RN Charge at Medical Center Hospital – Odessa, Texas

Position Summary:
Assists the Unit Director with responsibility and accountability for the management of the unit. Emphasis on independent decision-making is related to the nursing process. Demonstrates the ability to provide consistent direction for all nursing personnel in planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating nursing activities.

Qualifications:
A. Education:
Hold a current Texas permit or license as a Registered Nurse (RN). Bachelor’s in nursing (BSN) preferred.
B. Training and Experience:
1. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate that follows the American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines upon hire or transfer to department.
2. Eighteen (18) months’ full-time experience as an R.N. preferred. If there is less than eighteen (18) months’ experience, administrative approval must be obtained.
3. Demonstrated leadership skills.
4. Hospital and Nursing orientation within three (3) months of hire.
5. Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within six (6) months of hire.
6. Basic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring within six (6) months of hire.
7. EKG within six (6) months of hire.
8. L&D competencies within three (3) months of hire:
• Fetal monitoring
• Care of the ante partum patient
• Intra-partum care of patients
• Care of the surgical OB patient
• Care of the post-partum patient
• QS Computerized Charting
• Care of the neonate
• Care of the Adolescent OB patient
• Care of the high-risk OB patient

Unusual Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
A. Ability to perform:
1. Heavy lifting
2. Sustained standing and walking
3. Work under stress
4. Varied work hours and shifts.
B. Exposure to infectious diseases.
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