Mixed Acuity Critical Care Charge Nurse Full Time Nights *Sign on Bonus Eligible!*

Summary

Job Description:

Full Time 36 weekly hours, Nightshift  - three 12-hour shifts; every third weekend

Sign on Bonus eligible for experienced candidates!

Critical Care Mixed Acuity Unit

Mixed Acuity Unit is both a critical care and telemetry unit specializing in medical critical care.  Staff in this department will receive both critical care and telemetry training and will see the whole realm of nursing. Care ranges from young adult through geriatric patient population.

Job Summary

The CN is an entry-level management position responsible for the coordination of care on designated shifts.  He/she will provide leadership to the staff members of the unit in the area of patient care.

As a Registered nurse, he/she implements the nursing process for each patient regardless of age (i.e. infancy to geriatric) assigned to his/her care and is responsible for the patient’s care within the parameters of the Kentucky Nurse Practice Act.  The charge nurse promotes positive patient outcomes, quality of care and initiates change through active involvement in unit-based and hospital shared-governance councils.