Advocate Health Care

Charge Nurse - Urgent Care

Advocate Health Care$73K — $110K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing with 2 years of acute care experience.
  • Bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • Valid RN license in the applicable state is required.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to supervise clinical nursing care delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Lead coordination of nursing care with healthcare disciplines to enhance patient placement.
  • Foster effective collegial relationships for better communication and collaboration.
  • Promote patient safety culture alongside management and leadership teams.
  • Ensure care respects patient rights and resolves conflicts effectively.
  • Monitor staffing and resources in collaboration with management to optimize care delivery.
  • Encourage professional staff development through Shared Governance tenets.
  • Deliver patient care tailored to specific population needs.

Benefits

  • Robust Paid Time Off programs.
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match.
  • Educational Assistance Program to support professional growth.
Full Job Description
Department:

02190 WFBMG University Group Practice: Greensboro New Garden - Immediate Care

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

3x12 hr shifts per week. Every Saturday and Sunday 8am - 8pm and 1 day during the week 11am - 11pm.

Pay Range:
$35.50 - $53.25

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
  • Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing with two years' acute care nursing experience required.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred.


LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION:
  • Current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of applicable state required.


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
  • Provides primary leadership in the coordination of nursing care with other healthcare disciplines and facilitates the integration of services across the continuum of care. Collaborates with PLAC and the rapid response team to facilitate appropriate and timely patient placement when necessary as applicable.
  • Collaborates effectively by developing collegial relationships and communicating information effectively. Encourages communication and serves as a resource to staff and other departments.
  • Promotes a culture of safety for patients, self, co-workers, and facility in conjunction with the Nurse Manager and/or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team. Facilitates the Care Delivery Model by monitoring the quality/safety outcomes, and implementing the performance improvement measures for identified metrics. Ensures compliance with organizational and regulatory compliance initiatives.
  • Ensures care is delivered with respect for patients rights and preferences. Maintains privacy, confidentiality, and security for patients and staff. Facilitates resolution of conflicts, collaborates with Service Excellence to promote service recovery, and empowers staff in decision-making through shared governance.
  • Collaborates with the Nurse Manager and/or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team to monitor staffing and supplies. Assures nursing workload is measured and resources are allocated based on patient needs and visit volumes to optimize the provision of quality, cost effective care. Facilitates and monitors the appropriate utilization of staff based on credentialing, score of practice, education and experience.
  • Ensures a biogenic environment that stimulates the ongoing professional development of staff in accordance with the principles of Shared Governance, Theory of Human Caring, and professional practice. Develops and fosters relationships that support the continuous enhancement of care delivery, and patient and staff satisfaction through a professional practice environment of mutual respect.
  • Demonstrates value for professional nursing practice including the utilization of current standards, the nursing process and patient advocacy. In collaboration with the Nurse Manager and / or RN Clinic Manager and other members of the leadership team takes responsibility for continuing education, developing best practices and maintaining the highest level of patient care and staff development.
  • Ensures/provides appropriate patient care in accordance with specific patient population. Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of the needs of the patient population specific to the defined clinical area. Maintains competency related to patient population and identifies strategies to meet related needs.


SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Excellent and effective oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to organize and supervise clinical nursing care delivery
  • Negotiation and conflict resolution
  • Nursing research and Evidence-based practice Performance Improvement Practice Innovation Professional Nursing Practice Theory
  • Resilient and flexible in a changing environment
  • Standards of clinical nursing practice Systems for patient safety
  • Technology/informatics skills
  • Functions effectively under stressful and difficult situations
  • Ability to work effectively with the team


WORK ENVIRONMENT:
  • Potential exposure to contamination with bloody or bodily fluids
  • Highly stressful, dynamic conditions
  • Required Protective Equipment: Eye/face protection, gown, mask, gloves


Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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