNCTIONS**
Clinical Practice:
* Uses the nursing process to provide safe, quality patient care
and document accordingly.
* Works to ensure his/her compliance with all NMHS policies and
requirements as directed by the Nurse Manager and Educator.
Education:
* Provides patient/family education and acts as a resource for
existing staff and new employees.
* Attends the Preceptor class to ensure proper training of new
employees.
Communication:
* Maintains communication with multidisciplinary team members to
provide holistic care to the patient.
* Leads daily huddles on each unit to ensure proper assignments and
identify team members for the shift.
* Delegates tasked to be completed during the shift to ensure EOC
guidelines are maintained on a daily basis for regulatory agency
compliance.
Customer Relations:
* Projects caring, friendly and helpful image to patients and other
customers.
* Utilized the patient's communication board (white board) to
identify name, date, goals, other staff and procedures or test for
the day to keep the patients and families informed.
* Complies by the NMHS behavioral standards.
* Ensures staff RN's are utilizing the communication boards.
Self-Development:
* Maintains competency by staying informed of changing trends in
the nursing practice.
* Attends annual review and unit specifics within the
department.
* Performs required continuing education hours online and in
classroom.
Regulatory Knowledge:
* Complies with regulatory and accrediting agency requirements.
* Licensed by the board of Nursing for the state.
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**QUALIFICATIONS**
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-**Education**
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**Education Level**
**Education Details**
**Required/Preferred**
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Associate's Degree
Nursing
Required
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**Licenses and Certifications**
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**Licenses and Certifications**
**Licenses and Certifications Details**
**Time Frame**
**Required/**
**Preferred**
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RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State
Licensure
Must be licensed to practice as a RN
Upon Hire
Required
And
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CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation
Must maintain a current AHA or ARC CPR Certification
Upon Hire
Required
And
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ACLS
Advance Cardiac Life Support
Upon Hire
Required
And
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PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Requirement is dependent upon hiring department
Upon Hire
Required
And
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TB certification
Upon Hire
Required
Or
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Certification if required by the department
Upon Hire
Required
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**Work Experience**
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**Number of Years**
**Work Experience Details**
**Required/**
**Preferred**
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**Knowledge Skills and Abilities**
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**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities**
**Required/Preferred**
**Proficiency**
Must complete RN orientation and approved unit specific
checklist
Required
N/A
Must maintain department requirements for continuing education and
any specific unit requirements to provide appropriate age specific
care; annual review and unit specifics, CARES
Required
N/A
Must have leadership skill and attend leadership classes as offered
by the education department.
Required
N/A
Lead and participate in the Performance Improvement project of the
unit.
Required
N/A
Must have effective communication and teaching skills
Required
N/A
General knowledge of various regulatory and accrediting
standards
Required
N/A
Ensures staffing ratios are appropriate throughout the shift based
on unit based matrix while maintaining appropriate
productivity.
Required
N/A
Prioritizes/delegates/evaluates work assignments
Required
N/A
Anticipates resources needed to provide the best quality of care
for the patients
Required
N/A
Assimilates data and reports appropriately to providers when
necessary. Implements protocols when necessary by using critical
thinking skills.
Required
N/A
Upon completion of the preceptor class, orients new employees to
the unit and reports progress to the nurse manager and/or
educator.
Required
N/A
The charge nurse has routine contact with physicians, ancillary
personnel, other nursing personnel, patients, family, visitors.
Required
N/A
They must demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to all
customers/co-workers, and in all aspects of patient care and job
performance.
Required
N/A
He/she will use our NMHS CARES values and behavioral standards in
all personal contact situations.
Required
N/A
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**SCOPE**
**Freedom To Act:**
**Problem Solving:**
**Impact:**
**Financial Responsibility:**
* Sales Revenue Target Responsibility: -
* Approval Responsibility:
* P & L Responsibility:
* Assets Controlled:
* Controllable Expenses (e.g., Payroll and other budgeted
items):
* Total Financial Responsibility:
**Budget Responsibility**
* Primary Budget Responsibility:
* Shared Budget Responsibility:North Mississippi Health Services
Job ID #2232-000BTE. Posted job title: Charge Nurse-$15K Sign On
Bonus-Stepdown-Variable ShiftsAbout North Mississippi Health
ServicesAt North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in
connecting you to a career that challenges you, engages your mind
and inspires you to be the "you" you always wanted to be. We also
believe in celebrating everything that makes you uniquely you -
your talents, your perspectives and your passions - and connecting
you with others to create a supportive and innovative team that
aspires and achieves together. Most of all, we believe in helping
you leverage and connect your personal passion with a much greater
purpose. We're committed to helping our team of over 7,000 unique
individuals discover what connects you to our mission, vision and
ultimate "why" - our patients.With seven hospitals, more than 60
clinics, four long-term care facilities, state-of-the-art women's
and behavioral health facilities and multiple outpatient care
centers, we have a variety of career opportunities waiting for
you.
Keywords:
Charge Nurse, Progressive Care Unit, patient care, nursing,
healthcare, medical team, staff management, patient education,
clinical compliance, patient relations
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