Charge Nurse PCU

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting. More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same. In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home. 

Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregons scenic Douglas County. The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua. In many places you’ll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other. Not here. Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace. A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green. A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it. And the three words you may never hear are “Wow that’s expensive.” Easy is the best way to describe life here. Hard-to-beat works too.

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!

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Shift: Charge Shifts 6:30pm - 7am, RN Shifts 6:45pm - 7:15am

Core Schedule: Sun, Mon, Tue

Job Summary:

Under the direction of the PCU Clinical Coordinator, the Charge Nurse works collaboratively with the leadership team, the department staff, physicians and interdisciplinary and ancillary staff to support day-to-day operations and patient care. The Charge Nurse is the front line leader responsible for role modeling the vision, core values and behavioral standards of Mercy Medical Center. The Charge Nurse is expected to demonstrate clinical excellence, skilled communication, true collaboration, effective decision-making, appropriate staffing decisions, authentic leadership, and performs operational responsibilities of the role.

Essential Duties:

• Performs basic skills of all staff reporting to Charge Nurse during shift including Unit Secretary, CNAs and RNs. Able and willing to fill in as needs arise.
• Functions as a Clinical Resource to staff in the management of complex patients, procedures and situations.
• Mentors, coaches, and supports team members to meet patient and unit needs, gain skills and effectively adapt to change.
• Rounds on staff and patients to ensure commitment and compliance with safety, quality, and satisfaction initiatives.
• Promotes a positive, collaborative, and team oriented work environment.
• Demonstrates and holds team members accountable to strategic vision of service, quality/safety, stewardship and satisfaction.
• Actively participates in unit performance improvement activities and focuses on finding solutions.
• Demonstrates appropriate staffing decisions that match assessed patient needs with nurse competencies.
• Demonstrates fiscal responsibility though appropriate use of resources and staffing adjustments as indicated by census, activity or acuity.
• Assesses productivity every four hours within shift, anticipates changes and manages staff appropriately to maintain productivity and safety. Justifies variance when safety outweighs productivity.
• Demonstrates appropriate clinical judgment and flexibility to ensure patient safety is maintained throughout shift.
• Triages patient flow and facilitates turn-around times within 45 minutes.
• Delegates unit activities and assignments within scope of practice of job role. Completes follow-up to ensure activities and assignments are complete.
• Assigns Pyxis access to temporary users and performs weekly narcotic inventory.
• Ensures department is operating safely and is responsive to emergencies. Ensures all equipment is stocked and ready for use.
• Communicates with oncoming Charge RN and Clinical Coordinator regarding unit activity, acuity, staffing, risk management and satisfaction concerns.
• Follows chain of command when problems require higher level resolution.

License/Certification:

• Current RN license issued by the State of Oregon required.
• American Heart Association BLS for Health Care Providers and ACLS required.
• Specialty certification (e.g. CCRN, PCCN) preferred.  

Experience:

• Two (2) years recent experience as an RN in PCU required.
• Previous Charge RN experience in PCU is preferred.
• The candidate must be able to independently and competently manage crisis, advanced critical care patients and equipment.
• Must possess excellent organizational, communication and leadership skills as well as a positive attitude.

Education:

• BSN strongly preferred.