Charge RN
Surprise, Arizona
- Eligibility
- Acute CarePeds
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Posted Jul 15
The work and the unit
- Specialty
- Acute Care · Peds
- Setting
- Hospital
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
Staffing and support
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
What's around it?
Living costs about the same as the US average
- Median rent
- $2,033/mo
- Household income
- $96,711/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
From Census ACS 2024.
About this role
As a Charge RN, you'll oversee a department (Surprise, AZ) of frontline nurses caring for patients. Your previous experience in acute care adds tremendous value to our nursing team. Every day you will advocate for your fellow nurses as you support them in reaching their full potential, which aligns with your department's operational goals and objectives.
Mentors others in areas such as competency, documentation, equipment use, plan of care, National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG), and participation in inservice education. Provides direct patient care as appropriate to meet the needs of the patients and department. Evaluates care given by staff.
Coaches staff to improve care. Ensures standard of care is maintained. Exhibits a general understanding of the process for dealing with ethical dilemmas and understands and coordinates the process for obtaining an Ethics Consult.
Sourced from a public job board.
How this role fits you
About the employer
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?