RN Full-time
Avera Health

Charge RN - Inpatient Services - Weekends - Spencer Hospital

Avera Health Spencer, IA 51301, US

Location:

Spencer, IA

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Spencer Hospital is proud to employ highly skilled and caring staff members. We offer competitive salaries and benefits as well as a pleasant work environment.

Position Highlights

Spencer Hospital is a rural hospital located in northwest Iowa employing over 500+ employees. Positions at Spencer Hospital are not affiliated with Avera; however, we collaborate to provide services to the communities we serve. Employment offers, if accepted, are exclusively with Spencer Hospital.

Full-Time or Weekend Package positions qualify for hiring incentives paid out over a 3 year period. The amount of incentives offered may be discussed during the interview process.

Responsibilities:

  • A clinically competent, registered, professional nurse who prescribes, delegates, and coordinates patient care to the acutely ill patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. 
  • Effectively interacts with patient, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining standards of professional nursing. 
  • Assumes responsibility for the management of clinical and supportive activities and allocation of human resources of the unit on a designated shift. 
  • Coaches and supports the team in accomplishing the unit and hospital mission. 
  • Ensures that care is delivered by those who are competent/trained to do so according to the patient population, level of technology required, complexity of care needs, and the age of the patient.
  • Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care for post-operative and acute care patients requiring hospitalization.
  • Assumes the responsibility for the outcome of nursing care during a specified work period.
  • Collaborates with all available nursing personnel to provide total patient care.
  • Must have knowledge of and utilize appropriate age-related patient protocols relating to the physical and psychological needs of patients.

Requirements:

  • 3 years RN in an acute care setting
  • Previous Charge Nurse or Team Leader experience preferred
  • Must be a caring communicator, flexible, able to multitask and be comfortable with technological systems
  • IA RN license or compact state
  • Must have or be willing to obtain upon hire BLS, ACLS, PEARS or PALS and NCI - inhouse certification available

Schedule: 

  • Fri, Sat, Sun - Days - 7a-7p
  • Weekend Package Incentive Pay Included! Choose with or without benefits: With benefits: Pay is 10% higher than base pay or without benefits: Pay is 33% higher than base pay
  • Additional weekend incentive of 8 hours paid at base wage on bi-weekly paycheck
  • 42 out of 52 weekends or 126 shifts per year
  • 10 weekends or 30 shifts off per year but may work additional during the week and weekends if there is a need
  • The schedule may fluctuate based upon the needs of the department

Spencer Hospital offers competitive wages, affordable insurance, IPERS retirement, in-house education, paid time off, family gym membership and so much more!

Please contact Spencer Hospital Human Resources for any questions at 712.264.6205 or email hr@spencerhospital.org.

Learn more about Spencer Hospital: spencerhospital.org

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