Brockton Neighborhood Health Center Charge Nurse - Adult Medicine in Brockton, MA | 857406274

Estimated Pay	$32 per hour
Hours	Full-time, Part-time
Location	Brockton, Massachusetts

Job Description

Charge Nurse

Charge Nurse Adult Medicine

$80,498 - $94,704.00

$5,000 SIGN-ON

Supervisor: Assistant Director of Nursing

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Charge Nurse is responsible for the oversight of all nursing activities within a POD/ Clinical Team. Oversees all the nursing areas, ensures efficient clinical patient flow, does daily nursing assignment, nurse visits, triages, patient care, patient issues, and staff issues. The Charge Nurse works in concert with the POD leader for optimum performance and patient care. This is a supervisory position with oversight of all nurse positions within their POD/ departments.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing or related field preferred.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current state licensure to practice in Massachusetts.
Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certified.
Maintains licensure and certifications.
A minimum of five years of nursing experience.
Bilingual preferred.

MINIMAL KNOWLEDGE BASE:

Demonstrates knowledge of:

Nursing principles including disease processes, certain examinations, observations, laboratory studies and appropriately applies these principles to patient care.
Nurse Practice Act/Code of Ethics.
Nursing process.
Managed Care.
OSHA guidelines.
Infection control standards
Emergency Procedures.
Moderate computer skills.

REPORTS TO: Assistant Director of Nursing

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Maintains a professional environment in a multi-provider, multidiscipline organization.
Maintains a patient centered environment including but not limited to:
Provision of care and advocate for patients of all ages and their families based on prudent nursing judgment and acceptable standards of practice.
Efficient patient flow, assisting providers, supervision and direction of nursing staff.
Performs tasks and procedures within the scope of a nurse and legal guidelines of the nurse practice act. Adheres to Board of Nursing regulations.
Is budget conscious and maintains continual effectiveness without compromise.
Perform nursing tasks in all clinical areas.

Professional Behavior:

Maintains leadership and supervisory skills in a professional and objective manner.
Demonstrates characteristics of accountability and responsibility.
Is reliable and dependable as demonstrated by excellent attendance, punctuality, and thorough follow through of work tasks.
Maintains Patient confidentiality at all times.
Maintains discretion of conversation in work areas.
Is pleasant, courteous, and considerate of patients and co-workers.
Demonstrates ability to prioritize demands, work with distractions, adapt to change, exercise efficient time management, and work independently.
Builds positive working relationships by keeping people within and outside the department updated in a timely manner, acknowledging requests from others promptly and showing up on time for meetings and appointments.
Communicates the rationale for decisions/actions.
Shows up on time for meetings and appointments.
Stays abreast of current developments & trends with the nursing profession.
Embraces change and communicates the reasons behind the change along with the advantages of the change. Utilizes data to explain and support the changes.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLE FOR:

Daily tasks in the nursing department.
Sets clear, specific expectations up front.
Direct leadership of nurses, Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists, and clinical secretaries, students and volunteers.
Identifies resources needed for projects.
Balances workload of staff.
Identifies strengths and weaknesses of each staff member.
Problem solves by foreseeing problems and proactively working to address them.
Fosters corporation among team members.
Participates in orientation of new staff, students, and volunteers.
Participation in nursing staff education and training.
Participation in any nursing staff disciplinary action.
Maintaining adequate staffing in conjunction with the budget.
* Assigning and re-assigns tasks to the nursing staff on a daily basis and as necessary.
* Is responsible for being on duty as the licensed coverage in the event that other licensed staff is not available.
* Interacts with drug representatives.
* Oversees flow of patients into clinical area, reassigning staff and rooms as needed.
Responsible for annual staff evaluations.
Oversees clinical tracking.
Ordering medical supplies.
Assign/ designate “Charge Nurse” in your absence

Tasks – including but not limited to:

Patient preparation for visit.
Appropriately prepare patient for either a complete physical, sick visit, follow up visit; or a gynecological exam.
Vital Signs: blood pressure, temperature, pulse (all points), orthostatic blood pressure and pulse.
Obtain interpretation when needed.
Chart documentation.
Measurements: Height, Weight, and (other measurements as needed).
Documentation of reason for visit, medication review, allergy review.
Documentation of medication review.

Patient tests/treatments.

