Charge Nurse (RN) - ICU - Nights
Hiram, Georgia
Paulding Medical Center, Inc. is a community hospital.
- Eligibility
- Critical & Intensive CareER
Posted Jun 25 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Nights3 shifts · 36 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
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Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
The workplace
Wellstar Paulding Medical Center is part of Wellstar Health System, one of the largest and most integrated not-for-profit healthcare systems in Georgia. Located in Hiram, Georgia, the hospital is designed with patient care in mind, offering cutting-edge technology and expertise…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
ICU / Critical Care has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
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Fulltime Night Shift 7p-7a for Paulding Hospital ICU. The RN Clinical Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and overseeing the daily activities of the unit on an assigned shift to assure successful safe delivery of care. The Charge Nurse is a caregiver and often takes modified patient care assignment.
Practices in a clinical environment supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. Responsible for accountability, responsibility and authority for the practice of nursing, effective teamwork, delegation, communication, respect, personal development, and development of team members. Contributes to excellence in patient care, efficient use of resources, and leadership tasks such as staff schedules, unit patient flow, physician rounding, committee involvement, and survey readiness.
Magnet Designated/Baldrige award/Prism award with 4 Star CMS scores.
What's around it?
Hiram, GAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 4% below the US average
- Median rent
- $2,085/mo
- Household income
- $85,119/yr, all local households, not nurse pay