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Charge Nurse - Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU)
Location: Mission Viejo, CA
Salary: $145,000-192,000 annually + Benefits, Bonus, and Shift Differential

We are seeking a Charge Nurse to join our team in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at our facility in Mission Viejo, California. As a Charge Nurse, you will work under the guidance of the nurse manager to provide excellent patient care and oversee unit activities and personnel. You will play a crucial role in maintaining high-quality care standards and ensuring the efficient operation of the unit. This position requires adherence to the ANA Nursing Administration: Scope and Standards of Practice.

Key responsibilities include:

• Planning, organizing, and coordinating department activities on a shift for optimal patient care
• Ensuring high-quality patient care and cost-effective service
• Collaborating with the healthcare team to determine appropriate standards of care and initiate care plans
• Assessing patients' physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs and documenting them in the clinical record
• Coordinating patient care activities and communicating with other members of the healthcare team
• Carrying out physicians' orders accurately and efficiently
• Promptly recognizing and reporting any adverse or sudden changes in patients' conditions to the appropriate healthcare professionals
• Providing patient/family health education and support
• Administering blood and blood products, monitoring patients for transfusion reactions, and taking appropriate measures when necessary
• Ensuring the safe and efficient utilization of patient care equipment
• Promoting and following standard precautions and principles of infection control

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Current California Registered Nurse License
• National Provider BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• Prior experience as a Charge Nurse or Relief Charge Nurse
• At least 2 years of recent clinical experience in a specialty area

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in nursing
• Leadership experience

The ideal candidate will have at least 1 year of recent experience as an RN in an acute care unit in an accredited hospital. This is a full-time position for day shift.