Charge Nurse, FH - 3W - Cardiac Progress

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Discover. Achieve. Succeed. #BeHere Location:US:WI:MILWAUKEE at our FROEDTERT HOSPITAL facility. This job is ON -SITE. FTE: 0.900000 Shift: Shift 3: 3 12-Hour shifts 1900 - 0730 3WestCardiac Progressive Care 3WEST is a 50 bed Cardiac Progressive Care Unitthat sees a multitude of complex patients, including MedicineProgressive Care and other MedSurg patients. Many of our patientsrequire advanced monitoring, or an elevated level of care. RN's obtainspecialized skills to care for this population including being ACLStrained within 1 year of RN hire. Specialties often cared for on 3WESTinclude, cardiothoracic surgery, electrophysiology, advanced heartfailure, lung/heart transplant, trans-venous pacing, mechanicalcirculatory support, and DKA management, as well as patients withincreased oxygen needs. 3WEST is a great place to learn while achievingan elevated scope of practice outside of the ICU setting. Job Summary:The Charge Nurse is a Registered Nurse with unit lead responsibilitiesfor patient flow and adjustment of unit staffing to meet the dynamicneeds of the patients. The Charge Nurse will use the nursing process tomake ongoing evaluations of patients' acuity, assessments of the staffnurses workload, and anticipate fluctuations in admissions, dischargesand transfers. The facilitation of patient flow includes triaging andprioritizing admissions and overseeing the care coordination of patientsbeing discharged/transferred. Daily nurse staffing includes employingeffective decision-making behaviors that are used to safely balancechanges in patient acuity and census with the availability, experienceand competency of the staff nurses, to ensure safe and adequate staffingfor all shifts. The Charge Nurse will demonstrate resourcefulness,tactful communication, flexibility, adaptability, decisiveness andawareness of the global needs of the hospital. The Charge Nurse will bea cli nical leader and resource on the unit, collaborating with theinterdisciplinary team to facilitate patient care stay progression andunit goals. The Charge Nurse will assume a patient assignment asdetermined by the needs of the unit. As appropriate and/or delegated bythe Nurse Manager, the Charge Nurse monitors and intervenes inaddressing opportunities for assuring regulatory compliance, qualityeffectiveness and a satisfactory patient experience. When working as aclinical Staff RN the Charge Nurse is a practitioner who is responsiblefor assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care foran identified group of patients in an inpatient environment. Thisindividual demonstrates competency in delivery of care to a primarilyadult population. The Staff RN-Inpatient job description hasincorporated essential functions which are adapted from the ANA Nursing:Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition (2010). EXPERIENCEDESCRIPTION: Clinical competence and experience in the care andmanagement of target patient populations specific to area of employmentis required. A minimum of 2 years of related clinical experience isrequired, unless approved by the Unit Manager. If applying to CriticalCare position, must have 2 years of Critical Care experience, unlessapproved by the Unit Manager. EDUCATION DESCRIPTION: Bachelors Degree inNursing is required. Will consider current Froedtert Health non BSNprepared RNs with demonstrated leadership skills that have at least 2years experience in an acute care setting and formal commitment and planto obtain a Bachelors Degree in Nursing within 5 years of starting inrole. If an incumbent is functioning as a Charge RN as of June 1, 2016,and has 2-3 years experience in this role the Bachelors Degree inNursing educational requirement may be waived. SPECIAL SKIL To view thefull job description please use the link below.jb20 APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online:

Created: 2025-12-15