Charge Nurse

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Charge Nurse

Job Code:

2025:OTZ-226

Location:

Kotzebue, Alaska

Program:

Inpatient Services

FT/PT Status:

Full Time

Job Responsibilities:

Maniilaq Association

8/25

Title:

Charge

Nurse

Range:

16 (+2steps)

Program:

Inpatient

Services

Status:

Non-Exempt

Housing Priority:

3

Covered:

Yes

POSITION SUMMARY:

Provides patient care in Inpatient, ER and OB as an RN,

while providing oversight of staff and the unit during the shift. Supports the

hospital mission, goals and objectives.

Reports directly to the Inpatient Manager.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.

Makes patient assignments for oncoming shift, matching

the nurse's skills with the patient needs when possible.

2.

Maintains knowledge of patients' conditions throughout

the shift, in order to ensure appropriate coverage and to maintain safe

environment.

3.

Makes bed assignments on patient admission.

4.

Informs Inpatient Manager of any changing patient

conditions requiring administrative intervention.

5.

Completes all required shift reports, staffing book

updates. Follows staff matrix.

6.

Assigns meal times and cleaning/restocking duties as

appropriate.

7.

Ensures that the Omnicell Medstation is free of unsecured

medications and narcotic (controlled substances) discrepancies at the start and

end of each shift (before clinical staff go off-duty

8.

Ensures crash carts in the OB, medical-surgical and ED

are checked each shift per policy.

9.

Provides/arranges orientation and training to new staff

on their shift.

10.

Prepares for medevacs.

11.

Reviews all incident reports and medication error forms

to ensure that they are filled out completely and correctly. Additionally, the

charge nurse addresses the problem at hand and/or refers the incident to the

appropriate person.

12.

Serves as the first link of Maniilaq's "Chain of

Command" and therefore appropriately handle patient/family/physician

complaints as they occur.

13.

Assists staff members with interpersonal conflicts in

order to enable the work to get done.

14.

Serves as a resource person for hospital staff, helping

find information or assisting in determining where the information may be

found, and maintains required AHA CPR, ACLS, PALS, NRP, NIHSS etc.

15.

Ensures that any bodies being placed in the morgue,

either from within or outside the hospital, are secured appropriately by

security.

16.

Serves as liaison with other supervisors as necessary.

17.

Participates in quality assurance/performance

improvement activities at organizational and departmental levels as required.

18.

Ensures approved customer service model is practiced by

all staff each shift.

Job Qualifications:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have RN

license in good standing and be eligible to apply for an Alaska licensure as a

Registered Nurse

. Must have prior experience in one or more of the Inpatient

areas (Medical, OB or ER).

Other Job Information (if applicable):

DISCLAIMER:

The above statements are intended to describe the general

nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.

They are not intended to be considered an

exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of

personnel in this job, and the employer reserves the right to revise or change

this description.

This description does

not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

To perform this job successfully, an

individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the above essential

duties and meet physical demands.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with

disabilities to meet those conditions.