RN Charge - Med Surg

RN Charge - Med Surg

Details

• Department: Bariatric Surgical Unit
• Schedule: 36 Hours 3x12s Night Shift 6:45pm-7:15am
• Hospital: Ascension St. Vincent's Southside Hospital
• Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Our 19-bed interdisciplinary unit on the 3rd floor is a highly specialized and patient-focused environment that offers a unique and rewarding experience for nurses. This unit follows evidence-based practices in bariatric (i.e., gastric bypass--roux en y, sleeve gastrectomy, etc.) and gastrointestinal surgeries and disease management. Here, nurses will build a foundation and master critical thinking skills and decision making, discharging, and admitting patients, implementing nursing interventions, and providing personalized high quality standardized patient care.

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

Coordinate unit staffing and provides leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care in assigned area.

• Assign, direct, educate, and monitor nursing and support staff during assigned shift.
• Contribute to or performs performance evaluations of staff.
• Assess daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of patient care and identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes.
• Respond to complaints about patient care and manages through established channels.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, development and evaluating of staff.

Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Florida Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education:

• Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience required.

Additional Preferences

No additional preferences.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension St. Vincent's is expanding in the fastest-growing county in Northeast Florida with the addition of a fourth regional hospital, Ascension St. Vincents St. Johns County. Serving Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, Ascension St. Vincent's has been providing caregivers in every discipline a rewarding career in healthcare since 1873.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 150,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

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As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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