Charge Nurse Behavioral Health

CHI Mercy Health offers the unique opportunity to grow professionally in a supportive highly rewarding work environment and to satisfy your soul in the surroundings of a breathtakingly beautiful natural setting. More than 100 years after the founding of our organization the core values - Compassion Inclusion Integrity Excellence and Collaboration - that guide our interactions with our patients and each other remain the same. In the welcoming embrace of these nurturing communities you will feel immediately at home. Roseburg is located on Interstate 5 in Southern Oregons scenic Douglas County. The community is nestled in a lush forested region known as the 100 Valleys of the Umpqua. In many places you’ll find it hard to maintain a healthy work-life/personal-life balance because the pace of one is indistinguishable from the other. Not here. Life never stops here but it slows to an easy welcome pace. A traffic jam means you missed the yellow and have to wait for the next green. A terrible parking space is the one across from the restaurant instead of in front of it. And the three words you may never hear are “Wow that’s expensive.” Easy is the best way to describe life here. Hard-to-beat works too.

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Shift: 6:45am - 7:15pm

Core Schedule: Week 1 Sun, Thu, Fri; Week 2 Tue, Wed, Sat

Job Summary:

Front line leader who supports day-to-day operations and patient care. 

Essential Duties:

• Demonstrates expected skill set within the scope of service for department at a competent to expert level.

• Functions as a Clinical Resource to staff in the management of complex patients, procedures and situations.

• Mentors, coaches, and supports team members to meet patient and unit needs, gain skills and effectively adapt to change.

• Performs basic skills of all staff reporting to Charge Nurse during shift.

• Rounds on staff and patients.

• Communicates with oncoming Charge RN and manager regarding unit activity, acuity, staffing, risk management and satisfaction concerns.  

• Screens patient referrals from Mercy’s ED or inpatient setting and from outside referral sources for appropriateness for admission.

• Performs weekly narcotic inventory and daily crash cart checks.

• Facilitates unit staffing per the staffing matrix. Accepts staff calls and secures replacement staffing when staff call in sick, late, do not show up, or they have an emergency preventing them from coming to work.

License/Certifications:

• Current license as an RN issued by the State of Oregon.
• Must have current American Heart Association BLS for Health Care Providers within 30 days of hire.

Experience:

• 2 years current RN experience preferrable in Behavioral Health.
• Previous charge experience in Behavioral Health preferred.

Education:

• Associate's degree in Nursing required.