Charge Nurse

Charge Nurse

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' "True North" is what calls them to health care; it's their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

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.

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 tasks 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 (whiteboard) 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.