Charge Nurse: CCU

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Charge Nurse is responsible for clinical supervision of patient care for all patients in the department and job performance supervision of all employees on an assigned shift in a Critical Care unit. Plans, coordinates and provides for optimum patient care on the unit. This includes managing schedules and patient assignments, delivering annual evaluations and counseling conversations, and providing direct patient care when relieving nurses. Maintains the Standards of Nursing Care and provides care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. Assures utilization of the nursing process based on research and evidence based outcomes. The Charge Nurse makes recommendations on hiring, department budgets, and trainings and serves as a leader in the department.

Education and Experience

Charge Nurses at Magnet designated facilities only require a BSN. MSN preferred. Fulfills mandatory stroke education requirements per certification agency.

Additional requirements for specific departments are as follows:

• CCU: Critical Care and Open Heart, intra-aortic balloon pump and chronic renal replacement experience preferred.
• Irvine ICU: Critical Care experience and chronic renal replacement therapy experience preferred.
• Neuro ICU: Critical Care experience, previous ventriculostomy and/or lumbar drain experience and previous chronic renal replacement therapy experience preferred.
• Sub ICU: Previous Sub-Intensive, Intermediate, Progressive or Critical Care experience, previous experience with tracheostomy and ventilated patients preferred.

License Required:

RN-Register Nurse – current license in the state of California in good standing.

License Preferred: Certifications Required

• ACLS – current AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• BLS – current AHA Basic Life Support
• Additional department specific certification requirements are as follows:
  • Irvine ICU: NIH Stroke Scale – required upon hire.
  • Neuro ICU: NIH Stroke Scale – required upon hire.

Certifications Preferred

• Neuro ICU: CCRN &/or CNRN preferred
• Sub ICU: PCCN and/or CCRN preferred

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000 volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each year.

For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health through our institutes.

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