Audio acuity testing.
Ear irrigation.
Electrocardiogram (EKG).
Visual acuity testing.
Injections – Intramuscular (I.M.); subcutaneous (S.C), Intradermal (I.D.);
Z-track.
Intravenous (I.V.) therapy.
Medication administration.
Dose calculations.
Peak flow meter.
Oxygen saturation.
Nebulizer treatment.
Oxygen administration.

Laboratory Tests

CLIA Waived Tests
Pap Smear Handling
Venipuncture – collect and process specimens.

As a member of the Patient care Team under the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) structure
Leader and resource for PCMH approach by nursing staff within the POD.
Participation in the PCMH includes but is not limited to:
Overseeing completion of PCMH work by nursing staff assigned to their floor
Delegating follow-up of patient hospital discharges to other nursing staff in the absence of the assigned nurse. Assists with hospital discharges as needed in order to maintain compliance with following-up on hospital discharges within forty-eight (48) business hours.
Monitor reports for completion of care
Oversees pre visit planning and daily huddles

Patient Procedures.

Physical and emotional assessment.
Wound care.
Assisting providers.
Maintaining sterile field and sterile technique.
Burn care.
Diabetic care.
Ace wraps/splints/slings/braces.
Colposcopy.
LEEP.
Biopsies.
Suture removal.
Staple removal.

Other Patient Services.

Patient education.
Prescription refill.
Telephone Triage.
Walk-in Triage.
Other related phone calls.
Referrals.
Appointments.
Nurse visits.
Documentation.

Care of Equipment.

Proper handling, cleaning, and storage of all equipment
Cold sterilization

Other tasks as needed.

QUALITY ASSURANCE/IMPROVEMENT:

Quality assurance monitoring – participates in the betterment of the health center through studies and reviews as necessary.
Goal setting – assess personal, team, and organization goals.
Participates in devising, reviewing, and revising policies, procedures and protocols.
Assist with ongoing Quality Improvement activities throughout the health center. This includes, but is not limited to conducting Joint Commission tracers, PCMH, serving on QI teams and committees as needed, assisting with staff education, and performing data reviews.
Assist with ensuring staff compliance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations on an ongoing basis through staff monitoring.
Leads POD in reviewing Quality through a Patient Centered Medical approach.

TEAMWORK ORIENTATION:

Teams with the POD Leaders to provide Leadership within the POD
Maintains and encourages teamwork approach.
Flexibility – continuously participates in the modification of schedule, duties, and procedural functions.
Contribution – consistent effort to further goals by modifying and/or improving individual procedures and tasks.
Conflict Management – interacts efficiently in conflict management
Demonstrates and implements effective problem solving.
Identifies tasks and operational problems. Generates and implements solutions in conjunction with co-workers and management.
Manages conflict with staff appropriately by recognizing and dealing with it before it escalates.
Maintains and encourages good communication skills by organizing thoughts before speaking, using examples to clarify a point, being tactful, writing correspondence that is professional, accurate and grammatically correct, asks questions to encourage others to elaborate and conducts effective and productive meetings.
Participates in orientation and training of new staff and/or students.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Works in a busy community health center in a downtown business district. Long hours are sometimes required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Physical demands requiring lifting of small pieces of equipment, boxes, and /or patients not to exceed forty (40) pounds. Mostly standing and walking required. Visual acuity sufficient for frequent reading. Hearing acuity sufficient for holding conversation with or without audio devices.

BNHC is committed to providing a safe and heathy environment for patients and staff. As a condition of employment, employees, to include new hires, are required to be fully vaccinated to include the most recent COVID 19 booster and annual flu vaccines, with the exception of those who have documented medical or religious exemptions, that must be approved by BNHC according to its protocols. Additional vaccines may be required based on the recommendation of the CDC. New hires who are not yet vaccinated for flu or COVID can arrange to be vaccinated

About us: BNHC is a multicultural organization that collaborates with community agencies and residents to provide high quality comprehensive health care. We are committed to health promotion and disease prevention. BNHC began providing services in 1994 in a mobile medical van operating out of a church parking lot. Since then, the center has rapidly grown to provide desperately needed services to low-income and marginalized populations in the greater Brockton area. BNHC is committed to providing care that is responsive to community health needs and is linguistically, culturally and financially accessible. BNHC serves an extremely diverse patient population including Brazilian, Cape Verdean, Haitian, Latino, Portuguese, African American and Caucasian, 77% of whom live in poverty.

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