Charge Nurse - Trauma ICU - INTERNAL ONLY

UMC Charge Nurse

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is home to a Level I Trauma Center, Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care. Eligible for 5% critical care differential.

Position Summary: Functions as a charge nurse responsible for assigning patients to and monitoring the work of nurses within the unit on assigned shift and to assist the Clinical Manager in the supervision of assigned employees on shift. The position also carries a patient load and applies the nursing process to deliver basic, safe, therapeutic care, for individuals or groups of patients.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years of clinical nursing experience.

Licensing/Certification Requirements: Valid License by the Nevada State Board of Nursing to Practice as a Registered Nurse, and; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification accepted by the American Heart Association (AHA). Certification in Specialty Area may be required in some positions. Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Trauma Nurse Core Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Protocol may be required in some positions.

Additional Position Requirements

Current UMC Employee

Preferences will be given to applicants who document the following:

• Minimum of two (2) years of recent Trauma ICU RN experience in a similar facility
• Minimum one (1) year of charge nurse, relief charge nurse or supervisor experience in ICU

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of: Modern principles of effective supervision; nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and coordination of patient care); standards of care; disease process; equipment used in providing patient care in specialty area; patient care plan development; patient evaluation and assessment techniques; body mechanics used with ambulating, transferring and repositioning patients; Nurse Practice Act; department and hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures; age specific patient care practices.

Skill in: Assigning and monitoring the work of others; assigning work to cover patients' needs; evaluating quality control; implementing nursing process including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation; working with high risk or critically ill patients; performing invasive nursing procedures associated with area of specialty; developing and implementing education programs associated with specialty; organizing, prioritizing and delegating work; communicating with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds under stressful conditions; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting, including stamina to stand and walk for extended periods of time, strength to examine and treat varied individuals, vision to use standard office equipment and read printed materials including a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in person and over the telephone. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada