Registered Nurse Charge

Location: Mequon, WI

Facility: Sacred Heart Rehab

Department: Inpatient Acute Rehab

Schedule: Day shift | Full-time

• Staff Oversight and Direction: Provide direct supervision and leadership to all nursing and support staff. This involves setting clear expectations, appropriate delegation, continuous coaching, and monitoring performance and productivity for efficiency and safety.
• Performance Management and Development: Lead or participate in formal staff performance evaluations, including objective data gathering, constructive feedback, goal setting, and documentation to maintain a high-performing team.
• Patient Care Planning and Assignment: Daily assessment of patient needs (acuity, interventions, discharge status) to develop, communicate, and distribute equitable and appropriate patient care assignments, matching care level to staff competency for safe coverage.
• Quality Assurance and Outcome Analysis: Continuously evaluate care effectiveness. Proactively identify and investigate factors impacting desired patient outcomes (e.g., readmissions, infections). Initiate and participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Service Recovery and Complaint Resolution: Serve as the primary manager for patient and family complaints. Respond urgently and professionally, ensuring thorough investigation and resolution per policy, and comprehensively documenting all actions.
• Human Resources Management Support (as needed): Assist in the talent lifecycle, including recruitment, interviewing, new-hire orientation, ongoing staff development, formal direction, and contributing to performance evaluations.

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.
• Registered Nurse credentialed from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Licensure from the Wisconsin Board of Nursing OR current home state license if considered multi-state/Compact State.

Education:

• Required professional licensure/certification AND 1 year of cumulative job specific experience
  required.