Charge Nurse

PURPOSE AND SCOPE:

Works with the Facility Manager, facility staff and physician to coordinate the facility operations and patient procedures to ensure provision of quality patient care on a daily basis in accordance with policies, procedures and training.  Provides nursing support to patients and staff.

Assists with staffing, staff training, equipment, physician and patient relations, cost containment, supply management, medical records, patient billing, OSHA and all company, state and federal compliance. 

 

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

QUALITY:


* Responsible for supporting and driving quality standards through meeting regulatory requirements and the practice of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), including use of CQI tools.


* Assists with implementing quality goals and develops facility specific action plans to achieve quality standards.


* Accountable for outstanding quality of patient care, as defined by the quality goals, by working with management to ensure that policies and procedures are followed.


* Assists with implementing appropriate training according to policy; ensure ongoing compliance with all risk management initiatives.


* Responsible for aggressively addressing and acting on adverse events and action thresholds.


* Ensures all Quality policies and procedures are communicated to and implemented by the facility staff.


* Maintains integrity of medical records and other administrative and operational records.


* Complies with all data collections and auditing activities.


* Maintains facility environmental integrity, including safety.

PATIENT RELATED:


* Coordinates all aspects of patient care with the appropriate staff members, from admission through discharge.


* May confer with patients prior to the procedure to obtain necessary medical history, discuss procedure and answer questions, as well as, performs nursing assessment on the day of the procedure.


* Ensures patients and patient's families are educated regarding post procedure care of vascular access.


* Acts as a resource for the staff to address patient concerns and questions.


* Ensures patient's procedures are scheduled in a timely manner and the facility capacity is utilized efficiently.


* As needed, assist with patient workflow, including providing direct patient care and monitoring pre, intra and post procedure.


* Identifies and communicates patient related issues to the Facility Manager.


* Oversees and ensures accurate and complete documentation of patient treatments from admission to discharge.


* Confirms written orders, consents and lab work are completed and documented in accordance with facility policies.

This includes appropriate preparation of lab requisitions, delivery to appropriate labs, reporting and forwarding of lab results to appropriate physician.


* Assumes primary responsibility in an emergency situation and must maintain competency with all emer...