RN Charge Team Leader

Glendale Memorial Hospital is seeking a Charge Nurse / Team Leader for Cardiac Catheterization Services. In this critical leadership role, you will be fully accountable for orchestrating and supervising all daily unit operations and patient flow throughout your assigned shifts. Your primary focus will be to guarantee the delivery of efficient, high-quality patient care by adeptly managing staff, coordinating resources, and proactively resolving challenges.

Ready for a rewarding career move? This position not only offers exciting challenges but also comes with a significant advantage: a 10% sign-on bonus. We encourage you to apply and see how you can benefit!

• Provides effective,comprehensive evidence based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes. Organizes and
  prioritizes patient care activities balanced with the needs and comfort of the patient. Collaborates with other disciplines to
  insure comprehensive, holistic and effective plan of care. Applies knowledge of current practice standards, guidelines,
  statutes, rules and regulations. Demonstrates accountability for own ethical behavior and supports ethical practice by
  addressing or escalating issues. Serves as a patient advocate.
• Completes patient assessments competently. Assesses for and identifies needs of unit-specific patient
  population: Assesses for and identifies any physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge and
  cultural needs.
• Completes an individualized plan of care based on assessment of the patient. Coordinates with other
  disciplines when indicated. Prioritizes care needs and sets measurable goals and time frames. Includes patient and
  family in the planning.
•  Implements interventions based on nursing and medical plan of care. Manages patient population,
  diagnosis and age specific needs through appropriate adaptation of interventions. Appropriately utilizes equipment and
  supplies (including following established policies, procedures and protocols governing the transport, handling and storage
  of intravenous fluids).
• After implementation, reassesses the patient to verify effectiveness of interventions. Updates the plan of
  care to reflect current care needs.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize and adapt to changes in patients condition (i.e.. LOC change, vital signs, test
  results)in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.
• Uses SBAR to notify physicians and other providers of clinical findings. Follow policies and procedures for contacting
  physician regarding critical values. Uses appropriate resources and follows chain of command. Recognizes limits of
  scope of practice.
• Seeks multidisciplinary collaboration. Integrates & interprets multiple sources of data to make appropriate clinical
  decisions based on patient needs & desired outcomes.
• Assesses situations and seeks critical information to make decisions. Implements solutions while reviewing and
  monitoring effects. Re-evaluates decisions and makes corrective actions when indicated.
• Makes decisions based on evidence based research. Assumes accountability for decisions made.
• Delegates tasks based on the needs & stability of the patient, complexity of the task, outcome predictability and skill level
  & scope of practice of the staff.
• Delegates tasks but not responsibility and accountability for completion. Verifies that delegated work is completed.
• Holds self and others accountable. Uses team skills effectively

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• 1 year of acute care experience required.
• Current California license as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimal education as required for licensure.
• BSN preferred.
• Current American Heart Association BCLS/ACLS, basic EKG certification required.
• CT STROKE (NIHSS) within 90 days of hire.

Founded in 1926, Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed, acute care, nonprofit, community hospital located in Glendale, California. The hospital offers a full complement of services, including its award winning heart center, the colorectal surgery institute, a gastrointestinal program, and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health, one of the nation’s five largest health care systems. Visit here https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/glendalememorial for more information.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.