Charge RN
Glendale, Arizona
- Eligibility
- EREmergency Services
Posted Jul 15
What the listing says
Role
- On the floor
- Charge shifts · Precepting expected
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Inside the AZ staff range
AZ staff postings that state pay run $25/hr to $59/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $52/hr, across 372 postings.
About this role
As a Emergency Services Charge RN, you'll oversee a department 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.
To thrive in this role, you need to be accountable and confident. You're an excellent communicator in 1:1 interactions and in front of groups. It's also important for you to be comfortable holding tough conversations, as you are responsible for the performance of your people and your unit.
You will leverage your specialized expertise to provide rapid, individualized, comprehensive care, making swift and critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing urgent patient care plans for patients of all ages, from minor injuries to life-threatening emergencies. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, including physicians, advanced practice providers, paramedics, and support staff, contributing to a high-pressure, yet highly rewarding, environment focused on immediate stabilization and optimal patient outcomes. 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.
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Requirements
- Associate Of Nursing (ADN), Diploma or foreign equivalent
- Two (2) years RN experience in applicable clinical specialty
- Registered Nurse: AZ or compact state license
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
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- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) - preferred
- Previous Charge Nurse experience - preferred
Place
- City
- Glendale, Arizona
- Median rent
- $1,528/mo
- Local household income
- $73,530/yr
- State price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Arizona index 100.7, where 100 is the national average.
Glendale sits just northwest of Phoenix, offering nurses a family-friendly desert suburb with easy access to big-city amenities. The city blends quiet residential streets with the entertainment district around Westgate, home to shopping, dining, and the NFL stadium — giving you both laid-back living and weekend energy in one sunny Arizona locale.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Emergency is open from year one. Fellowships take new grads. The windows matter.
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 is floating handled day to day?