Charge Nurse NICU

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care, comprehensive care in cardiac, orthopedics, oncology, women’s and children’s services, we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive CareDominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County, a Total Joint Replacement program, and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group, and has received national recognition for superior patient safety, cardiac care, and stroke treatment from Healthgrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center, Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average, and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.One Community. One Mission. One CaliforniaAs a Charge Nurse, you'll oversee a department of frontline nurses caring for patients. Your previous experience in acute care, LTC, or nursing homes adds tremendous value to our nursing team.Every day you will advocate for your fellow nurses as you support them in reaching their full potential, which aligns with your department's operational goals and objectives.To thrive in this role, you need to be accountable and confident. You're an excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups. It's also important for you to be comfortable holding tough conversations, as you are responsible for the performance of your people and your unit.Acts as a clinical resource and serves as a mentor to health care team membersModels clinical excellence Displays leadership behaviorsModels and ensures standards for professional staff behavior in the departmentModels professional behavior and collaboration for staff Actively supports leadership in shared goalsAble to assign staff appropriatelyWorks collaboratively with Nursing Supervisor on staffing decisions Flexes staff to meet matrix and census levels Assigns breaks and lunches to staff and ensures compliance Takes actions to ensure staff is able to complete patient care within limits of shift Reviews and maintains supply usageRequiredAssociates Other ASN and 1-2 years recent experience in relevant clinical area, upon hire orOther Nursing Diploma, upon hire andand Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office andRegistered Nurse: CA, upon hire andBasic Life Support - CPR, upon hire andNeonatal Resuscitation Program, upon hire andNeonatal Intensive Care Nursing, within 12 - monthsPreferredBachelors Of Science BSN and 3-5 years of Relief or Charge Nurse role, upon hire

Created: 2026-01-26