Charge RN - Psychiatric Crisis Department (Nights)

Job Title

Overview: Additional Job Description

1 Night Shift (11p-7:30a)

Job Details

• 0.8 FTE, 32 hours/week
• Starting Pay: $39.90, pay to commensurate with experience
• Eligible for Shift Differential on Nights and Weekends

Job Description Summary

Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall patient care and functions in a particular area during an assigned shift. Serves as a role model to positively influence culture and work environment. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Essential Functions

• Coordinates the activities of a particular shift and directs, organizes, and assigns work to the employees. Ensures adequate supplies, equipment and utilization of staff.
• Serves as an expert EPIC Super User. Assesses, monitors, and supports employees throughout the shift.
• Facilitates direct patient care through coaching, delegation and service recovery. Provides direct patient care as needed.
• Engages in the "workplace community" by staying aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, understanding Quality Improvement, and representing staff at relevant meetings and then reporting important information and updates back to staff.
• Ensures regulatory compliance. Institutes emergency responses as appropriate. Maintains quality and safety as a priority.
• Specifies the critical resources required to accomplish the team's objectives.
• Makes appropriate staffing decisions with understanding and consideration of workload targets and budget impact.

Education Requirement

BSN, required.

Licensure Requirement

Current Ohio Nursing License, required.

Certifications

BLS, required.

Experience

Two years nursing experience, preferred.

Physical Requirements

OCCASIONALLY: Biohazard waste, Climb stairs/ladder, Cold Temperatures, Electricity, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Hot Temperatures, Lifting / Carrying: 61-100 lbs, Loud Noises, Machinery, Power Tools, Pushing / Pulling: 100 lbs or greater with assistance, Reaching above shoulder, Working at Heights, Working Outdoors

FREQUENTLY: Bend/twist, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Flexing/extending of neck, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Sitting, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Depth perception, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing – Far/near

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet