Charge Nurse - PACU - Full Time, Day in South Bend , Indiana at Beacon Health System

Beacon Health System is hiring a full-time day shift Charge Nurse for our PACU Department at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, IN.

Be a Beacon. Make a Difference.

At Beacon Health System, you’re not just part of a team, you’re part of something bigger. Every patient interaction is a chance to lead with compassion, build trust, and create lasting impact. Here, your expertise supports healing, and your heart connects us to the communities we serve.

We offer a wide variety of Benefits for our Associates, including;

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance through Cigna

• Life Insurance

• 403(b) Matching Retirement Fund

• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Shift Differentials

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition and Certification Reimbursement

• Clinical Ladder Program

• Local and National Discounts

• Beacon Academy Educational Courses

• Gym Membership Discount

About Memorial Hospital
Located in the heart of South Bend, Memorial Hospital is deeply rooted in the community it serves. From advanced surgical services to award-winning heart and cancer care, we provide comprehensive treatment with a personal touch. As part of Beacon Health System, we’re dedicated to improving health and inspiring hope throughout the region.

About the Tower

The 10-story patient bed Memorial Hospital Tower is the latest chapter in Beacon Health System’s commitment to care, compassion and community. Built with input from frontline staff, the Tower is a state-of-the-art, specialty-focused expansion that enhances how care is delivered and how teams work together. From larger rooms and leading-edge technology to a culture of collaboration and growth, this space was designed by Beacon for Beacon.

What You’ll Do

As a PACU Department Charge Nurse, you’ll report to the Director and/or Manager, and will be the administrative representative and nursing leader for a designated shift. Assigns job duties and patient care to facilitate high-quality, cost-effective care. Collaborates with other professional, clinical, and ancillary staff in providing quality care to patients.

PACU Department Charge Nurse Job Responsibilities

• Recognizing potential and actual consumer concerns in a timely manner, investigating to define problems, intervening when immediate attention is needed and reporting results to appropriate person.
• Coordinating bed utilization through appropriate patient placements and transfers.
• Talking and listening to patients, families and members of the health team.
• Contributing to the Performance Improvement Plan for the unit.
• Reviewing, interpreting and administering Hospital, Unit and Departmental procedures to staff, patients, physicians and others.
• Contributing to the peer review process.
• Reviewing number and skill level of persons on duty, making appropriate shift staffing adjustments and calling staff to come in or stay at home, maintaining unit productivity goals.
• Maintaining clinical skills and providing direct patient care as staffing patterns demand.
• Assigning patient care in accordance with patient needs and staff capability.
• Resolving short term staffing issues, predicting short and long term shift staffing needs and recommending strategies to improve staffing.
• Communicating problems or concerns with regard to quality, acquisition or use of supplies or services.
• Collaborating with Departmental Leadership on performance appraisals.
• Providing coaching and direct assistance to co-workers, orienting and training new personnel (including temporary staff) to duties and validating knowledge, skills and abilities of staff.
• Plan care which includes goals and prioritized nursing approaches/measures derived from the nursing diagnosis.
• Accept responsibility for individual nursing actions and continued competence.
• Takes ownership and pride in their job.
• Respect the dignity and rights of the patient regardless of socioeconomic status, personal attributes, or nature of health problem.
• Maintains each patients right to privacy by protecting confidential information unless obligated by law to disclose the information.
• Retain professional accountability for nursing care when delegating nursing intervention.
• Serving on appropriate committees, councils or task forces as requested.
• Completing other job-related duties and projects as assigned.

What You Bring

As a Registered Nurse, you’ll bring a high level of knowledge and competency in performing nursing care procedures, assessments, treatment, and techniques and your advanced analytical skills are necessary to solve complex problems and make decisions related to patient care. You demonstrate the interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, patients, visitors, physicians, and others. You demonstrate the ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner. You have an understanding of the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing is required. Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Indiana and one to two years of progressively more responsible nursing experience is also required.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Requires a thorough knowledge of nursing care practices, procedures and techniques within the assigned nursing care unit.
• Requires leadership skills in order to provide constructive feedback to peers regarding nursing issue, and participates in unit and hospital wide based decision making, be adaptable, flexible and support changes made.
• Requires understanding of the need to be responsive and reasonably adaptable for scheduling purposes, when necessary, due to the extenuating circumstances in support of co-workers and department functions.
• Demonstrates organizational abilities to plan and coordinate the activities within the assigned units and the analytical skills to effectively resolve immediate problems and discern patterns and trends that require action.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively manage relationships with a variety of internal and external customers such as physicians, unit staff, community and other Hospital staff; acts as an effective role model.
• Demonstrates the interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written) necessary to interact effectively with staff, physicians, patients, and visitors